Top Oil Producers in North Dakota -- 2010 -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA -- From the Best Oil Journal in the Universe -- The Rocky Mountain Oil Journal

Raw data now. More explanation, links, comments later, but you all will like this, a quick summary of 2010 ND oil production by producer (producer; bbls oil in 1,000s; bbls water in 1,000s; # of wells; oil production/well):

1. EOG: 17,132; 4,896; 259; 66,146
2. WLL: 13,706; 10,291; 341; 30,278
3. CLR: 12,148; 11,156; 415; 29,272
4. BR: 9,420; 23,419; 221; 42,624
5. Hess: 6,970; 16,878; 445; 15,663
6. Marathon: 5,389; 1,586; 175; 30,794
7. Slawson: 4,604; 1,320, 84; 54,810
8. BEXP: 3,317; 2,867; 58; 57,190
9. Encore: 3,274; 21,564; 297; 11,023
10. XTO: 2,166; 1,632; 152; 14,250
11. Murex: 2,667; 1,283; 134
12. Petro-Hunt: 2,643; 4,960;179
13. Hunt Oil Co: 2,307; 1,063; 37
14. SM Energy Co: 2,005; 4,876; 177
15. Tracker Res Dev II LLC: 1,624; 1,294; 42; 38,667
16. Fidelity E&P Co: 1,599; 282; 98
17. Anschutz Expl Corp: 1,494; 952; 46
18. Oasis Pet NA LLC: 1,430; 2,033; 66
19. Newfield Prod Co: 1,353; 423; 52
20. Kodiak O&G (USA) Inc: 987; 531; 25; 39,480
21. Sequel Energy LLC: 804; 2,173; 232
22. Zenergy Oper Co LLC: 775; 136; 17
23. Zavanna, LLC: 767; 1,296; 42
24. Zenergy Inc: 731; 1,894; 74
25. Enerplus Res USA Corp: 671; 243; 9; 74,556
26. Sagebrush Res LLC: 640; 9,211; 123
27. QEP Energy Co: 543; 204; 10
28. Helis O&G Co LLC: 535; 126; 14
29. Citation O&G Corp: 438; 5,972; 113
30. Samson Res Co: 431; 543; 32; 13,468

The full list includes 67 producers. If you don't see "yours" in the list above and are interested, let me know in the comment section below.

More statistics to follow. Don't read too much into bbls/well without thinking about reasons for variations. Companies who drill a lot of wells, may have had a lot of wells come on line in the last couple of months of 2010, thereby skewing their 2010 results. Companies who brought on most of their wells in early 2010 would have artificially "higher" numbers, for example.

There may be typographical errors. I will correct them as I find them. Not all wells targeted the Bakken formation. I have explained in earlier postings the reason for identifying the current North Dakota boom as the "Bakken," even though it encompasses more than just the Bakken.

Data comes from a "free sample" of the best oil journal in the universe, the Rocky Mountain Oil Journal, Volume 91, No 8, February 25 - March 3, 2011.

Link here: 

http://www.rmoj.com/Content/SampleIssue.pdf