On Track for 1,753 Permits in North Dakota for 2011 -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

With the recent flurry of new permits these past few days, North Dakota is on track to issue 1,753 new oil and gas permits for calendar year 2011 (a very small number will be salt water disposal wells).

When this was last reported on July 25, 2011, the number was 1,712 new permits.

• 2006: 422
• 2007: 497
• 2008: 953
• 2009: 628
• 2010: 1,682
• 2011: 1,753 (estimate based on July 25, 2011, data). 

My numbers will be slightly different from the official NDIC numbers, but not by much (+/- 5 each year) because I missed a few taking them from the daily activity reports.

So far, 1,042 new permits have been issued in calendar year 2011.