PennEnergy Blog: North Dakota Oil Production Skyrockets -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

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... but we all knew that already ...

The article includes a stunning graph.

Currently the fourth-largest oil producer in the United States, North Dakota is only surpassed by Texas, Alaska and California – nonetheless, mounting oil production from North Dakota's prolific Bakken shale may soon change that.

The US Energy Information Administration recently focused on the recent upward trend oil production from North Dakota in its report entitled, "Rising North Dakota Oil Production: Recent Trends and Future Prospects."-- July 27, 2011

Since 2005, oil production in North Dakota has tripled to an average of 307,000 barrels of oil a day in 2010 – a number that is likely to jump again in 2011. In January 2011, oil production in the state reached an average of 341,000 barrels of oil a day, and in February, North Dakota's oil production averaged 360,000 barrels of oil a day, showing a definite trend upward.

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