Sunday, March 25, 2012

Bakken Operators by Production

Updates

March 31, 2013:  From the North Dakota Petroleum Council, here are the top 10 producers in North Dakota for 2012:

  1. Continental Resources, Inc.
  2. Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation
  3. Hess Corporation
  4. EOG Resources, Inc.
  5. Brigham Oil & Gas, L.P.
  6. XTO Energy Inc.
  7. Marathon Oil Company
  8. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP
  9. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
  10. Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.

Original Post

Total production in North Dakota: Operator, bbls, # of wells drilled See RMOJ, February 17, 2012

1. CLR: 19.034 million, 543
2. EOG: 16.071 million, 341
3. WLL: 14.701 million, 422
4. HES: 14.145 million, 635
5. BR: 8.715 million, 266
6. MRO: 6.987 million, 228
7. BEXP: 6.598, 114
8. Slawson: 6.255, 124
9. Denbury Onshore: 4.619, 322
10. Petro-Hunt, 4.612, 207
11. XTO; 4.312, 192
12. Oasis: 3.400, 101
13. OXY USA: 3.002, 85
14. SM Energy: 2.946, 188
15. Murex: 2.890, 155
16. Dakota-3 (WPX): 2.746, 38
17. Hunt: 2.731, 58
18. Newfield: 2,700, 77
19. KOG: 2.540, 48
20. Fidelity: 1.880, 109
21. Enerplus: 1.803, 41
22. Zenergy: 1.631, 91
23. QEP: 1.318, 26
24. Helis: 1.263, 22
25. Zavanna: 1.063, 22
26. Samson Resources: .818, 55

48: ConocoPhillips: 0.166, 5

Bakken/Three Forks Production: Operators: Bbls # of wells

1. EOG: 16.071, 341
2. CLR: 13.534, 342
3. WLL: 13.379, 254
4. HES: 12.204, 355
5. MRO: 6.979, 227
6. BEXP: 6.598, 114
7. Slawson: 6.183, 110
8. BR: 4.371, 137
9. XTO: 4.234, 162
10. Petro-Hunt: 3.925, 78
11. Oasis: 3.310, 81
12. OXY USA: 2.933, 80
13. Denbury Onshore: 2.900, 84
14. Dakota-3 (WPX): 2.746, 38
15. Hunt, 2.731, 58
16. Newfield: 2.659, 62
17. Murex: 2.633, 56
18: KOG: 2.540, 48
19: SM Energy: 2.201, 73
20. Fidelity: 1.880, 46
21: Enerplus: 1.803, 41
22: Zenergy: 1.337, 27
23: QEP: 1.318, 26
24. Helis, 1.264, 22
25. Zavanna: 0.837, 21

Production by formation:
Bakken: 126.078 million bbls, 3,344
Madison: 8.332, 2,052
Bakken/Three Forks: 0.594, 10
total number of producing wells in North Dakota in 2011: 6,664

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 1, 2012 at 9:10 AM

    Wow! 6,664!! And rising! Amazing!

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    1. Bruce OksolApril 1, 2012 at 3:52 PM

      A very, very good point. I think a lot of folks are forgetting that point: when a Bakken well goes in, it will be there for a very long time, pumping oil day after day. And the well will require maintenance, trucking, etc.

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  2. HansJuly 9, 2012 at 7:32 PM

    Some very important facts for many Peakers..

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