Results: North Dakota Oil and Gas Lease Results -- May 1, 2012

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In most cases, the max bonus was an outlier; most bonuses in each county were much lower than the max bonus.  Most parcels were 80 acres.

Billings County

• 11 parcels
• Max bonus: $4,700/acre

Burke County

• 5 parcels
• Max bonus: $375/acre

Divide County

• 37 parcels
• Max bonus: $4,700/acre

Dunn County

• 12 parcels
• Max bonus: $550/acre

Golden Valley County

• 4 parcels
• Max bonus: $200/acre

McKenzie County

• 14 parcels
• Max bonus: $10,500/acre; Empire Oil; Whiting has one horizontal in this section;

Mountrail County

• 2 parcels
• Max bonus: $2,200/acre

Slope County

• 16 parcels
• Max bonus: $22/acre (not a typo)

Stark County

• 22 parcels
• Max bonus: $2,750/acre

Ward County

• 10 parcels
• Max bonus: $12/acre (not a typo)