North Dakota Oil Production By County

This is an interesting article from the Minot Daily News. It doesn't add much to the knowledge base of regular readers but for archival purposes it's an interesting article. "They" say there are 17 counties producing oil in North Dakota, but from my standpoint, the activity is pretty much centered in four counties. When they talk about a billion dollars or a couple of billion dollars or three billion dollars being invested in 17 oil-producing counties, in fact, the bulk of it goes to a lot few than 17. The four counties at the top: Mountrail, McKenzie, Williams and Dunn. The numbers are 5.6, 4.4, 3.4 and 2.9, million bbls/month respectively for the four counties mentioned.

It was interesting to see this shift:

• 5. Divide: April, 667,729; May, 784,243.
• 6. Bowman: April, 751,276; May, 760,079.

I would not have expected that.