Mountrail: 5,011,665There are a number of reasons why this might be interesting (or not). One of the biggest reasons was an "after-the-fact" thought. Yesterday, "anonymous" suggested that 3.8% GDP growth in North Dakota was fairly exaggerated in its importance. With regard to oil, it is but a handful of counties driving that growth.
McKenzie: 3,941,454
Williams: 2,963,076
Dunn: 2,610,393
Bowman: 760,079
Divide: 704,244
Billings: 381,666
Burke: 296,961
Stark: 210,865
Bottineau: 161,695
McLean: 129,894
Surface area, square miles:
Mountrail: 1,824Total surface are of those eleven counties: 18,871 square miles.
McKenzie: 2,742 (largest county in ND)
Williams: 2,148
Dunn: 2,082
Bowman: 1,167
Divide:1,260
Billings: 1,153 Burke: 1,129
Stark: 1,340
Bottineau: 1,698
McLean: 2,328
North Dakota's surface area is 70,762 square miles.
The four counties contributing the most oil production (currently) comprise 8,796 square miles in surface area, or about 12 percent of total surface of North Dakota. If all eleven counties are considered, that works out to about 27 percent.
This data is completely meaningless, and perhaps uninteresting, except to me and one other person, who shall remain nameless.
Does this include all the new wells going online in Dickinson/Belfied area in stark county?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the NDIC, production from wells on the confidential list are not included.
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