Top North Dakota Oil Producers Going Back to 1951 -- 60 Years Of Production

Link to Minot Daily News.

• Hess: 327,465,899 bbls
• Whiting: 173,796,212
• Denbury: 140,381,459
• CLR: 130,205,244
• Petro-Hunt: 123,800,580
• BR: 113,970,838
• Amerada Hess: 112,393,684
• EOG: 76,871,597
• SM Energy: 75,180,729
• Enduro Operating: 57,738,630
• Sequel Energy: 45,051,477
• Citation: 33,792,002
• XTO: 30,837,723
• MRO: 30,409,533
• Texaco: 29,172,952
• Slawson: 25,953,934
• Murex: 25,860,050
• BEXP: 23,269,391
• Encore: 22,377,313
• Williston Hunter ND: 19,375,707

Again, note: this goes back to 1951 when oil was first discovered in North Dakota, and that's why the top 20 does not include some well-known Bakken names, for example: KOG, Oasis.