Top Ten Producers in North Dakota, Preliminary Data, 2012

I assume the Rocky Mountain Oil Journal has published its annual ranking of oil producers in North Dakota, but if they have, I have not seen it. I don't subscribe to the Journal, and last time I checked it was not available in the San Antonio Public Library -- but that was before the Eagle Ford boom south of the city. In the past, the RMOJ has published that data in mid-January. Here is the 2011 list, for example.

There is some good news. 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
9. Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
10. Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.

Compared to 2011, #1 CLR has remained at the top. Whiting and Hess both moved above EOG. XTO moved into the top ten (was #11); Denbury, of course, dropped off the list, having pretty much left the state.