North Dakota Oil production Hits New State Record: 941,637 BOPD

The Director's Cut is posted.

Production: slightly less than 1% increase. 

• October oil: 941,637 bopd
• September oil: 932,962 bopd

Producing wells:

• October: 9,900
• September: 9,701

Director's comment: The drilling rig count was unchanged from Sep to Oct and the number of well completions dropped only slightly from 225 to 202, resulting in only a 1% increase in oil production. All McKenzie County roads were shut down for 3-4 days due to rain. McKenzie County has 1/3 of the drilling rigs and 29% of state production. This means production likely would have been 10,000-15,000 barrels per day higher without that weather event.

I track projected estimates of future oil production at this site.