Permitting Stats For Calendar Year 2014 -- North Dakota

I have not cross-checked information from previous posts so I have no idea how accurate this information is. If this information is important to you, go to the source, the NDIC. This data is from my own database and will differ from that of the NDIC. My permits are for oil and gas wells only; the number does not include permits for salt water disposal wells. This number also includes permits that were later canceled. Some permits were canceled in the same calendar year they were issued; others were canceled in a subsequent year. New, almost identical permits, were sometimes issued for earlier canceled permits (due to siting changes, or change in operator, for example). These numbers may not be identical to numbers I have previously posted. I did not cross-check; I simply went back to my original databases.

I also track permitting projections in real time (when I remember).

Total permits by year:

• 2014: 3,012
• 2013: 2,671
• 2012: 2,522
• 2011: 1,916

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Permitting by selected month

Permitting (2014):

• December, 2014: 251
• November, 2014: 235
• October, 2014: 328
• September, 2014: 261
• August, 2014: 273
• July, 2014: 265
• June, 2014: 247

Permitting (2013):

• December, 2013: 227
• November, 2013: 232
• October, 2013: 267
• September, 2013: 287
• August, 2013: 276 

Permitting (2012):

• January, 2013: 218 (note the increase)
• December, 2012: 154 ( significant decrease)
• November, 2012: 211 (all-time high was 370 in Oct 2012)
• October, 2012: 370 (all-time high)
• September, 2012: 273
• August, 2012: 261