Bakken Production By Field -- January, 2018, Data

Top twenty crude oil producing fields in North Dakota ranked by production.

Disclaimer: the spreadsheet below was done by hand. In a long spreadsheet like this, there will be factual and typographical errors. I did not double-check the data. If this information is important to you, go to the source. Do not make any financial, investment, job, travel, or relationship decisions based on what you read here or think you may have read here.

Five fields produced more than 1 million bbls in one month compared to six fields in November, 2017. Banks oil field dropped off the million-bbl list in December; remained off the list in January. But I assume that will only be temporary.

Antelope-Sanish has jumped to the top of the list; that field has been very active, adding 12 wells in December, 2017, and adding another 3 in January, 2018.

By the way, note the huge increase in production (on a percentage basis) and the number of wells added in Truax oil field. And it's easy to see why: it's a Whiting field. And Whiting has been the most active operator in the Bakken this past year. It has not been updated in a long time, but the Truax oil field is tracked here.

Although it has not been updated in quite some time, Antelope oil field is tracked here.

The spreadsheet below is ranked, in descending order, by production in the month of January, 2018, column 7.

Field	Dec 17 Prod	Dec Wells	Dec Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change Dec-over-Nov	Change in # of wells	Jan 2018 Prod	Jan Wells	Jan Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change Jan-over-Dec	Change in # of wells
Antelope-Sanish	1,503,780	215	6,994	28.63%	12	1,693,577	218	7,769	12.62%	3
Sanish	1,300,074	624	2,083	10.94%	6	1,430,162	629	2,274	10.01%	5
Blue Buttes	1,236,682	192	6,441	7.30%	2	1,272,618	193	6,594	2.91%	1
Parshall	1,170,770	523	2,239	-3.72%	0	1,070,154	523	2,046	-8.59%	0
Siverston	1,004,608	296	3,394	0.12%	1	1,026,553	300	3,422	2.18%	4
Banks	912,593	213	4,284	-9.93%	1	971,819	222	4,378	6.49%	9
Elm Tree	792,140	68	11,649	26.04%	7	744,102	69	10,784	-6.06%	1
Bailey	640,292	157	4,078	-2.80%	0	742,278	163	4,554	15.93%	6
Truax	415,877	190	2,189	16.80%	9	710,783	198	3,590	70.91%	8
Alkali Creek	621,626	166	3,745	20.37%	3	675,693	166	4,070	8.70%	0
Reunion Bay	727,491	174	4,181	-0.18%	1	669,889	173	3,872	-7.92%	-1
Grail	661,253	198	3,340	-4.77%	0	669,322	203	3,297	1.22%	5
Big Bend	690,391	134	5,152	13.84%	4	648,552	134	4,840	-6.06%	0
Alger	654,912	335	1,955	10.71%	2	643,878	335	1,922	-1.68%	0
Heart Butte	600,332	213	2,818	-2.26%	0	587,809	213	2,760	-2.09%	0
North Tobacco Garden	588,854	67	8,789	92.66%	12	549,943	67	8,208	-6.61%	0
Corral Creek	488,558	167	2,925	-9.59%	2	533,834	167	3,197	9.27%	0
Spotted Horn	611,153	112	5,457	-14.59%	0	517,490	112	4,620	-15.33%	0
Van Hook	538,412	190	2,834	-4.33%	0	514,082	190	2,706	-4.52%	0
North Fork	458,644	73	6,283	16.51%	3	513,087	74	6,934	11.87%	1