North Dakota Oil Production Shows Slight Increase Month-Over-Month - Director's Cut -- October, 2020, Data

The NDIC Director's Cut has been posted; you can find it at this link. 

It should be noted that although North Dakota's crude oil production was unchanged month-over-month, it has had significant increases over the past few months:

• October, 2020: crude oil production unchanged month-over-month; 
• September, 2020: almost a 5% increase month-over-month. 
• August, 2020: a 12% increase month-over-month.
  
• July, 2020: crude oil production increases 16% month-over-month; natural gas production increases almost 17% month-over-month; natural gas capture hit state targets;

Now, for October, 2020, data. This is all preliminary data for October. When the final number is tallied (next month), it will reveal a slight increase in production month-over-month):

Crude oil production:

• October: 1,222,871 bopd (preliminary)
• September: 1,223,107 bopd
• delta: 236 bopd
• delta: 0.00%

Natural gas production:

• October: 2,873,654 MCF/day (preliminary)
• September: 2,815,112 MCF/day

Natural gas capture:

• October, 93%
• September, 93%

Rig count:

• today: 13
• November: 14 (but may include CS and SWD)
• October: 14 (ditto)
• September: 11 (ditto)

Wells

• October:
• permitted: 74
• completed: 59 (preliminary)
• inactive: 2,934
• DUCs: 724
• total off line for operational reasons: 3,658
• producing: 15,512 (preliminary)
  

• September:
  
• permitted: 51
• completed: 43 (preliminary) --> 76 (revised)
  
• inactive: 3,749
• DUCs: 793
• total off line for operational reasons: 4,542
• producing: 15,377 (preliminary) --> 15,389 (final)
  

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Wells

Wells, permitted:

• November: 52
• October: 74
• September: 51

Wells, completed:

• October: 59 (preliminary)
• September: 76 (revised)
• August: 66 (final)

Wells, inactive:

• October: 2,934
• September: 3,749

Wells, waiting on completion (DUCs):

• October: 724
• September: 793

Wells, producing

• October: 15,512 (preliminary)
• September (15,389)

Fracking: the number of well completions has been very volatile since March (2020) as the number of active completion crews decreased from 25 to 1 and now 7 with the CARES incentive.

DUCs and wells off-line for operational reasons are tracked here.