ND oil production up 7 percent, returns above 1 million barrels a day

WILLISTON, N.D. – North Dakota oil production increased 7.4 percent in October, bringing daily production back above 1 million barrels per day, the Department of Mineral Resources said Tuesday, Dec. 13.

The state produced an average of 1,043,207 barrels per day in October, preliminary numbers show.

The large increase followed two months of production declines that brought North Dakota oil production below 1 million barrels per day. North Dakota now has 13,457 producing oil and gas wells, a new all-time high based on the preliminary figures.

North Dakota set a new record for natural gas production in October, averaging 1.7 billion cubic feet per day.

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