July 2011

North Dakota's oil month in July 2011, from the public record.

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in July 2011. It is assembled now from today's public records, with what was known later, so that every month since January 2003 has an issue.

The month in numbers

Oil output424,290barrels a day10.4% above the month before · 32.4% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil5,776plus 149 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,669 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded142oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed114301 spacing and 73 pooling actions

Crude price$92.60a barrel, first purchase$66.33 a year earlier

Oil output, January 2003 to August 2026; the dot marks July 2011.

What stood out

Oil output rose 10% from the month before.

Drilling

142 oil and gas wells have a spud date in July 2011 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 41, Mountrail 30, Williams 28, Dunn 19, Divide 9.

Hearings and orders

114 Industrial Commission orders signed in July 2011 are in the project's order index, with 301 spacing and 73 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Oxy USA Inc. (22), Continental Resources, Inc. (13), EOG Resources, Inc. (10). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

143 operators filed rows in the July 2011 report. Most wells reported: Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (370), Hess Corporation (344), EOG Resources, Inc. (327), Continental Resources, Inc. (312), Marathon Oil Company (204).

The operator of record changed on 15 wells since their previous report.

Great American Royalties, Inc. to Petro Harvester Operating Company, LLC: 8 wells

A change of operator of record is what the reports show; it does not say why. Sales, mergers, renamed legal entities and new contract operators all look the same. Names are as the reports spell them.

Sources

Oil output and price: U.S. Energy Information Administration, monthly state series (public domain), as published today.
Wells reporting, withheld wells, operators and flared gas: the free NDIC Monthly Production Reports for July 2011, as first reported (PDF print).
Spud dates: the DMR GIS wells layer of November 6, 2026.
Orders: the project's index of signed NDIC orders (facts only; see the well index).

Not an official record of the State of North Dakota. Not engineering, investment or legal advice. Every figure is in the archive data file.