April 2012

North Dakota's oil month in April 2012, from the public record.

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in April 2012. 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 output609,500barrels a day5.2% above the month before · 74.3% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil6,872plus 290 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,668 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded157oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed194355 spacing and 156 pooling actions

Crude price$85.07a barrel, first purchase$105.67 a year earlier

Oil output, January 2003 to August 2026; the dot marks April 2012.

Drilling

157 oil and gas wells have a spud date in April 2012 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 40, Williams 39, Dunn 27, Mountrail 27, Stark 8.

Hearings and orders

194 Industrial Commission orders signed in April 2012 are in the project's order index, with 355 spacing and 156 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Zavanna, LLC (36), EOG Resources, Inc. (19), Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (18). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

163 operators filed rows in the April 2012 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (494), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (486), Hess Corporation (477), EOG Resources, Inc. (406), Marathon Oil Company (264).

The operator of record changed on 19 wells since their previous report.

Newfield Production Company to Continental Resources, Inc.: 17 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 April 2012, 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.