March 2013

North Dakota's oil month in March 2013, from the public record.

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in March 2013. 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 output783,226barrels a day0.6% above the month before · 35.2% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil8,580plus 231 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,678 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded205oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed61303 spacing and 25 pooling actions

Crude price$89.21a barrel, first purchase$85.57 a year earlier

Oil output, January 2003 to August 2026; the dot marks March 2013.

What stood out

The operator of record changed from Brigham Oil & Gas, L.P. to Statoil Oil & Gas LP on 265 wells.

Drilling

205 oil and gas wells have a spud date in March 2013 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 70, Mountrail 35, Dunn 32, Williams 26, Divide 19.

Hearings and orders

61 Industrial Commission orders signed in March 2013 are in the project's order index, with 303 spacing and 25 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP (14), Crescent Point Energy U.S. Corp. (13), Hess Corp. (11). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

183 operators filed rows in the March 2013 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (710), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (652), Hess Corporation (639), EOG Resources, Inc. (454), XTO Energy Inc (428).

The operator of record changed on 267 wells since their previous report.

Brigham Oil & Gas, L.P. to Statoil Oil & Gas LP: 265 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 March 2013, 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.