May 2013

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

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in May 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 output807,516barrels a day2.2% above the month before · 25.9% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil8,835plus 254 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,682 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded169oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed101446 spacing and 60 pooling actions

Crude price$88.97a barrel, first purchase$83.94 a year earlier

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

What stood out

The operator of record changed from G3 Operating, LLC to HRC Operating, LLC on 192 wells.

Drilling

169 oil and gas wells have a spud date in May 2013 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 52, Mountrail 38, Williams 28, Dunn 27, Divide 12.

Hearings and orders

101 Industrial Commission orders signed in May 2013 are in the project's order index, with 446 spacing and 60 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Hunt Oil Co. (41), Continental Resources, Inc. (9), XTO Energy Inc. (7). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

188 operators filed rows in the May 2013 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (738), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (690), Hess Corporation (665), EOG Resources, Inc. (466), XTO Energy Inc (459).

The operator of record changed on 207 wells since their previous report.

G3 Operating, LLC to HRC Operating, LLC: 192 wells
Layline Petroleum I, LLC to Wapiti Operating, LLC: 14 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 May 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.