September 2013

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

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in September 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 output930,567barrels a day2.5% above the month before · 28.1% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil9,544plus 271 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,694 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded195oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed98308 spacing and 41 pooling actions

Crude price$96.69a barrel, first purchase$88.57 a year earlier

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

Drilling

195 oil and gas wells have a spud date in September 2013 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 65, Williams 40, Dunn 32, Mountrail 27, Divide 9.

Hearings and orders

98 Industrial Commission orders signed in September 2013 are in the project's order index, with 308 spacing and 41 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Hess Corp. (25), Continental Resources, Inc. (14), Samson Resources Co. (9). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

194 operators filed rows in the September 2013 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (818), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (769), Hess Corporation (733), EOG Resources, Inc. (497), XTO Energy Inc (485).

The operator of record changed on 148 wells since their previous report.

Sequel Energy, LLC to Enduro Operating, LLC: 84 wells
Liberty Resources LLC to Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.: 31 wells
Prima Exploration, Inc. to Rim Operating, Inc.: 31 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 September 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.