October 2013

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

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in October 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 output941,097barrels a day1.1% above the month before · 26.0% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil9,736plus 299 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,697 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded193oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed108284 spacing and 55 pooling actions

Crude price$90.16a barrel, first purchase$87.65 a year earlier

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

What stood out

The operator of record changed from Zenergy, Inc to Oasis Petroleum North America LLC on 144 wells.

Drilling

193 oil and gas wells have a spud date in October 2013 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 59, Mountrail 52, Williams 29, Dunn 23, Divide 11.

Hearings and orders

108 Industrial Commission orders signed in October 2013 are in the project's order index, with 284 spacing and 55 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Continental Resources, Inc. (17), Zenergy, Inc. (12), EOG Resources, Inc. (11). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

190 operators filed rows in the October 2013 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (840), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (791), Hess Corporation (743), EOG Resources, Inc. (505), XTO Energy Inc (489).

The operator of record changed on 156 wells since their previous report.

Zenergy, Inc to Oasis Petroleum North America LLC: 144 wells
Samson Resources Company to Oasis Petroleum North America LLC: 10 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 October 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.