April 2014

North Dakota's oil month in April 2014, from the public record.

Written on November 8, 2026, looking back. This issue was not published in April 2014. 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 output996,233barrels a day2.8% above the month before · 26.1% above a year earlier

Wells reporting oil10,577plus 222 confidential wells whose volumes are withheld; includes 1,723 counted inside unit totals

Wells spudded184oil and gas wells, by spud date

Orders signed109152 spacing and 83 pooling actions

Crude price$92.37a barrel, first purchase$88.06 a year earlier

Oil output, January 2003 to August 2026; the dot marks April 2014.

Drilling

184 oil and gas wells have a spud date in April 2014 in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. By county: McKenzie 84, Williams 34, Mountrail 20, Dunn 18, Divide 15.

Hearings and orders

109 Industrial Commission orders signed in April 2014 are in the project's order index, with 152 spacing and 83 pooling actions on spacing units. Most frequent applicants: Hess Corp. (22), HRC Operating, LLC (21), Continental Resources, Inc. (11). The facts are machine-extracted from the signed orders and not individually reviewed.

Operators

197 operators filed rows in the April 2014 report. Most wells reported: Continental Resources, Inc. (951), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation (892), Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC (821), XTO Energy Inc (561), Oasis Petroleum North America LLC (543).

The operator of record changed on 63 wells since their previous report.

Sequel Energy, LLC to Liberty Resources Management Company, LLC: 39 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 2014, 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.