ND oil, natural gas production up in June

Eloise Ogden/MDN North Dakota’s oil production increased 3.49% from May to June, with output of 1.15 million barrels per day in June.

BISMARCK – North Dakota produced 34.5 million barrels of oil in June or 1.15 million barrels per day, an increase from May when the state produced 34.4 million barrels of oil or 1.11 million barrels a day, according to the latest report from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources.

This was a 3.49% increase from May to June, Ashleigh Thiel, of the Mineral Resources Department, said.

The majority of the oil production (97.3%) comes from the Bakken and Three Forks formations.

Natural gas production climbed to 3.4 billion cubic feet per day in June. In May, the state produced 3.3 BCF per day. This was an increase of 1.46% from May to June.

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