Oil & Gas Activity in North Dakota

  2. North Dakota Oil & Gas Summary
Oil Production
31.6M BBLs
Statewide Total Oil Production for Dec 2025
Gas Production
100.2M MCF
Statewide Total Gas Production for Dec 2025
Total BOE (16:1)
44.5M BBLs
Statewide Total BOE Production for Dec 2025
National Rank
#5
In Overall Production

Statewide Production of North Dakota

Aggregated production of all wells and leases in North Dakota
National Rank In
#3
Total Oil Production
National Rank In
#10
Total Gas Production
43.4k
Drilled Wells
18.9k
Active Wells
102
Operators
21.5k
Permits on File
North Dakota Accounts for
9.43%
Of Total Daily National Oil Production
North Dakota Accounts for
2.85%
Of Total Daily National Gas Production

Other States With Similar Production Volumes

RankCountyMost Current PeriodOil ProductionGas Production
#1TexasOct 2025164.1M BBLs1.1B MCF
#2New MexicoDec 202568M BBLs360.2M MCF
#3PennsylvaniaNov 202511.5k BBLs639.3M MCF
#4AlaskaDec 202513.4M BBLs335M MCF
#5North DakotaDec 202531.6M BBLs100.2M MCF
#6OklahomaNov 202512M BBLs202.1M MCF
#7ColoradoNov 202513.8M BBLs171.1M MCF
#8LouisianaDec 20241.5M BBLs206.8M MCF
#9OhioQ3 202513.2M BBLs536.9M MCF
#10WyomingNov 20257.8M BBLs107.3M MCF
#11CaliforniaNov 20257.8M BBLs21.8M MCF
#12UtahDec 20253.8M BBLs26.8M MCF

National Production Distribution

Largest Properties in North Dakota

Property NameCountyMost Current PeriodOil ProductionGas ProductionActive Wells
AMBERDivide County, NDDec 2025138.5k BBLs141k MCF13
BOULDER FEDERALMcKenzie County, NDDec 2025105.6k BBLs201.4k MCF4
CLEARWATER 1Mountrail County, NDDec 2025131.9k BBLs65.9k MCF15
COSTANZA 2McKenzie County, NDDec 2025125.9k BBLs644.1k MCF9
DEVILS BACKBONEMcKenzie County, NDDec 2025172.5k BBLs462.6k MCF8
FORT BERTHOLD 14Dunn County, NDDec 2025116.9k BBLs238.6k MCF142
GARFIELDMcKenzie County, NDDec 2025146.4k BBLs313.3k MCF8
GOPHERDivide County, NDDec 2025119.1k BBLs119.9k MCF5
HELENWilliams County, NDDec 2025117k BBLs437.1k MCF6
KEENEDunn County, NDDec 2025130.2k BBLs196.1k MCF8
KENNETHWilliams County, NDDec 2025116.4k BBLs580.7k MCF5
KLEPPWilliams County, NDDec 202597k BBLs254.1k MCF3
LIBERTYMountrail County, NDDec 2025240.6k BBLs233.4k MCF57
MANDAREEMcKenzie County, NDDec 2025219.6k BBLs382.6k MCF33
MICHAEL STATEWilliams County, NDDec 2025282k BBLs1.1M MCF7
OLSONDunn County, NDDec 2025204k BBLs360.2k MCF17
THRONSONMountrail County, NDDec 2025102.3k BBLs328.1k MCF12
USA 1McKenzie County, NDDec 2025308.7k BBLs1.1M MCF67
WATCHMAN PEAKMcKenzie County, NDDec 2025145k BBLs408.1k MCF5
WEST KELLOGGMcKenzie County, NDDec 202589.4k BBLs331.1k MCF8
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Largest Producing Companies in North Dakota

Property NameLocationMost Current PeriodOil ProductionGas ProductionActive Wells
BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPHOUSTON, TXDec 20252.6M BBLs10.3M MCF920
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.OKLAHOMA CITY, OKDec 20255.6M BBLs20.5M MCF2,367
DEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.COklahoma City, OKDec 20253.0M BBLs13M MCF1,904
ENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATIONDenver, CODec 20251.7M BBLs3.7M MCF944
EOG RESOURCES, INC.MIDLAND, TXDec 2025908.8k BBLs1.8M MCF581
HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC Dec 20252.9M BBLs12.2M MCF1,737
HUNT OIL COMPANYDALLAS, TXDec 2025590.4k BBLs454.8k MCF215
KODA RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC Dec 2025347.2k BBLs425.8k MCF54
KRAKEN OPERATING, LLCHouston, TXDec 20251.0M BBLs2.4M MCF355
LIME ROCK RESOURCES III-A, L.P.HOUSTON, TXDec 2025259.9k BBLs362.5k MCF312
MARATHON OIL COMPANYHOUSTON, TXDec 20251.9M BBLs4.1M MCF927
NEPTUNE OPERATING LLCHouston, TXDec 2025693k BBLs1.7M MCF430
OASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLCHouston, TXDec 20252.4M BBLs6.9M MCF1,526
PETRO-HUNT, L.L.C.DALLAS, TXDec 20251.2M BBLs3.3M MCF638
PHOENIX OPERATING LLCDenver, CODec 2025544.4k BBLs840.1k MCF70
SILVER HILL ENERGY OPERATING, LLCDALLAS, TXDec 2025418.9k BBLs819.8k MCF150
SLAWSON EXPLORATION COMPANY INCOKLAHOMA CITY, OKDec 2025821.5k BBLs1.5M MCF368
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONHOUSTON, TXDec 20251.4M BBLs6.3M MCF1,763
XTO ENERGY INC.SPRING, TXDec 20251.3M BBLs5.0M MCF898
ZAVANNA ENERGY OPERATING, LLC Dec 2025286.6k BBLs910.2k MCF140
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Producing Counties in North Dakota

National RankState RankCountyMost Current PeriodOil ProductionGas ProductionWellsOperators
National RankState RankCountyMost Current PeriodOil ProductionGas ProductionWellsOperators
#159#7Billings County, NDDec 2025305.9k BBLs412.8k MCF2.0k22
#267#10Bottineau County, NDDec 2025111k BBLs20.3k MCF2.5k15
#185#8Bowman County, NDDec 2025225.1k BBLs197.4k MCF1.6k9
#136#6Burke County, NDDec 2025475.6k BBLs714.6k MCF2.0k23
#92#5Divide County, NDDec 20251.2M BBLs1.9M MCF1.8k25
#22#3Dunn County, NDDec 20256.7M BBLs14.4M MCF5.1k26
#372#12Golden Valley County, NDDec 202544.5k BBLs38k MCF3779
#665#15McHenry County, NDDec 20252.6k BBLs0 MCF1703
#9#1McKenzie County, NDDec 202510.3M BBLs45.8M MCF10.9k45
#338#11McLean County, NDDec 202557.3k BBLs47.7k MCF2284
#25#4Mountrail County, NDDec 20255.5M BBLs13.8M MCF5.7k25
#398#13Renville County, NDDec 202537.2k BBLs1.3k MCF1.5k11
#491#14Slope County, NDDec 202514.7k BBLs4.8k MCF3652
#246#9Stark County, NDDec 202597k BBLs320.5k MCF92314
#738#16Ward County, NDDec 2025859 BBLs427 MCF4912
#19#2Williams County, NDDec 20256.5M BBLs22.6M MCF6.9k35