Tag: North Dakota

Graph of oil production in North Dakota compared to Alaska and California

I have a couple of graphs of production in North Dakota here. In today’s Wall Street Journal, there is a good month-by-month graph from 2007 through 2011. You have to scroll down some, but you can find it here:  Oil Boom Sparks River Fight.

Graph of North Dakota oil production

After reading about oil production in North Dakota surpassing California here, I pulled some data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration here.  Created a couple of graphs.

Took the annual average daily production in North Dakota for 2000 through 2010. Added the average monthly production for 2011.  Came up with this graph. Continue reading “Graph of North Dakota oil production”

In December North Dakota passed California in oil production

And North Dakota pulls into third place!

Federal stats show oil production in North Dakota was 535k bbl/d in December compared to 531k bbl/d in California. – Five states accounted for about 56% of total U.S.crude oil production in 2011

Check out the graph of monthly production. North Dakota has been accelerating since 2008 while Alaska and California have been declining for 10 years.

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Growing pains in North Dakota – signs of boom times from the oil in the Bakken field

Mark Perry relays some of the discussion of North Dakota Sheriffs & Deputies Association about the impact of the oil boom in Western North Dakota:  Bakken Oil is Having Major Impact on Western ND.

Professor Perry highlights 12 of the 35 issues discussed. Here are three amazing items: Continue reading “Growing pains in North Dakota – signs of boom times from the oil in the Bakken field”

Why my interest in the Bakken oil field is increasing

(Cross-post from my other blog, Nonprofit Update)

For quite a while now I’ve been fascinated by the rapid increase in oil production in the Bakken field in North Dakota.

Have had a lot of posts on my blog Outrun Change.  Under 1% unemployment in one county. Production graphs that are going vertical.  More oil produced in ND than California. That kind of stuff.

This month my interest level took off like those oil production charts.

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More oil drilled in North Dakota than California? Run that by me again.

Did you ever think you would see this headline?

N.Dakota Oil Continues Exponential Growth and is on Pace to Become the No. 2 Oil State in January.  That is a post from Mark Perry pointing out the dramatic growth in oil production from North Dakota sites.

Check out the graph to see the drastic expansion the last four years.  In about 2008 oil production hit an inflection point.  Here’s the basic shape of the graph:  horizontal before 2008 and on roughly a 45° angle after that.

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