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Bakken is booming

McKenzie County Farmer -- McKenzie County continues to be the hotbed for oil and gas exploration in North Dakota according to information from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources (NDDMR).
According to Lynn Helms, director of the NDDMR, the average barrels produced per day in North Dakota in August were 701,000 with an average of 7,701 producing wells.
McKenzie County, for the month of August, saw the number of wells actually in production increase from 1,466 to 1,521 with 1,696 wells capable of producing.
In August, McKenzie County also led the state’s 17 oil-producing counties in both oil and gas production, having produced an average of 5.2 million barrels of oil per day and almost 7.8 mcf of natural gas liquids. These numbers tower over Williams and Dunn counties and only trail Mountrail by .8 mill

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Submitted Oct 25, 2012 By: drpepperTX

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Chris46 Champion Author Dayton Posts:23,683 Points:2,083,290 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 6:01:05 PM Ignore Chris46 Report Abuse Good, we need the gas
SoutheastdannyB All-Star Author Grand Rapids Posts:590 Points:581,880 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 12:05:54 PM Ignore SoutheastdannyB Report Abuse it's still north dakota...
teenitup Champion Author Houston Posts:1,655 Points:250,910 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Oct 28, 2012 10:15:41 AM Ignore teenitup Report Abuse Great news in a country with 23,000,000 out of work.
DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:7,074 Points:1,628,200 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 27, 2012 5:12:54 AM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse make 6 figures a year driving trucks up there
zudo Sophomore Author Phoenix Posts:123 Points:510,510 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 11:14:21 PM Ignore zudo Report Abuse Isn't the Department of Energy's mandate to become energy independent? Big Oil (mostly smaller outfits in N.D.) : doing the job Chu won't do.
nb52 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:7,785 Points:1,547,825 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 6:19:56 AM Ignore nb52 Report Abuse Good for North Dakota, aye?
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:33,047 Points:2,346,485 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 4:15:35 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse BAKKEN IS BOOMING, Good for North Dakota – crude oil and natural gas production. But the winters there are brutal and can be very very cold. BUT, Big Oil and Big Gas continues to sell fuel and natural gas on the world market for higher prices, there will be NO price reduction for the cost of fuel or natural gas IN the US. 'Coming out of the closet' Sneeky's lousy, smoke and mirrors, lack of jobs, dog and pony show and in the crapper economy, the jobs are Not here, the economy is so anemic. Sneeky's economy is not improving but continues to hurt the population and the job numbers continue to be down! People will still drive and buy fuel no matter what but it sure helps to have a job too! The US ‘oil and natural gas resources’ belong to the citizens of this country and are to be used by those same citizens! Speculators, manipulators and the banks continue to unfairly and unjustly make the driving public pay higher prices at the pump for their personal greedy benefit. The price at the pump needs to go down to $2/gallon, $3, $3.50/gallon or *$4.00 is Not the new low! Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! XII/XXII/MMXII!
rahcat Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:2,473 Points:663,925 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 12:05:43 AM Ignore rahcat Report Abuse Obama must really be ticked off.
unicornpmb Champion Author Buffalo Posts:8,496 Points:1,630,490 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 12:03:54 AM Ignore unicornpmb Report Abuse Good news.
Focus2 Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,892 Points:1,919,340 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Oct 26, 2012 12:02:23 AM Ignore Focus2 Report Abuse From what I have heard, our domestic oil from private or federal land can't be exported. However, the oil from deep Gulf waters and off shore can and is exported. Big Oil claimed years ago the cost of drilling was so expensive they shouldnt have to pay our government for it. They were let off the hook and still get it free. Since oil may have been under $30 a barrel when the government let them off the hook, oil prices have certainly changed the equasion now. In my opinion they still get too many subsidies and tax breaks and love drilling off shore for profits. A government share of this oil should be negociated.
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Kawibiker Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,175 Points:205,575 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:59:28 PM Ignore Kawibiker Report Abuse good for them, save some for us.. don't be greedy and sell it all off to the other countries..
vrossi46 Champion Author San Jose Posts:2,677 Points:805,895 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:58:31 PM Ignore vrossi46 Report Abuse gr8 [Edited by: vrossi46 at 10/25/2012 11:58:54 PM EST]
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bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,787 Points:645,560 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:53:10 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse Good for them. It will not lower anyone's gas prices in the U.S. though.
Muskie78 Sophomore Author Ohio Posts:172 Points:39,500 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:50:51 PM Ignore Muskie78 Report Abuse And business is a boomin
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,787 Points:645,560 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:50:00 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse Good for them - it won't lower anyone's gasoline prices in the U.S. though.
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OGW Champion Author London Posts:5,329 Points:1,532,975 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:40:35 PM Ignore OGW Report Abuse Don't empty it all at once, it takes many thousands of years to replenish those oil fields.
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cssco Champion Author Virginia Posts:7,331 Points:1,752,505 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:27:08 PM Ignore cssco Report Abuse That Bakken place is also out producing my back yard where production hasn't increased a single barrel in the 43 years I've been paying the taxes on it. If things don't improve soon I'm out of here.
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NightDark Rookie Author Salinas Posts:1 Points:5,075 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 11:12:47 PM Ignore NightDark Report Abuse have you heard that California has the largest oil reserve in the US? Enough to supply America's oil needs for 100 years. So why aren't we drilling for the oil? Problem? You have to use frakking to get to the oil. While some form of fakking is used in North Dakota, there's strong resistance to use frakking to get to the oil in California Given California is near broke, it will be interesting to see how long will the environmentalists to continually win out over the oil companies
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dastard57 Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,210 Points:625,970 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 10:58:48 PM Ignore dastard57 Report Abuse @PissedAtthePump - The way I understand it is that those are NOT Federal lands so the Obama administration has no control over the land leases like the do in ANWAR and the gulf, all federal control.
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PissedATthePump All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:507 Points:119,580 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 10:53:52 PM Ignore PissedATthePump Report Abuse All this energy production has really been kept under the radar. Report yesterday said the U.S. is on pace to equal the oil production of Saudi Arabia by the end of next year! (11 mil Brls/Day) All this production on Obama's watch! What gives? His administration must have been keeping all this drilling quiet so as to not rile up the eco-dems, with the unintended consequence of giving Romney the chance to take credit for it all by saying "If elected I'd expand energy production" and Bang! there it is on day one. (okay call me a cynic, but politicians are lying only when their lips are moving)
jellybelly72 Veteran Author San Bernardino Posts:454 Points:301,815 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2012 10:52:34 PM Ignore jellybelly72 Report Abuse I agree us4usa! Lets keep it up and stop being dependent on OPEC.
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