North Dakota production
47.7MM
BOE · -6.0% MoM
April 2026 versus March 2026 modeled well production. This is not company-reported production.
State watchlists
ND · August 3, 2026 review
North Dakota Operator Activity Watchlist
North Dakota Bakken operator activity, production clock context, active-rig signals, and county concentration checks.
In the August 3 review, North Dakota April production eased 6.0% from March on the same modeled well-production basis. The Aug. 3 DMR snapshot listed 27 active rigs, while the public page keeps full operator, county, well, and permit tables inside the app workflow.
Source snapshot reviewed August 3, 2026; permit-date interpretation corrected September 12, 2026. That correction did not refresh the source snapshot. All figures below retain that review's cohorts and dates; they are not a fresh activity count.
Formatted app data
What the August 3 source review showed
These rows show the leading source-record signals from the EnergyNetWatch workflow before the full table, map, export, alert, or API view.
Type
Record
Review window
Movement
Source date
What to check
Operator
RecordCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
Review window7.6MM Apr. BOE
Movement-0.6MM vs Mar. (-6.8%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkLargest current modeled operator-label total; use the app to inspect wells, counties, and identity scope.
Operator
RecordHESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC
Review window5.1MM Apr. BOE
Movement-0.3MM vs Mar. (-5.8%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkSecond-largest current source-label total; acquisition and identity context should be reviewed before company rollup.
Operator
RecordDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C
Review window4.9MM Apr. BOE
Movement-0.5MM vs Mar. (-8.7%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkThird-largest current source-label total; full production history and well-level support remain inside the app.
County
RecordMcKenzie
Review window17.0MM Apr. BOE
Movement-1.3MM vs Mar. (-7.3%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkLargest current county production concentration; full operator and well composition remains gated.
County
RecordWilliams
Review window10.4MM Apr. BOE
Movement-0.7MM vs Mar. (-6.7%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkSecond-largest current county total; use the app for the complete operator mix and underlying wells.
County
RecordDunn
Review window8.8MM Apr. BOE
Movement-0.6MM vs Mar. (-6.4%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkThird-largest current county total. Additional counties, histories, and record-level evidence remain gated.
Action takeaways
What the source records show
North Dakota focuses on Bakken operator and county activity because production data is the strongest public search intent.
April modeled well production was 47.7MM BOE, down 6.0% from 50.7MM BOE in March.
The Aug. 3 DMR snapshot listed 27 active rigs across 17 source-filed operator labels and four counties.
The public proof is intentionally limited to three operator summaries, three counties, statewide direction, and a rig snapshot.
The page avoids forcing a Texas-style permit structure where North Dakota source behavior is different.
Business question
What did the August 3 state-source review show, and what can my team check next?
This page is designed to be useful before a sales conversation. It shows leading evidence and caveats, then points qualified teams to the current EnergyNetWatch table, map, export, alert, or API workflow.
Activity summary
Permits, spuds, production, and county activity
These indicators retain the August 3, 2026 review and keep permit, spud, production, and county evidence separate. Relative labels refer to that review, not to today's source availability.
Oil production
30.8MM
bbl · -7.1% MoM
April modeled oil volume versus 33.2MM bbl in March on the same source basis.
Active-rig context
27
Aug. 3 DMR snapshot
The August 3 snapshot covers 17 source-filed operator labels across four counties. Individual rig and well rows remain gated.
Permit-issuance interpretation
Withdrawn
Corrected September 12, 2026
The earlier 1,043-record / +2.5% permit claim used well-status dates, not verified issuance dates. No replacement permit count is established.
Operator production activity
North Dakota production by operator
This table shows production from the August 3 review, its prior-period comparison, source date, and what to check next.
Rank
Operator
Review window
Prior period
Source date
What to check
Rank 1
OperatorCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
Review window7.6MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-0.6MM vs Mar. (-6.8%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkLargest current modeled operator-label total; use the app to inspect wells, counties, and identity scope.
Rank 2
OperatorHESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC
Review window5.1MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-0.3MM vs Mar. (-5.8%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkSecond-largest current source-label total; acquisition and identity context should be reviewed before company rollup.
Rank 3
OperatorDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C
Review window4.9MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-0.5MM vs Mar. (-8.7%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkThird-largest current source-label total; full production history and well-level support remain inside the app.
County activity movement
North Dakota production by county
This table highlights production from the August 3 review, prior-period movement, source date, and what to check for each county.
Rank
County
Review window
Prior period
Source date
What to check
Rank 1
CountyMcKenzie
Review window17.0MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-1.3MM vs Mar. (-7.3%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkLargest current county production concentration; full operator and well composition remains gated.
Rank 2
CountyWilliams
Review window10.4MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-0.7MM vs Mar. (-6.7%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkSecond-largest current county total; use the app for the complete operator mix and underlying wells.
Rank 3
CountyDunn
Review window8.8MM Apr. BOE
Prior period-0.6MM vs Mar. (-6.4%)
Source dateApr. 2026
What to checkThird-largest current county total. Additional counties, histories, and record-level evidence remain gated.
Source clocks
Source windows and freshness context
These source clocks keep permit, spud, production, and activity records separated instead of forcing them into one misleading total.
Production month in review
Apr. 2026
Month selected in the August 3 review using the app production-coverage rule; not a claim about the latest available month today.
Statewide production
47.7MM BOE
April modeled well production: 30.8MM bbl oil and 101.0 Bcf gas.
Production movement
-6.0%
April modeled BOE versus 50.7MM BOE in March on the same statewide rollup basis.
Active-rig snapshot
27
Distinct rigs in the Aug. 3, 2026 North Dakota DMR snapshot, spanning 17 source-filed operator labels.
Activity signals
Source-backed signals and follow-up actions
The watchlist separates source evidence from follow-up context. That keeps permit, production, spud, and infrastructure records from being treated as the same type of activity.
Signal
Source Evidence
Why it matters
Next Action
Signal
Operator production activity
Source Evidence
North Dakota DMR production records and operator rollups where public source timing supports a clean summary.
Why it matters
Analysts and commercial teams can compare Bakken operator activity without manually rebuilding monthly records.
Next Action
Request a North Dakota operator activity table.
Signal
County concentration
Source Evidence
County-level production and operator context by source month.
Why it matters
County signals help territory and basin teams identify where current Bakken attention belongs.
Next Action
Request a county/operator Bakken workflow.
Signal
Active-rig context
Source Evidence
EnergyNetWatch active-rig snapshots and modeled-rig workflow where available.
Why it matters
Rig context helps separate current activity from production-only lag.
Next Action
Request a Bakken activity and rig context export.
Selected examples
Public examples from the dated review
These examples show how a source record becomes an account, county, project, or activity workflow.
Bakken counties
North Dakota operator production snapshot
Source record
Continental, Hess Bakken, and Devon Williston led the April modeled BOE source-label view; the public page stops after three rows.
Use case
Operator comparison, county focus, and production-source monitoring.
Statewide
Bakken source-clock signal
Source record
Production coverage passes the complete-month rule through April 2026; the separate active-rig clock is Aug. 3, 2026.
Use case
Source freshness check before building operator or county follow-up.
Source notes
How to use this page
- North Dakota uses DMR and Bakken source language.
- Read-only source pull was reviewed on Aug. 3, 2026 through ECS task 4b9cab8d48b0468c9a60e8ee12138116.
- The August 3 production-month selection used the app rule that rejects a newest month below 60% of the prior six-month BOE average. Passing this rule does not establish final agency reporting.
- Correction September 12: the ND well-index feed stores WellStatusDate in issue_date. The earlier permit count and growth interpretation are withdrawn; well status does not establish new permit issuance.
- Production records are not the same as permit-stage evidence.
- Active-rig context is labeled separately from production totals.
Caveats
What this public page does not claim
- North Dakota well-index status dates must not be counted as new permits. Production and reported-spud evidence are separate; this correction does not refresh their historical snapshots.
- Public production snapshots are selected summaries: three operator labels, three counties, statewide movement, and one rig count.
- Complete rankings, individual wells and permits, identifiers, rig rows, maps, histories, saved filters, exports, alerts, and API access remain gated.
Current table
Request the current North Dakota operator activity table
Public watchlists show selected examples. EnergyNetWatch access adds exact records, source dates, maps, exports, alerts, saved workflows, and API-ready data where coverage supports it.
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