October 27, 2010 (James MacPherson, Associated Press). North Dakota's oil patch is on pace to shatter last year's record oil production by about 30 million barrels, according to an Associated Press analysis confirmed by a state official.
The AP count found the state has already surpassed the 79.7 million barrels produced through all of 2009. Based on production estimates, North Dakota should end 2010 with about 110 million barrels, more than double the amount produced less than three years ago.
Lynn Helms, director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, confirmed the numbers in a phone interview and called the spike "remarkable."
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