Bakken Oil Well Bakken Oil Well | Click to Enlarge The Bakken-Three Forks rig count decreased by one to 191 rigs running across our coverage area by the end of last week. The NDIC notes 193 rigs are active in North Dakota, but around 19 of those are in the process of moving in and rigging up. In recent Bakken news, North Dakota hit nearly 1.1-million b/d oil in June 2014, setting a new record, according to the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR) August Director’s Cut . During the same month, North Dakota also had record monthly gas production (1,253,154 mcf/d), and the highest recorded number of producing wells (11,079). Read more : North Dakota Hits Record Oil & Gas Production – June 2014 The U.S. rig count decreased by 17 to 1,896 rigs running by the end […]