North Dakota’s crude oil production fell less than 1% or 9,846 b/d in March from the previous month, the state’s department of mineral resources said Thursday, a smaller decline than officials had expected. The state produced 1.109 million b/d in March, compared with 1.119 million b/d in February, the agency said. The state notched peak production of 1.227 million b/d in December 2014. There is a two-month lag in reporting output numbers. “We were anticipating more than double [the actual decline],” Lynn Helms, director of North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Division, said in his monthly press conference which was also available via webex. Article Continues below… Oilgram News brings you fast-breaking global petroleum and gas news on and including: Industry players, upstream and downstream markets, refineries, midstream transportation and financial reports Supply and demand trends, government actions, exploration and technology Daily futures summary Weekly API statistics, and much more […]