Bakken crude weakened against West Texas Intermediate for the first time in a week as North Dakota reported record output from its portion of the shale formation. Bakken oil priced in Clearbrook, Minnesota , weakened by 50 cents to a discount of $9.50 a barrel to WTI at 2:04 p.m., according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Production from North Dakota increased by about 9,000 barrels a day to 941,637 in October, according to the state’s Industrial Commission. “In October, we again set a production record and a number of wells record,” said Lynn Helms, director of the state department of mineral Resources, on a call today. Production would have been higher in October except for heavy rains that shut roads in McKenzie County, home to one-third of the state’s drilling rigs, Helms said. November was a better month for weather, Helms said. This month will be ’’not so great’’ […]