XTO Energy Inc. announced production results from wells drilled in multiple regions on its newly acquired property base. In the Bakken Shale play of North Dakota, the Company has now completed 5 wells with average production rates of 673 barrels of oil equivalent per day, primarily producing from the Middle Bakken shale section. In addition, [...]

Continental Resources, Inc. announced that it has recently added 36,000 net acres to its holdings in North Dakota Bakken, including 32,000 net acres in Mercer County, adjacent to other Continental acreage. The Company’s total acreage position is now 577,000 net acres in the Bakken shale play of North Dakota and Montana.
The Company also announced [...]

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. reported that for the month of August 2008, the Company had an average of 278 drilling rigs operating, including 265 rigs in the U.S. and 13 rigs in Canada. For the two months ended August 2008, the Company had an average of 273 drilling rigs operating, including 261 rigs in the U.S. [...]

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. reported that for the month of February 2007 the Company had an average of 257 drilling rigs operating, including 243 rigs in the U.S. and 14 rigs in Canada. For the two months ended February 2007 the Company had an average of 262 drilling rigs operating, including 247 rigs in the U.S. [...]

Money from federal oil and gas lease sales is repairing McKenzie County roads and helping maintain its seven school districts, which have a total of about 760 students.
“We don’t expect to see this kind of money again, not in the near future, anyway,” county auditor Frances Olson says.
The year is ending on a high note [...]

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. reported that for the month of September 2006 the Company had a total of 8,940 drilling days, or an average of 298 drilling rigs operating, including an average of 289 rigs in the U.S. and 9 rigs in Canada. For the three months ended September 2006, the Company reported a total of [...]