Region

Bakken

The Williston Basin tight-oil play in North Dakota and Montana. Pipeline takeaway and rail capacity set its discount to WTI.

Basin at a glance

EIA STEO · Sep 2026

Oil production

1.18M bbl/d

▼ 2.2% YoY

Gas production

2.8Bcf/d

▲ 0.3% YoY

Active rigs

32

▲ 10.3% YoY

New-well oil / rig

2,449bbl/d

drilling productivity

Trend lines: trailing 24 months (Oct 2024 – Sep 2026), quarterly ticks. Click a card to expand. Source: EIA STEO.

Basin outline (EIA) and production data (EIA STEO); prices are live.

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