Gas production in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale remains strong, but the inability to gather and process all the volumes led operators to flare nearly 17%, or 388 MMcf/d, of all gas produced during June, according to the latest data released by the North Dakota Industrial Commission. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now It marked the third straight month producers were unable to keep flaring within state regulations of 15% or less as companies there are primarily interested in much higher-value oil. Producers flared 15.5% in April, 17% in May and 16.8% in June. Starting November 1, only 12% of associated gas can be flared before possible fines kick in. ‘TAPPING THE BREAKS’ Operators did manage to only flare 12% in March, but production has increased by about 200 MMcf/d since then to 2.3 Bcf/d. Also, some new wells coming online are […]