North Dakota oil production averaged nearly 1.36 million b/d in September, up about 66,800 b/d from August and a new record for monthly output, state officials announced Friday. September marked the fourth straight month for record-breaking oil output in North Dakota, but growth could soon stall due to pipeline congestion, a global supply glut and potentially major changes in flaring regulation, Lynn Helms, the state’s top oil and gas regulator told reporters Friday. “The oil and gas industry broke virtually every record in September,” Helms said. Statewide natural gas production averaged a record 2.53 Bcf/d in September, up from 2.44 Bcf/d in August, Helms said. In addition, producing wells reached 15,287 in September, up 163 from August and also a record, Helms said. Helms said that September marked the first time in at least three […]