North Dakota oil production tops 1M barrels/day• 12:24 PM

• North Dakota, home to the Bakken shale formation, is now the fourth state in U.S. history to produce more than 1M bbl/day of oil, as the state's Department of Mineral Resources reports output rose 2.5% in April from March to just above 1M bbl/day.
• North Dakota now produces more than 12% of all U.S. oil and more than 1% of global production - unimaginable just a decade ago
• Texas, California and Alaska previously have crossed the million-barrel mark; of the three, only Texas remains above it, at almost 3M bbl/day.
• Among Bakken producers: CLR, EOG, KOG, WLL, HES, OAS, NOG, EOX, MRO.

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