North Dakota Posts 1.4% Increase for June Bakken Oil Output

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North Dakota’s portion of the Bakken shale formation, the largest unconventional oil field in the U.S., posted a 1.4 percent increase in production in June.

Output increased to a record 756,980 barrels a day, from 746,340 in May, according to the state’s Industrial Commission. The field produced less than 70,000 barrels a day in June 2008.