DescriptionThe map shows the location where oil spills and brine spills have been documented by the US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the State of North Dakota's Department of Health. LayersOil Spills- Pipeline SpillsThe types and relative volumes of oil spills are shown on the map using different colors of markers and sizes of the markers.Types include: Equipment Failures, Storage Failures, Vehicle Accidents, Wellhead SpillsSource: PHMSA.dot.govUpdated July 2019Uncontained Oil Spills by VolumeSpills that were not contained by the boundaries of oilwell pads were mapped, and the volumes of the spills are shown by the size of the marker.Source: https://deq.nd.gov/Spills/Data from Jan. 1, 2014-July 19, 2019North Dakota Brine Spills by VolumeBrine is the saline wastewater resulting from oil and gas exploration and production. It is enriched with a variety of toxic elements and compounds.Source: https://deq.nd.gov/Spills/Data from Jan. 1, 2014-July 19, 2019ND PipelinesThe layer shows the locations of major pipelines.Source: PHMSA.dot.govUpdated July 2019ND Oil FieldsThe layer shows the areal coverage of oil fields in North DakotaSource: https://www.dmr.nd.gov/OaGIMS/viewer.htmUpdated July 2019North Dakota Flood Plains - Mandatory InsuranceTo proactively assess and address flooding risks to the public, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This program was created by Congress in 1968 to help provide a means for property owners holding federally backed mortgages to financially protect themselves in the event of a flood. Flood insurance is mandatory if you live in a high-risk area and have a mortgage from a federally regulated or insured lender.Source: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/12886Updated July 2019North Dakota Flood Plains - 500 YearThe "500-year flood" corresponds to an AEP of 0.2-percent, which means a flood of that size or greater has a 0.2-percent chance (or 1 in 500 chance) of occurring in a given year.Source: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/12886Updated July 2019North Dakota Flood Plain - FloodwayA "Regulatory Floodway" means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height. Communities must regulate development in these floodways to ensure that there are no increases in upstream flood elevations. For streams and other watercourses where FEMA has provided Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), but no floodway has been designated, the community must review floodplain development on a case-by-case basis to ensure that increases in water surface elevations do not occur, or identify the need to adopt a floodway if adequate information is available.Source: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/12886Updated July 2019

This file contains the polygon SDE Feature Class for Federal Fluid Minerals(Oil and Gas) for the Bureau of Land Management(BLM) Montana/Dakotas. Federal Fluid Minerals as well as Federal Lease status and Indian Minerals/Leases are included. Plat maps are used to find federal mineral ownership and the Bureau of Land Management's LR2000 database is used to find current leasing status. Assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs is used to find Indian Mineral/Lease status. BLM Field Office with Oil and Gas responsibilities (Great Falls, Miles City, or North Dakota) provide final review of data.

According to a 2025 survey, oil producers operating in the Permian region needed WTI oil prices to amount to a minimum of ** U.S. dollars per barrel in order to profitably drill a new well. This compared to a minimum breakeven price of ** U.S. dollars per barrel for existing wells. The monthly average WTI oil price ranged between ** and ** U.S. dollars per barrel around the time of the survey. Most productive oil basins Operators in shale basins have the lowest average breakeven prices for new wells. However, when it comes to existing wells, operators in the Permian (Delaware) basin can afford even lower oil prices. The Permian basin, located in Texas and New Mexico, accounts for the greatest U.S. oil production output of any region. In 2024, production in the Permian reached nearly *********** barrels per day - more than **** times the amount extracted from the neighboring Eagle Ford rock formation. Texas is leading oil producing state With both regions located in Texas, it is not surprising that this is also the leading crude oil producing U.S. state. Nearly two billion barrels worth of crude oil were extracted in Texas per year, far more than any other state. Texas is home to a total of five major oil and gas formations.

This resource is a compilation of well header data for water wells and oil and gas wells in South Dakota, provided by the South Dakota Geological Survey and the Sinte Gleska University. The data are available in the following formats: web feature service, web map service, ESRI service endpoint, and an Excel workbook for download. The workbook contains 4 worksheets, including information about the template with notes related to revisions, resource provider information, the data, and a field list (to assist data mapping). This resource was provided by the South Dakota Geological Survey and made available for distribution through the National Geothermal Data Systems.