Northern Oil & Gas (NYSE:NOG) reported quarterly earnings of $0.74 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.68 by 8.82 percent. This is a 44.36 percent decrease over earnings of $1.33 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $539.855 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $510.833 million by 5.68 percent. This is a 6.43 percent decrease over sales of $576.952 million the same period last year.