Fifteen (15) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, May 30, 2012 --

• Operators: CLR (6), Whiting (2), Hess (2), Oasis (2), WPX, XTO, Zavanna
• Fields: East Fork (Williams), Hofflund (Williams), Hawkeye (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail), Brooklyn (Williams), Willow Creek (Williams), Mandaree (Dunn)

The list includes six more permits for the Brooklyn oil field northeast of Williston. This may simply be the most interesting field to watch be developed. There is one rig on this field and it just keeps on truckin'.

Keep on Truckin', Hot Tuna

Five (5) wells released from confidential status (which reminds me: about a week ago, NDIC went back from using "tight well" to using "confidential"):

• 20300, 488, OXY USA, Lillian Sadowsky 1-15-22H-142-96, Manning; Bakken;
• 20414, DRL, Zavanna, Larsen 32-29 1H,
• 21123, 388, Hess, GO-Ron Anderson-157-97-13H-1, Ray; Bakken; 
• 21446, DRL, Samson Resources, Pigeon 30-31-162-96H, Juno, Bakken, 
• 21715, 564, CLR, Garner 1-32H, Rainbow, Bakken; t2/12; cum 13K 3/12;

The permits for the 2-well Whiting pad will be in the same section that already has:

• 17895, 2,250, Whiting, Rohde 4-1H, t6/09; cum 266K 3/12; (yes, not even three years old, a quarter of a million bbls cumulative)
• 18399, 2,685, Whiting, Rohde 43-1H, t4/10; cum 192K 3/12;
• 20641, 843, Whiting, Rohde 43-1TFH, t9/11; cum 21K;