Meager Report Today; No New Permits; Six Permits Renewed -- December 12, 2019

Active rigs:

$59.18	12/12/2019	12/12/2018	12/12/2017	12/12/2016	12/12/2015
Active Rigs	53	68	51	41	65

No new permits today.

Six permits renewed:

• Bruin (4): three Fort Berthold permits, Dunn County; and, one Storhaud permit, Williams County;
• MRO: one Regina USA permit in Dunn County;
• Slawson: one Bazooka Federal permit in Mountrail County

Whiting cancels another permit:

• One Periot permit in Williams County

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ND Supreme Court News

From wiki:

Gerald Wayne VandeWalle (born August 15, 1933) is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. While attending the University of North Dakota he joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1958.

He has served on the Supreme Court since 1978 and has been the Chief Justice since 1993. He is the longest-serving incumbent Chief Justice in the United States. He is also the longest-serving Chief Justice in North Dakota history.

Now this:

ND Supreme Court Justice Jon Jensen will be the court’s next chief justice, effective January 1, 2010. He was appointed to the court by Gov. Burgum in 2017, and plans to run for a full 10-year term in 2020. He garnered 39 votes to Justice Lisa Fair McEvers’ 16.