Monday, April 6, 2020

ND 2020 Permits -- Where We Stand -- April 6, 2020

Note: in a long note like this there will be content and typographical errors. If this is important to you, go to the source. 

As of April 6, 2020:
  • 201 oil and gas permits for calendar year 2020
  • 97 days in 2020 as of April 6
  • on track for 758 permits for calendar year 2020
Past years, total number of oil and gas permits:
  • 2019, 1,397
  • 2018: 1,466
  • 2017: 1,189
  • 2016: 818
  • 2015: 2,055
  • 2014: 3,012
  • 2013: 2,671
  • 2012: 2,522
  • 2011:1,916 
Fields, number of permits so far this year:
  • Alger: 3
  • Alkali Creek: 2
  • Antelope: 2
  • Bailey: 1
  • Bar Butte :1
  • Beaver Lodge: 10
  • Big Bend: 8
  • Big Gulch: 2
  • Bully: 2
  • Cedar Coulee: 21
  • Dollar Joe: 5
  • Eagle Nest: 6
  • East Fork: 6
  • East Tioga: 18
  • Elidah: 5
  • Enget Lake: 2
  • Hofflund: 1
  • Jim Creek: 4
  • Killdeer: 3
  • Little Knife: 7
  • Lone Butte: 4
  • Lone Tree Lake: 2
  • Long Creek: 2
  • Mandaree: 6
  • Manitou: 4
  • Moccasin Creek: 1
  • Murphy Creek: 5
  • North Branch: 1
  • North Folk: 5
  • Northwest McGregor: 1
  • Oliver: 9
  • Phelps Bay: 7
  • Pronghorn: 2
  • Reunion Bay: 3
  • Sand Creek: 5
  • Sanish: 12
  • Siverston: 2
  • Spotted Horn: 5
  • Squaw Creek: 3
  • Stockyard Creek: 5
  • Stoneview: 3
  • Strandahl: 1
  • Tioga: 2
  • Wildcat: 1
Operator, number of permits so far this year:
  • BR: 5
  • Bruin: 1
  • CLR: 38
  • Enerplus: 2
  • EOG: 1
  • Hess: 19
  • KODA: 2
  • Kraken: 18
  • Liberty Resources: 3
  • MinnKota Power Coop:1
  • MRO: 12
  • Oasis: 5
  • Petro-Hunt: 30
  • Sinclair: 7
  • Slawson: 8
  • True Oil: 1
  • Whiting: 14
  • WPX: 20
  • XTO: 8
  • Zavanna: 6
Link here for the following two graphics:



Producing wells:
  • total number of producing wells in North Dakota at end of 1/20: 15,602 producing wells.
  • total number of producing Bakken wells in North Dakota at end of 1/20: 13,480 producing Bakken wells.
Number of wells off-line for operational reasons, the end of 1/20, link here:
  • DUCs: 1,024 (up 66 from the 958 in December)
  • inactive well count: 2,608 (up 687 from 1,920 in December -- a huge increase)
  • totals, wells off line for operational reasons: 3,631 -- up significantly month-over-month -- an increase of 753 or up an astounding 26% from the previous month;
  • this sets a new record of the the number of wells off line for operational reasons; the previous record was September, 2019, (3,020)

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