100

March 8, 2010: 100 active rigs in North Dakota.

The honor goes to BEXP, which started drilling Sedlacek Trust 33-4 #1-H, Lot 2 33-152N-104W, McKenzie County, file #18587.  Obviously the rig was already rigging up before today, but today is the start date of this well, the day that NDIC records 100 active rigs in North Dakota.

Update: actually I'm wrong on this. Although it is accurate that this well was spudded yesterday, in fact there are several that are moving in and rigging up; one cannot tell by looking at NDIC's "daily activity report" which is the newest rig moving in and rigging up (MIRU), unless one tracks the names of the rigs every day, which I don't. Rigs in MIRU status are counted as active rigs.

Having said that, BEXP did start drilling the Sedlacek Trust well yesterday.