Fifteen (15) New Permits (Bakken, ND, USA)

Operators: WLL (2), North Plains (2), Hess (2), BR (2), CLR, BEXP, Anschutz, Peak North Dakota, Tracker, Halek, ERF.

Fields: McGregory Buttes, Sanish, Banks, Manning, Truax, Big Butte, Squaw Creek, Roosevelt, Elidah, Killdeer, Elk, Dickinson, and Antelope and two wildcats.

I believe the Halek well west of Dickinson will be a vertical well into the Lodgepole (I could be wrong on that).

North Dakota is on track for 1,580 new permits for calendar year 2010.