Twelve (12) New Permits -- North Dakota, USA

Operators: Marathon (2), Whiting (2), XTO, American Oil, Murex, Zenergy, Burlington Resources, Oasis, Fidelity, and Encore.

Fields: Bear Den, Sanish, Ray, South Fork, Stanley, McGregor, Banks, Bull Butte, Reunion Bay and two wildcats. One Whiting well is in its "cash cow" field, the Sanish, and one well, a wildcat, in Golden Valley, is in its Lewis and Clark prospect, which is getting a lot of attention from the company going into 2011. The two Marathon wells will be on one pad in Reunion Bay, a relatively good field.

American Oil's permit is where one would expect it, near Ray.