Eight (8) New Permits -- Zavanna Renews Four (4) Permits -- North Dakota, USA

Producers: OXY (2), Hess (2), CLR (2), Petro-Hunt, and Newfield.

Fields: Dimond, Dollar Joe, Siverston, Charlson, Fertile Valley, Little Knife, and one wildcat.

The wildcat is a Hess permit in its Goliath prospect (GO-Vinger-156-98-2116H-1), the area that they acquired when they about American Oil and Gas (AEZ). There is a string/cluster of eight wells in this area, just a few miles west of Ray, North Dakota. It is a very, very active area. It certainly looks like AEZ controlled some good acreage before they sold out to Hess. 

Most interesting about the daily activity report today was the number of permit renewals: 13. Zavanna renewed four permits; EOG, 4; and then a number of companies with one or two permit renewals.

The Zavanna wells are ones that I had on my first watch list, and always wondered what was going on with them:

• 18063, Ocelot 1-15H
• 18067, Lion 1-14H
• 18071, Cheetah 1-10H
• 18075, Jaguar 1-22H

So, now I know. Zavanna is still interested in them.

For more on Zavanna and these wells, click here: Zavanna update, November, 2010