Nine (9) New Permits In North Dakota, USA

Producers: Whiting (3), Murex (2), Anschutz, OXY, Hess, and Oasis.

Fields: Glass Bluff, Willow Creek, Chateau, Burke, Manning, Sanish, and one wildcat.

No multi-well pads.

As usual, Whiting has two new Sanish permits (their cash cow) and a permit elsewhere, in this case Chateau field.

The wildcat is a Murex permit, up in Divide County, about 5 miles southwest of Fortuna. It is a bit distant from the West Ambrose and Ambrose fields which have a history of being fairly active. In the February, 2011, docket, Baytex was looking to put in several  new wells in these fields:

• 14064: Baytex, to establish a 1280-acre unit in Ambrose-Bakken; 1 well
• 14065: Baytex, to create 3 1280-acre units in Ambrose-Bakken; 3 wells on each unit = 9 wells
• 14066: Baytex, create 12 1280-acre units in West Ambrose-Bakken; 1 well on each = 12 wells