Four (4) New Pemits -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, June 16, 2011 --

Drillers: CLR (2), Oasis, and Whiting.

Fields: Dollar Joe, Jim Creek, Camp, and Sanish.

Of course, it is Whiting with the permit in the Sanish, its cash cow.

Six wells came off the confidential list, and only one reported an IP. The other five were waiting to be completed; they had all reached "total depth."

The one that reported was a nice XTO well:

• 19910, 949, XTO, Ernest Federal 31X-19, Dunn County

NDIC has issued 787 new permits this year, putting the state on track for 1,720 new permits for calendar year 2011. This is down a bit; earlier this year -- just last month (May 3, 2011) the state was on track for 1,760 new permits.