Five (5) New Permits -- New Operator in the Bakken -- And A New Record For Active Drilling Rigs -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA -- Twelve Wells Released From Confidential Status But Only One With IP Reported

Daily activity report, July 18, 2011 --

Operators: Marathon (2); Gadeco, LLC; WLL; and, Resource Drilling, LLC

Fields: Reunion Bay, Epping, Clear Water, and Park.

Resource Drilling -- this is their first permit in North Dakota

• 21171, LOC, Resource Drilling, LLC, Halvorson 14-13 1H

Twelve (12) wells released from confidential status but only four with an IP (most likely due to backlog in fracking)

• 18426, 909, Petro-Hunt, LLC, Fort Berthold 152-94-14C-11-1H, McKenzie County
• 18695, 258, Denbury Onshore, Charlson 34-12H, McKenzie
• 19715, 1,068, CLR, Don 1-23H, McKenzie
• 20180, 327, Hunt Oil, Halliday 1-13-24H 1, Dunn

That's a nice CLR well in McKenzie County. 

And a new record for active drilling rigs in North Dakota: 180.