Thursday, August 25, 2011

18 - 13 - 13 - 14: Fourteen (14) New Permits Today -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Incredible.

Daily activity report, August 25, 2011 --

Operators: Hess (4), Slawson (3), QEP (2), Newfield, Burlington Resources, EOG, MRO, Denbury.

Fields: Arnegard, Elm Tree, Beaver Lodge, Siverston, Blue Buttes, Heart Butte, Parshall, Strandahl, Alger, and Haystack Butte.

Slawson, Hess, and QEP all have 2-well pad permits.

Two wells were released from confidential status: both of them reported IPs. Perhaps the fracking backlog is starting to be resolved.

Slawson had a nice well:
  • 20229, 1,184, Slawson, Jughead Federal 2-26H, Mountrail
So, Monday of this week: 18 new permits; Tuesday, 13; Wednesday, 13; and, today, 14 new permits.

Lynn Helms says there are 1,000 permits issued that still have to be drilled and another 250 waiting to be approved.