192 Active Drilling Rigs in North Dakota -- New Record

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This the breakdown:

• CLR: 21
• Hess: 17
• Whiting: 16
• EOG: 11
• OXY USA: 10
• Petro-Hunt: 10
• BEXP: 10
• XTO: 7
• BR: 6
• Slawson: 6
• Oasis: 6
• Newfield: 6
• MRO: 6
• WMB: 5
• DNR: 5
• ERF: 4
• KOG: 4
• Fidelity: 1

The day I compiled this list, August 12, 2011, the number of rigs had dropped by one to 191. I don't know which one I missed when it was 192. I do know that Fidelity has had as many as 2; CLR, as many as 22.