Thirteen (13) New Permits -- Freakin' Frackin' Backlog Not Stopping Permitting -- BR With 5 Very Nice Wells -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, October 21, 2011 --

Operators:  Enerplus (4), Whiting (2), Hess (2), Fram Operating (2), Marathon (2), Petro-Hunt

Fields: Squaw Creek, McGregory Buttes, Sanish, Hofflund, South Greene, and Deep Water Creek Bay.

Petro-Hunt with a wildcat in Williams;

Enerplus with permits for a 4-well pad in Squaw Creek; Hess has permits for a 2-well pad; and, MRO has permits for a 2-well pad.

Whiting has two more in its cash cow, the Sanish.

Two wells released from "tight hole" status; only one with an IP:

• 20034, 524, CLR, Debrecen 1-3H, Stark County -- I've been eager to see how CLR did in Stark County

But look at these producing wells that were completed, wow:

• 19287, 1,872, BR, Rising Sun 11-1TFH
• 19865, 1,848, BR, Ole Boy 24-11H
• 19884, 1,920, BR, Lincoln Hill 24-19H
• 20077, 1,432, BR, Zachery 14-10H
• 20081, 1,202, BR, Intervale 11-35H

More on these later.