Eight (8) New Permits -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, November 7, 2011 --

Operators: Ward -Williston, MRO (2), CLR (2), Hess (3)

Fields: Little Deep Creek, Deep Water Creek Bay, North Tioga, Beaver Lodge, LIttle Knife.

CLR has a wildcat in Burke County.

MRO  has permits for a 2-well pad, as does Hess.

Finally, eleven wells released from "tight hole" status and six of them reported IPs, including:

• 19499, 1,264, Fidelity, TTT Ranch 33-28H, Mountrail, Bakken
• 20373, 2,812, BEXP, Alger State 16-21 1H, Mountrail, Bakken

And a well that was producing is now completed:

• 20068, 929, North Plains, Flatland 9-9H, McKenzie, Bakken

But, still, of the eleven wells coming off "tight hole" status, almost half were still waiting to be fracked/completed.