Ten (10) New Permits -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, January 12, 2012:

Operators: ERF (4), Zenergy (2), Hess, OXY USA, CLR, Fidelity

Fields: Manning, Banks, Stanley, Heart Butte, Rainbow, Rosebud, and Trenton

Three wells were released from "tight hole" status; not one of them was completed.

Ten wells on DRL status reported IPs, including:

• 19352, 1,290, Hess, EN-Vachal-155-93-0532H, Mountrail
• 19723, 1,238, Hess, AN-Bohmbach-143-94-2734H-1, McKenzie
• 20206, 954, CLR, Truman 1-23H, Williams
• 20644, 1,221, MRO, Good Bear USA 31-14H, Dunn
• 20807, 831, CLR, Dvirnak 3-7H, Dunn