Eight (8) New Permits -- The Mercer Well On DRL Status -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, April 24, 2012 --

Operators: CLR (2), G3 Operating (2), Whiting, Hunt, Petro-Hunt, and SM Energy

Fields: Cartwright (McKenzie), Elm Tree (McKenzie), Wolf Bay (Dunn), Bell (Stark), and Lone Tree Lake (Williams)

G3 Operating has permits for two wildcats in Williams County.

Three wells were released from "tight hole" status and not one reported an IP. Two were Red River wells and one was a Bakken well in Mercer County. Whiting had one of the Red River wells (in Golden Valley County) and CLR had the other Red River well, in Bowman County.

The Mercer County well:

• 21284, DRL, Cirque, Old Engine Oil 16-4H, wildcat, Bakken; s10/11; note the post regarding Mercer County here. Also, note the comments at that post this date.