Nine (9) New Permits -- 13 of 17 Wells Not Completed -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, April 2, 2012 --

Operators: BEXP (3), Hess (2), XTO, Eagle Operating, SM Energy, Whiting

Fields: Greenbush (Renville), Sixmile (Williams), Robinson Lake (Mountrail), Big Stick (Billings), Alger (Mountrail), Grinnell (Williams)

Seventeen (17) wells released from "tight hole" status; four (4) wells were completed/fracked, including:

• SM Energy, 1,164, SM Energy, Leiseth 1-24H, McKenzie