Nine (9) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, April 27, 2012 --

Operators: MRO (3), BEXP (3), Oasis, EOG, XTO

Fields: Banks (McKenzie), Avoca (Williams), Tyrone (Williams), Parshall (Mountrail), Bailey (Dunn), Dollar Joe (Williams)

Five wells released from "tight hole" status; three were completed, including:

• 20124, 802, Whiting, Brueni 21-16TFH, Stark
• 20992, 490, Petro-Hunt, Sylte Mineral Trust 157-101-25B-36-1H, Dunn
• 21358, 3,863, BEXP, Clifford Bakke 26-35 2H, Mountrail
• 20547, DRL, CLR, Kukla 2-16H, Dunn,
• 21402, DRL, Hess, BB-Belquist-150-95-1011H-2, McKenzie