Six (6) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, April 3, 2012 --

Operators: SM Energy, EOG, Silver Oak Energy, and American Eagle

Fields: Colgan (Divide), Charlson (McKenzie), Cedar Hills (Slope), Parshall (Mountrail)

After just posting a fairly long note regarding American Eagle yesterday, it is with some pleasure to see another American Eagle permit.

Four wells were released from "tight hole" status; two were completed/fracked, including:

• 21084, 1,497, Denbury, Satter 24-35SEH, McKenzie

Seven wells on DRL status reported IPs, including:

• 16882, 59, Denbury, TRMU 13X-22H, Billings, a Madison well
• 19981, 1,003, Zavanna, Gust 2-11 1H, Williams