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

Daily activity report, May 10, 2012 --

Operators: BEXP (2), Hess (2), OXY (2), EOG, CLR, Petro-Hunt
Fields: Parshall (Mountrail), Stony Creek (Williams), Little Knife (Dunn), Fayette (Dunn), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Stoneview (Burke), McGregory Buttes (Dunn), and Alger (Mountrail)

This permit caught my eye:

• 22922, loc, BEXP, Syverson 1-12 2TFH -- Mr Syverson was the high school band director for many, many years, and a Williston icon

Three producing wells were reported as completed, including:

• 21237, 62 (no typo), Hunt, Palermo 2-6-34H, Mountrail

Six wells were released from "tight hole" status:

• 18071, DRL, Zavanna, Cheetah 1-10H,
• 20882, 506, Whiting, Arndt 12-24TFH,
• 21241, 1,624, BEXP, Kari 10-3 1H,
• 21495, 577, XTO, Clyde Hauge 11X-13,
• 21588, DRL, Hess, EN-Stenbak 157-94-1324H-1,
• 21614, DRL, BTA, 9215 JV-P Snow-B-1R, a Madison well