Fifteen (15) New Permits -- KOG Has a Gusher -- Previously Reported -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, June 12, 2012 --

• Operators: Hess (4), BR (3), Hunt (2), Petro-Hunt (2), SM Energy (2), Zavanna, Liberty Resources
• Fields: Siverston (McKenzie), Eagle Nest (Dunn), East Fork (Williams), Truax (Williams), Corral Creek (Dunn)

Hunt has a permits for two wells in Divide County.

Hess has permits for a 4-well pad in Truax oil field.

BR has permits for a 3-well pad in Corral Creek.

Four wells were released from "tight hole" status:

• 20053, no data, SM Energy, Nelson 15-11H, McKenzie
• 20694, no data, Fidelity, Parker 29-32H, Stark County
• 21401, 1,968, Newfield, Charlotte 150-98-17-20-2H, Siverston Field, McKenzie
• 21730, no data, Hess, CA-Stangeland-155-95-2128H-1, Williams

Three out of four wells not completed/not fracked. It sure does not appear to me that we are making a lot of progress on catching up with the fracking backlog, unless wells are staying on DRL status for a shorter period of time. But three of four wells coming off "tight hole" list were not completed.

Canceled:

• 23007, PNC, Zavanna, Double Down 24-13 1H Old, Williams

Four producing wells were completed, including:

• 21822, 3,000, KOG, Thomas 154-98-15-33-23-2H, Truax field, Williams (this was reported back on May 14, 2012)