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

Daily activity report, June 5, 2012 --

• Operators: CLR (3), Corinthian (2), BEXP (2), Hess (2)
• Fields: Alger (Mountrail), Frazier (Divide), Hawkeye (McKenzie), North Souris (Bottineau), Corinth (Williams)

CLR has a permit for a wildcat in Billings County.

One producing well was completed:

• 21577, 1186, MRO, Ernest Charchenko 14-33H, Dunn

Ten wells released from "tight hole" status:

• 19466, 242, Oasis, Chicken Creek Federal 44-35H,
• 19614, DRL, Oasis, Christianson 5404 14-34H,
• 20062, DRL, XTO, Christiana 21X-6B, 
• 20684, 27, Baytex, Bragg 32-29-160-98H,
• 21048, 1,867, Oasis, Caspian 5693 43-1H,
• 21061, 1,006, Whiting, Crane Creek State 11-16TFH, 
• 21142, DRL, Oasis, Horse Creek Federal 5004 42-35H,
• 21368, 217, CLR, Overland 1-8H,
• 21507, 1,365, BEXP, Sam 30-31 1h, 
• 21823, 1,430, MRO, Ben Reckard 44-22H,

Permit expired:

• 19147, EXP, Hess, Edward 28-1H, 

Three Whiting wells in Stark County were approved for "tight hole" status; two of them targeting the Pronghorn Sand formation: Mork Trust, Solberg, and Talkington.

A huge "thank you" to  Connie who writes often with great links but doesn't want me to post her comments:

There's Nothing I Can Do About It Now, Willie Nelson