Fourteen (14) New Permits To Finish The Month of October

Bakken Operations

Active rigs: 186 (steady)

Fourteen (14) new permits -- on track for 2,589 new permits this calendar year (2012)

• Operators: CLR (7), MRO (3), Hunt (2), Petro-Hunt (2)
• Fields: McGregory Buttes (Dunn), Wildrose (Divide), Sather Lake (McKenzie), Little Tank (McKenzie), Dolphin (Divide(, Clear Creek (McKenzie), Brooklyn (Williams), Beaver Lodge (Williams)
• Comments: Another day with no Newfield or OXY USA permit; Brooklyn oil field with two more permits;

One permit was canceled:

• 22268, PNC, WPX Energy, Howling Wolf 28-33HC, Dunn County