Twenty-eight (28) New Permits; KOG, BEXP With Two Huge Wells;

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Twenty-eight (28) new permits

• Operators: BEXP (10),  Denbury (5), Marathon (4), Samson Resources (3), Oasis (2), Whiting (2), XTO, Liberty Resources,
• Fields: Sanish (Mountrail), Ray (Williams), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Heart Butte (Dunn), Banks (McKenzie), Bailey (Dunn), Werner (Dunn), Glass Bluff (McKenzie), Cedar Coulee (Dunn), Ambrose (Divide), North Tobacco Garden (McKenzie), Bicentennial (Golden Valley)
• Comments: No new permits for Newfield or OXY USA

Producing wells now completed:

• 21308, 2,461, KOG, Koala 14-32-29-3H, middle Bakken, Poe, t9/12; cum 71K 11/12; 28 stages; 4 million lbs ceramic; see pad diagram below
• 22023, 3,079, BEXP, Bill 14-23 1H, Alexander, t8/12; cum 23K 8/12;

Two wells coming off the confidential list tomorrow:

• 21251, 465, Whiting, Cymbaluk 21-25TFH, Wildcat, about 2K per month; located in Park oil field, in southwest North Dakota; t4/12; cum 15K 8/12;
• 21569, 723, CLR, Mittlestadt 2-20H, Chimney Butte, t7/12; cum 33K 8/12;

From the well file, a schematic of the pad where oil from three KOG wells will be commingled. These pads have to be quite impressive: