As of October 5, these are the number of permits issued so far in 2012 for the following operators, and then farther down, by county:
Abraxas: 8
American Eagle: 11
Baytex: 16
BEXP: 179
BR: 63
CLR: 233
EOG: 44
Fidelity: 45
Hess: 179
Hunt: 27
KOG: 51
MRO: 50
Newfield: 23
Oasis: 70
OXY USA: 72
Petro-Hunt: 81
QEP: 23
Samson Resources: 47
Slawson: 51
SM Energy: 37
Triangle: 30
Whiting: 154
XTO: 53
By county:
Divide: 119
Dunn: 328
McKenzie: 558
Mountrail: 305
Stark: 73
Williams: 337
I don't know if there are any surprises in the list, except perhaps the aggressive BEXP permitting program. (Note: my data base and/or my counting could be off by one or two permits, but it's pretty close.)
