Eleven (11) New Permits;

Bakken Operations

Active Rigs: 188 (steady, up a bit)

Eleven (11) new permits

• Operators: CLR (4), Hess (3), XTO (2) SM Energy, Ballantyne
• Fields: Dollar Joe (Williams), Grinnell (Williams), Spring Coulee (Bottineau), Indian Hill (McKenzie), Robinson Lake (Mountrail)
• Comments: No Newfield or OXY USA permit today;

Wells coming off confidential list were reported earlier, see sidebar at the right.

Producing wells completed:

• 12699: this was a shut-in gas well which produced from the Red River formation; Encore re-completed the Shultz 8-3 to the Madison formation; completed 10/18/12; no production data from the Madison yet; Buffalo Wallow, 8-148-100;

• 19638, 2,563, Oasis, Davis 5300 42-12H, Crazy Man Creek, t9/12; cum 12K 9/12;
• 22092, 1,073, QEP, MHA 2-05-04H-148-91, Heart Butte, t10/12; cum --
• 22131, 502, WPX, Mason 2-11HX, Van Hook, t10/12; cum --
• 22558, 334, Triangle, State 154-102-25-36-1H, Rosebud, t9/12; cum 9K 9/12;