Nine (9) New Permits -- The Williston Basin

Bakken Operations

Active rigs: 187 (steady)

Nine (9) new permits --

• Operators: Oasis (4), Hess (2), Murex, BR, GMXR
• Fields: Hawkeye (McKenzie), St Demetrius (Billings), Camp (McKenzie)
• Comments: Murex has a permit for a wildcat in Fortuna oil field;

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

One well approved for re-entry:

• 21947, 161 --> conf, GMX Resources, Fairfield State 21-16-1H, St Demetrius, originally completed with 37 stages; 1.2 million lbs; Three Forks;