Twelve (12) New Permits

Bakken Operations

Active rigs: 182 (steady, but two rigs will be moving to Montana; one is an Oasis rig; one is KOG)

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

Twelve (12) new permits:

• Operators: Whiting (4), Resolute (3), Sequel (2), Oasis (2), EOG
• Fields: Lone Butte (McKenzie), Camp (McKenzie), Lake Trenton (Williams), Sanish (Mountrail), St Demetrius (Billings), South Heart (Stark), Temple (Williams)
• Comments: Resolute now has seven (7) permits/wells in North Dakota. I first blogged about Resolute back on August 27, 2010; Resolute has four active wells, and now three more permits;

Another twelve wells approved to "tight hole" status.

Permit canceled:

• 20190, PNC, XTO, Davis 31X-15, Williams County