Nine (9) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- February 20, 2013

Williston Basin Operations

Active rigs: 184 (nice, up 2, but in a range)

Nine (9) new permits --

• Operators: QEP (4), EOG (2), American Eagle (2), Triangle
• Fields: Elk (McKenzie), Colgan (Divide), Grail (McKenzie), Parshall (Mountrail)
• Comments: QEP has four permits in the "Helis Grail"

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

Producing wells completed:

• 21977, 1,016, CLR, Florida 3-11H, Camp, 4-section spacing, t1/13; cum 311K 9/16;
• 23562, 1,147, Whiting, Roggenbuck Federal 41-24TFX, Sanish, t1/13; cum 127K 9/16;
• 23059, 644, Hess, LK-M Elisabeth 147-97-1522H-3, Little Knife, t1/13; cum 145K 9/16;
• 23058, 860, Hess, LK-M Elisabeth 147-97-1522H-2, Little Knife, t1/13; cum 215K 9/16;
• Follow-up this well in one year: 22720, 23 (no typo), CLR, Grant 1-16H, Corinth, a middle Bakken well; t11/12; cum 80K 11/17; fracked 2/13; 25 stages; 2.8 million lbs

Whiting Oil renewed seven (7) permits in Dunn and McKenzie County, Tarpon Federal and Charles Blackhawk wells, respectively.

The following permits were cancelled:

• 23733, PNC, Fidelity, Jerry, Stark County
• 24492, PNC, CLR, Raymond Federal, Williams
• 20434, PNC, Whiting, Ash Coulee, Billings
• 20344, PNC,Whiting, Gorrell, McKenize
• 20420, PNC,Whiting, Oneil Creek Federal 
• 23148, PNC, Hess, An-Mogen, Williams