Eight (8) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs: 187 (nice, steady)

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (4), Whiting (2), Sinclair, BR
• Fields: Hawkeye (McKenzie), Oliver (Williams), Sanish (Mountrail), Jim Creek (Dunn), Lone Butte (McKenzie)
• Comments:

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

Producing well completed:

• 20736, 873, Liberty Resources, Jackman 156-100-11-2-1H, t3/13; cum 268K 6/17;

The Hawkeye field is a great field. Look at this Hess well:

• 20738, 1,496, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95-0805H-2, t12/11; cum 316K 1/13; F; 38 stages; 3.8 million lbs; sand/ceramic;

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NEXUS Natural Gas Pipeline: US To Canada

Exporting natural gas to Canada: regular readers already know all about this, thanks to all the great posts by RBN Energy. But for those who may have missed the story, Richard Zeits, over at SeekingAlpha has posted a story about the subject. From the article:

Direct natural gas exports from the U.S. Northeast to Eastern Canada are likely to rise significantly in the near future as pipeline operators are actively working on transportation solutions for the Marcellus (and very soon also the Utica) volumes that are expected to continue to ramp up. Spectra Energy's proposed 1+ Bcf/d NEXUS Gas Transmission pipeline, which would connect the Marcellus and Utica with Ontario and has a projected in-service date of November 2016, is just one of several examples of potential new gas export projects currently under consideration or in development.

Tectonic changes are taking place in the oil and gas industry, and I'm not sure many Americans are really aware of the changes.