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

Active rigs: 185 (steady)

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (4), Whiting (3), EOG
• Fields: Sanish (Mountrail), Cedar Coulee (Dunn), Parshall (Mountrail), Delhi (Golden Valley)
• Comments: XTO is active; 2nd permit in Delhi this week, I believe

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

Two permits canceled:

• 18710, PNC, KOG, Hovd 5-21H, Truax,
• 25134, PNC, Whiting, Jandt 14-1, Delhi,

Producing well completed:

• 24263, 503, Whiting, S-Bar 11-7-2TFH, Sanish, t3/13; cum 1K 2/13;

Twelve (12) permits renewed: I normally don't follow renewed permits, but for some reason the list caught my attention this time: XTO (2), Oasis (3), CLR (5), and WPX (2). Except for the Oasis wells in Williams County, these renewed permits were for locations in Dunn and McKenzie counties.