Eleven (11) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

This week's national job's report: horrendous.

Active rigs: 186 (steady)

Eleven (11) new permits --

• Operators: Marathon (5), Oasis (3), Whiting, EOG, Williston Exploration
• Fields: Willow Creek (Williams), Squires (Williams), Sanish (Mountrail) Parshall (Mountrail), Big Bend (Mountrail), Rocky Ridge (Billings), Bailey (Dunn)
• Comments:

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

Canceled permit:

• 24495, PNC, Sinclair, Uran 2-27H, Mountrail County.