Seven (7) New Permits in the Williston Basin; Oasis Has a Gusher -- Doris Will Be Popping The Champagne Tonight (Or Maybe This Weekend -- North Dakotans Have Learned To Delay Gratification)

Active rigs: 184 (trending down over past couple of days)

Seven (7) new permits -- 

• Operators: XTO (3), MRO (2), Whiting, BEXP
  Fields: Whiskey Joe (Billings), Arnegard (McKenzie), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Alger (Mountrail)
• Comments: XTO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of XOM; seems particularly active

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

Producing wells completed:

• 23532, 527, CLR, Louisville 2-9H, Last Chance, t2/13; cum 5K 1/13;
• 24264, 1,253, Whiting, S-Bar 11-7H, Sanish, t3/13; cum --
• 22633, 768, Oasis, Jazz Federal 6093 42-20H, Gros Ventre, t2/13; cum --
• 23463, 3,539, Oasis, Doris H 5200 44-20B, t2/13; cum --
• 20167, 949, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-3, Alkali Creek, t3/13; cum --
• 23259, 515, KOG, Grizzly 146-99-3-3-10-13H3, Ranch Creek, t2/13; cum -- 1/13;

I had not heard of Ranch Creek before. The field is in southeast McKenzie County; it's a fairly large field, but not particularly active. Sort of like the "inactive" Divide County which has turned out to be quite surprising. A lot of sections in Ranch Creek with no Bakken wells.