Seventeen (17) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Statoil With Two Huge Wells in Banks Oil Field; A Madison Well, After 53 Years Of Faithful Service Is Retired After Producing 432,000 Bbls (The Well Will Be Given A Gold Watch)

Active rigs: 187 (steady)

Seventeen (17) new permits --

• Operators: Whiting (6), Hess (3), Triangle (2), Fram Operating (2), XTO (2), CLR, Zenergy
• Fields: Williston (Williams), South Greene (Renville), South Meadow (Williams), Alkali Creek (Mountrail), Harding (McKenzie), Zenith (Stark), Bell (Stark(, Norma (Renville), Beaver Lodge (Williams)
• Comments: Whiting has a permit for a wildcat in Williams County

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

Producing wells now completed:

• 15046, 11, Petro-Hunt/Flying J Oil & Gas, Zabolotny 8-4, a Duperow well, Little Knife, this was a Red River well that produced 65K, completed back in 2001; now it's a Duperow well;
• 22578, 3,906, Statoil, Gunderson 15-22 3H, Banks, t3/13; cum --
• 22729, 2,008, Statoil, Alger State 16-21 2TFH, Banks, t3/13; cum --

Producer abandoned:

• 02543, PNA/153, Condor/Carter Oil, Frederickson Bnd 2-29 1, a Madison well, t11/60; cum 432K 9/11;