Eight (8) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- Another 15 Petro-Hunt Wells Canceled Inside The Reservation

Active rigs: 189 (steady; at high end)

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: SM Energy (2), Triangle (2), Whiting, Hunt, Legacy, Oasis
• Fields: Sanish (Mountrail), Zahl (Williams), Red Rock (Bottineau), Poe (McKenzie), Cottonwood (Burke), Timber Creek (McKenzie)
• Comments:

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

Producing well completed:

• 23817, 975, Whiting, Brookbank State 44-9TFX, Sanish, t3/13; cum -- 

Fifteen (15) permits canceled, including eleven Petro-Hunt permits (on top of 22 yesterday); these were in McKenzie County, I believe all on the reservation. Others canceling: Cornerstone (3), Samson Resources (1)