Five (5) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs: 188 (steady but trending down)

Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: EOG (3), Mountain Divide, BR,
• Fields: Parshall (Mountrail), Charlson (McKenzie)
  Comments: Mountain Divide has four permits, all permits; #23900 is on DRL status; the other three are confidential.  Their permit today is a permit for a wildcat in Divide County.

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