Six (6) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs: 189 (steady)

Six (6) new permits --

• Operators: Marathon (2), Whiting (2), CLR, EOG
• Fields: Parshall (Mountrail), Dutch Henry Butte (Stark), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Upland (CLR)
  Comments: Relatively quiet day.
  

Wells coming off the confidential list were posted/tweeted early; see sidebar at the right.

Three Fort Berthold wells in Dunn County were transferred from Petro-Hunt to G3 Operating.