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

NDIC quietly corrects an error posted yesterday. That Whiting well with an IP of 8,443 bbls of oil was incorrect; the IP for #25105 has been corrected to 843 bbls. 

Active rigs:  189 (no change for several days now)

Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (2), HRC, Legacy, Newfield
• Fields: Haystack Butte (Dunn), Strandahl (Williams), North Souris (Bottineau), Sandrocks (McKenzie)
• Comments:

Results of wells coming off confidential list have been posted; see sidebar at the right. All Bakken wells coming off the confidential list went to DRL status; one Spearfish/Madison well reported an IP.

Liberty Resources canceled two permits: its Helling well (#25051) and its Red Wing State well (#23927).

One producing well was completed:

• 23596, 533, HRC, Pasternak Federal 1-2-11H, Strandahl, t2/13; cum 16K 5/13;

Statoil is re-surveying sites for six (6) wells on one pad in section 19-155N-92W, Alger field. Three are Jack Cvancara wells and three are Domaskin wells.  One Cvancara well in this section:

• 18628, 4,357, Statoil, Jack Cvancara 19-18 1H, Alger, t5/10; cum 300K 5/13; producing 5,000 bbls of oil/month