Twenty-Three (23) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Seven (7) Producing Wells Completed; Big Day For The NDIC

Active rigs: 184

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

Twenty-three (23) new permits --

• Operators: WPX (11), Whiting (4), (Statoil (4), BR (2), Corinthian Exploration (2)
  Fields: Sanish (Mountrail), Hawkeye (McKenzie), Reunion Bay (Dunn), Banks (McKenzie), Zenith (Stark), Van Hook (Mountrail)
• Comments: Corinthian has permits for two wildcats; both in Bottineau County; one in Haram oil field, the other not specified

Producing wells completed:

• 24356, 816, Hess, EN-Hermanson 154-93-0235H-2, Robinson Lake, t7/13; cum --
• 24369, 1,240, Hess, EN-Weyrauch A-154-93-1720H-4, Robinson Lake, t7/13; cum --
• 22884, 335, Hess, LK-Dukart 145-97-0310H-4, Little Knife, t7/13; cum --
• 22570, 418, Hunt, Antelope 1-36-25H, Antelope Creek, t7/13; cum --
• 21274, 1,389, Enerplus, Chord 148-93-18D-07-3H, McGregory Buttes, t7/13; cum --
• 21275, 1,082, Enerplus, Music 148-93-18D-0704H TF, McGregory Buttes, t7/13; cum --

In addition, nine (9) permits were renewed, including seven (7) by WPX -- the Martin Fox wells in Mandaree oil field, Dunn County.