Fourteen (14) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Active Rigs At 178 Ties Record Low

Active rigs: 178 (ties record for LOW number of active rigs post-boom in the Bakken)

Fourteen (14) new permits --

• Operators: Newfield (7), MRO (4), Whiting (2), Corinthian Exploration
• Fields: Reunion Bay (Mountrail), Sanish (Mountrail), Sioux (McKenzie), Siverston (McKenzie), Westberg (McKenzie), Souris (Bottineau)
• Comments: Newfield has permits for five Wisness wells on one pad; two wells on another pad; there are already three other Wisness wells in section 21 (two Petro-Hunt wells; one Newfield well)

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

It looks like 22 permits were renewed, which is about as many as I've ever seen for one day.

Hess cancelled a well:

• 19852, PNC, Hess, EN-Kiesel-155-94-1918H-3, Manitou