Sixteen (16) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; QEP With Three Huge Wells In The Helis Grail; Petro-Hunt ReportsTwo Nice Wells; QEP With Three Huge Wells

Active rigs: 184

Sixteen (16) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (4), BR (4), Whiting (3), XTO (2), Mountain Divide, Zenergy, Oasis
• Fields: Alger (Dunn), Heart Butte (Dunn), Fortuna (Divide), Dollar Joe (Williams), Corral Creek (Dunn), Foreman Butte (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail), North Creek (Stark)
• Comments:

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

Twelve (12) producing wells completed:

• 25515, 303, Whiting, Rigel State 11-16XH, Sanish, t8/13; cum --
• 24686, 2,207, QEP, G. Levang 13-32/29H, Grail, t8/13; cum --
• 24687, 2,740, QEP, G. Levang 4-32-29BH, Grail, t8/13; cum --
• 24685, 2,994, QEP, G. Levang 3-32-29BH, Grail, t8/13; cum --
• 25076, 726, OXY USA, Charles Tompkins 1-31-30H-144-97, Little Knife, no data at NDIC; still listed as conf;
• 24504, 827, Hess, BB-State 151-96-0310H-2, Blue Buttes, t8/13; cum --
• 22799, 574, Hess, LK-Dukart 145-97-0310H-2, Little Knife, t8/13; cum --
• 23499, 694, Hess, BB-Burk-15195-0718H-2,  Blue Buttes, t8/13; cum --
• 24861, 595, Hess, BW-Sharon 150-100-2536H-3, Timber Creek, t8/13; cum 10K 7/13;
• 24503, 733, BB-State 151-96-3625H-2, Blue Buttes, t8/13; cum 10K 7/13;
• 24371, 842, Hess, EN-Weyrauch A-154-93-1720H-6, Robinson Lake, t8/13; cum 7K 7/13;
• 22800, 746, Hess, LK-Obrigewitch 146-97-3427H-3, Little Knife, t8/13; cum 6K 7/13;

Wells coming off the confidential list on Tuesday:

• 23195, drl, Statoil, Hospital 31-36 3H, Alger, no production data;
• 23361, drl, CLR, Atlanta 12-6H, Baker, no production data;
• 23515, 303, Petro-Hunt, L. Hoiby 159-94-30C-19-3H, North Tioga, middle Bakken, 30 stages; 3.3 million lbs; 500 to 2,000 units; t51/13; cum 30K 7/13;
• 23668, drl, KOG, Koala 8-5-6-4H3, Poe, no production data;
• 24010, 1,810, MRO, Cummings USA 41-6TFH, Van Hook, t8/13; cum --
• 24015, 507, CLR, Colfax 3-19H, Oliver, t7/13; cum 5K 7/13;
• 24326, 1,674, Petro-Hunt, Vera 1-1H, Clear Creek, middle Bakken; 30 stages, sliding sleeve; t5/13; cum 45K 7/13;
• 24947, drl, QEP, Lawlar 2-5-8BH, Grail, no production data;
• 25013, 23, CLR, MPHU 13-10H, Medicine Pole Hills, a Red River well; t5/13; cum 2K 7/13; 

I made a mistake yesterday talking about the "backlog" in fracking. Some of the "backlog" is scheduled operations due to pad drilling. Due to pad drilling, it makes it difficult to determine just how severe the "backlog" is. My hunch: it's not as bad as I first thougth. 

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23515, see above, Petro-Hunt, L. Hoiby 159-94-30C-19-3H, North Tioga:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2013	20718	21646
6-2013	5719	1267
5-2013	3636	1456

24326, see above, Petro-Hunt, Vera 1-1H, Clear Creek:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2013	15970	18979
6-2013	21156	4520
5-2013	7629	0