Friday, November 8, 2013

Eight (8) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs: 182

Eight (8) new permits --
  • Operators: Statoil (3), Fidelity (2), Mountain Divide (1), Petro-Hunt (1), XTO (1)
  • Fields: Fortuna (Divide), Alger (Mountrail), Little Knife (Dunn), Heart Butte (Dunn)
  • Comments: This is Mountain Divide's 8th permit in North Dakota; all are wildcats or in Fortuna oil field; three are actively producing wells
Wells coming off the confidential list were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Six (6) permits were renewed, including three by Statoil and two by CLR.

Three (3) producing wells were completed:
  • 25727, 1,302, Whiting, Brown 42-28XH, Sanish, t10/13; cum --
  • 24795, 556, Slawson, Sail and Anchor 4-13-14HBK, Stockyard Creek, t9/13; cum7K 9/13;
  • 24223, 400, CLR, Hawkinson 4-22H2, Oakdale, t9/13; cum --