Seventeen (17) new permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Statoil And MRO Each Are Reporting A Nice Well

Active rigs: 184

Seventeen (17) new permits -- 

• Operators: BR (6), Hess (5), WPX (3), HRC (1), Hunt (1), Mountain Divide (1)
• Fields: Johnson Corner (McKenzie), Fortuna (Divide), Spotted Horn (McKenzie), Robinson Lake (Mountrail), Otter (Williams), Sioux Trail (Divide)
• Comments: it looks like the BR permits are for a 6-well pad;

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

Eight (8) producing wells were completed:

• 25375, 511, Sequel, 11-15H-1522-147101-MB, 
• 25377, 407, Sequel, Moe 24-31H-3031-147102-BTF,
• 24967, 197, CLR, Tangsrud 9-1H,
• 24964, 390, CLR, Tangsrud 6-1H2, 
• 25772, 425, Whiting, Littlefield 14-13XH,
• 25730, 939, Whiting, Locken 43-8XH, 
• 25771, 411, Whiting, Littlefield 14-13-2XH,
• 24750, 361, SM Energy, Mosser 2-30HNA,

Statoil renewed five (5) M Olson 20-29 permits in Williams County.

HRC renewed the Fort Berthold 148-94-17C-08-4H well, #24417, in Dunn County.

Petro-Hunt canceled one permit:

• 25950, PNC, Estby 159-94-26A-25-1H PNC, East Tioga, Burke County

Pacer will target the middle Bakken rather than the Three Forks:

• 23355, conf, Bakken Hunter, Pacer 3427-2MBH, Ambrose, Divide County

Wells coming off the confidential list Friday:

• 24319, 53 (no typo), Hunt, Bowline 1-1-12H, Little Tank, t9/13; cum -- 
• 24494, A, CLR, Stedman 5-24H2, Hebron, no production data,
• 25102, 1,398, MRO, Ruth Martin 21-14TFH, Reunion Bay, t8/13; cum 24K 9/13;
• 25440, drl, QEP, Kummer 6-7-5-8LL, Grail, no production data,
• 25488, 2,563, Statoil, Stubbs 28-21 1H, Briar Creek, t8/13; cum 33K 9/13;
• 25518, drl, SM Energy, Walla 13X-19H,  Poe, no production data,