Ten (10) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Four New Permits For Hess, Six New Permits For Oasis; Oasis Has Eleven (11) Approved For "Tight Hole" Status

Active rigs: 193

Ten (10) new permits --

• Operators: Oasis (6), Hess (4) [That was easy.]
• Fields: Alger (Mountrail), Cherry Creek (McKenzie) [That was easy]
• Comments: The Oasis permits are for a 6-well pad; the Hess permits are for a 4-well pad.

I forgot to post the wells that came off the confidential list today. Here they are:

• 23694, drl, XTO, FBIR Beaks 24X-8A, Heart Butte, no production data,
• 24579, 285, CLR, Barney 4-29H-1, Brooklyn, t8/13; cum 20K 10/13;
• 24733, 150, Hess, LK-Pohribnak 147-96-16H-7, Cedar Coulee, t10/13; cum --
• 25344, drl, RO, Orvin 31-13TFH, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 25582, drl, KOG, P Evitt 154-98-15-12-24-15H3, Truax, no production data,
• 25608, 138, Legacy, Legacy Et Al Bernstein 13-17 2H, Pershing, no production data,

This is more than I normally see on a daily activity report: 19 wells approved for "tight hole" status, including 11 for Oasis and 8 for Whiting. That's pretty impressive. No moss growing under either of Whiting's rigs or Oasis' rigs.

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 23933, drl, XTO, FBIR Beaks 24X-8E, Heart Butte, no production data,
• 24799, drl, CLR, rollefstad Federal 7-3H-1, Antelope, no production data,
• 25092, drl, Statoil, Bill 14-23 5TFH, Alexander, no production data,
• 25266, 900, Hess, BW-Rolfson-151-98-2116H-3, Siverston, t11/13; cum 11K 10/13;
• 25513, drl, KOG, P Evitt 154-98-15-12-1-2H3M, Truax, no production data,