Update On The NDIC Oil And Gas Permits Issued in 2011

[Will be edited; updated; the wife is telling me "we have to go."]

The status of the 1,916 oil and gas permits issued in calendar year 2011 by the NDIC.

There were a few wells that are producing but no IPs were provided: those are designated "A-pro" (active, producing, but no IP provided). In some cases the IPs may have been in the file reports, but I did not look at all file reports.

My data will be at variance from the NDIC official data; my data comes from my database based on daily activity reports and will have some errors (but not many, I bet).

So, here goes.

In calendar year 2011, the NDIC issued 1,916 oil and gas permits (this does not include permits for salt water disposal wells.

Permits: #20247 - #22170 (with one Murex "R" will with original file #9446, but it was permitted to enter the Bakken under this file number).

• 1,530 have a reported IP. (An additional 11 wells were completed, but no IP provided.)
• 157 permits were canceled (PNC). 
• 104 wells are still on the confidential list. 
• 35 wells were still "permit only" (LOC): nothing has yet happened at these permitted sites.
• 23 wells were reported as dry. This does not include a few wells with minimal production.
• 14 wells on DRL status.
• 13 permits had expired.
• 11 wells are actively producing; completed wells but no IPs reported.
• 8 wells have been shut in (SI).
• 6 wells are producing but still on confidential list.  
• 5 "WI" (water injected) permits.
• 2 "TA" (temporarily abandoned). These usually do not come back on line.
• 2 "PA" (permanently abandoned).
• 2 well are "AB" (abandoned). 
• 1 well on "IA" (inactive) status. These generally are returned to production. 
• 1 natural gas well; producing both natural gas and oil, but drilled for natural gas.

Reported IPs:

• Greater than 5,000 bbls: 1
• 4,000 to 4,999 bbls: 9
• 3,000 to 3,999 bbls: 48
• 2,000 to 2,999 bbls: 155
• 1,000 to 1,999 bbls: 373
• 750 to 999 bbls: 193
• 500 to 749 bbls: 303
• 250 to 499 bbls: 244
• 100 to 249 bbls: 119

Compare with data points for 2012 permits.