Update On The NDIC Oil And Gas Permits Issued in 2010

The status of the 1,678 oil and gas permits issued in calendar year 2010 by the NDIC.

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). My database gets better with each year; there were some inconsistencies in my 2010 database, but the overall numbers are probably pretty accurate.

So, here goes, using similar format to data for 2012 and 2011.

In calendar year 2010, the NDIC issued 1,678 oil and gas permits (this does not include permits for salt water disposal wells).

Permits: #18571 - #20246.

• 1,433 have a reported IP. (An additional 11 wells were completed, but no IP provided.)
• 147 permits were canceled (PNC; one was PNA) [8.76% of original permits issued.]
• 23 wells are still on the confidential list. 
• 13 wells were still "permit only" (LOC): nothing has yet happened at these permitted sites.
• 20 wells were reported as dry or 0 bbls at time of testing. This does not include a fair number of wells with minimal production.
• 10 wells on DRL status (some have been on DRL status so long, I think they are abandoned; paperwork has not been filed)
• 24 permits had expired.
• 1 well was actively producing; completed wells but no IPs reported. 
• 4 "WI" (water injected) permits.
• 2 "TA" (temporarily abandoned). These usually do not come back on line.
•  4 wells are "AB" (abandoned).

Reported IPs:

• Greater than 5,000 bbls: 1
• 4,000 to 4,999 bbls: 6
• 3,000 to 3,999 bbls: 20
• 2,000 to 2,999 bbls: 132
• 1,000 to 1,999 bbls: 350
• 750 to 999 bbls:189
• 500 to 749 bbls: 260
• 250 to 499 bbls: 245
• 100 to 249 bbls: 129

Compare with data points for 2012 permits.

Compare with data points for 2011 permits.