Twelve (12) New Permits -- The WIlliston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- EOG Reports Several Huge Wells; Whiting, Murex, MRO All Report Nice Wells;

Disclaimer: I've been on the road for about 27 hours; still have 3 hours left. I assume there are typographical errors below. I did not double-check. I will double-check when I get to destination and get some sleep. 

Active rigs: 190

Twelve (12) new permits --

• Operators: HRC (4), WPX (3), Hess, Slawson, Petro-Hunt, SM Energy, Enduro
• Fields: Van Hook (Mountrail), Robinson Lake (Mountrail), Big Bend (Mountrail), Little Knife (Dunn), Eagle Nest (Dunn), Hay Draw (McKenzie)
• Comments: It looks like the HRC permits are for a 4-well pad

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

There were twelve (12) producing wells completed:

• 25275, 2,328, MRO, Betty Fettig 21-27H, Killdeer, t11/13; cum --
• 25344, 1,648, MRO, Orvin 31-13TFH, Reunion Bay, t11/13; cum --
• 24261, 2,837, BR, Glacier 24-9MBH, Clear Creek, 2 sections, t11/13; cum --
• 24260, 2,766, BR, Glacier 24-9TFH, Clear Creek, 2 sections, t12/13; cum --
• 23738, 2,899, BR, Bryce 24-8MBH, Westberg, 2 sections, t11/13; cum --
• 23737, 2,712, BR, Bryce 24-8TFH, Westberg, 2 sections, t12/13; cum --
• 25325, 1,625, XTO, Olson 34X-19D, Arnegard, t11/13; cum --
• 25710, 556, OXY USA, State Kary 3-19-18H-144-96, Murphy Creek, t11/13; cum --
• 24653, 600, OXY USA, Henry Kovash 4-7-6H-142-95, Manning, t11/13; cum --
• 25708, 711, OXY USA, State Kary 4-19-18H-144-96, Murphy Creek, t11/13; cum --
• 25284, 1,108, Hess, SC-Barney 154-98-1819H-3, Truax, t11/13; cum --
• 25936, 1,537, Whiting, Uran 12-24TFH, Sanish, t11/13; cum --

Wells coming off confidential list Tuesday:

• 23063, 1,418, EOG, Bear Den 100-2017H, Spotted Horn, t8/13; cum 84K 10/13; 
• 23267, 110, EOG, Bear Den 17-16H, Spotted Horn, t7/13; cum 56K 10/13;
• 24480, 83 (no typo), Murex, Lisa Marie 22-15H, Writing Rock, t8/13; cum 24K 10/13;
• 24551, 616, EOG, Garden Coulee 3-2734H, Ft Buford, t6/13; cum 43K 10/13;
• 24746, 280, SM Energy, Mosser 1-30HN, Colgan, t10/13; cum 8K 10/13;
• 24855, 1,981, EOG, Van Hook 130-2526H, Parshall, 35 stages; 11 million lbs, Three Forks, t7/13; cum 111K 10/13;
• 24867, 1,768, Whiting, Rovelstad 21-13-2H, Timber Creek, t6/13; cum 62K 10/13;
• 25462, drl, Hess, EN-Leo 154-94-2324H-1, Alkali Creek, no production data,
• 25483, 1,266, MRO, Kruger 24-24TFH, Bailey, t10/13; cum 17K 10/13;

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23063, see above, EOG, Bear Den 100-2017H, Spotted Horn:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	26186	24911
9-2013	30444	30596
8-2013	26497	1117

23267, see below, EOG, Bear Den 17-16H, Spotted Horn:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	14214	13789
9-2013	21083	0
8-2013	15096	2888
7-2013	4936	313

24480, see below, Murex, Lisa Marie 22-15H, Writing Rock:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	6668	0
9-2013	10734	0
8-2013	5249	0

24551, see above, EOG, Garden Coulee 3-2734H, Ft Buford:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	9970	0
9-2013	10058	985
8-2013	14431	1351
7-2013	5883	0
6-2013	2166	0

24855, see above, EOG, Van Hook 130-2526H, Parshall:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	26712	13467
9-2013	33204	16742
8-2013	30264	14100
7-2013	19696	8306

24867, see above, Whiting, Rovelstad 21-13-2H, Timber Creek:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	11204	5212
9-2013	7787	4296
8-2013	7270	215
7-2013	20574	730
6-2013	14849	3388

25483, see above, MRO, Kruger 24-24TFH, Bailey:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
10-2013	13978	7651
9-2013	3257	345

Random Update On Some West Capa Wells Per Reader's Request

The following were done quickly because I am traveling. I think they are correct, but there could be errors. I will double-check later. 

20250, 1,944, XTO, Wayne 34X-34F,  West Capa, t3/13; cum 89K 10/13;

22514, 1,023, XTO, Thaxton 24X-35B,  West Capa, t6/12; cum 48K 10/13;
22515, 437, XTO, Thaxton 24X-35F,  West Capa, t9/13; cum 15K 10/13;
25368, 1,325, XTO, Thaxton 24X-35E,  West Capa, t9/13; cum 16K 10/13;
25369, 1,559, XTO, Thaxton 24X-35A,  West Capa, t9/13; cum 21K 10/13;

22325, 856, XTO, Wallace 21X-2B, West Capa, t5/12; cum 59K 10/13;
25149, conf, XTO, Wallace 21X-2F, West Capa,
25850, conf, XTO, Wallace 21X-2E, West Capa, 
25851, conf, XTO, Wallace 21X-2A, West Capa,

Monday: Light Sweet Crude Glut At The Coast; Hess Is Poised For An Interesting 2014; Three "Things" Weighing On The Market

Active rigs:

	12/16/2013	12/16/2012	12/16/2011	12/16/2010	12/16/2009
Active Rigs	191	181	199	165	77

RBN Energy: Light sweet crude glut at the Gulf Coast -- how it will affect pricing.

The bases are loaded for another 2 MMb/d of pipeline capacity to bring additional crude supplies to the Texas Gulf Coast by the end of 2014. The majority of that payload will likely be light sweet crude from tight oil formations, a.k.a., shale. As the flood of crude headed to Texas passed through the Midwest over the past two years, prices at Cushing and points north were heavily discounted versus coastal markets. Now the discount action has moved to the Gulf Coast where light sweet crude imports have been pushed out. Today we look at the impact of the changing supply position on crude price differentials.

The Wall Street Journal

Saudi says they were thrown under the bus by the Obama administration working behind the kingdom's back with regard to Iran. Okay.

Rare global warming snowfall snags the Mideast.

Three feet of snow in Jerusalem left the city in a siege-like state over the weekend, with roads blocked, residents confined to their homes and Israeli troops in the streets, as the worst winter storm in decades swept through the Middle East.

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Hess's stock is poised for an interesting 2014.

Hess could offer investors more in 2014. Superficially, it looks like Hess has surpassed its peers on valuation.

It began 2013 trading at just 8.3 times forward earnings, a one-third discount to the S&P 500. Today, Hess's multiple is 13.7 times, a discount of less than 10%.

But earnings metrics can be misleading in the capital-intensive oil business. For example, most of the third-quarter earnings miss that hit Hess's stock in October concerned accelerated depreciation on a Norwegian oil field, a noncash charge.

Cash flow is a better metric. Hess's enterprise value, including net debt, is 4.6 times earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization on a consensus basis—about average among its peers. restructuring offers a hedge for the stock at a time when the risk of weaker oil prices is rising.

Peers such as ConocoPhillips and Marathon have undergone radical change, splitting into more focused companies and paying more cash to shareholders. Both have roundly beaten the market and the sector over the past four years. If oil prices weigh on Hess's stock next year, expect Elliott and others to press for more change.

In-Play:

Whiting Petroleum announces results of exchange offer relating to outstanding, unregistered 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021: Co announces the results of its offer to exchange all of its outstanding, unregistered 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021 issued September 26, 2013, for new, registered 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021, which are an additional issuance of and will be fully fungible and form a single series voting together as one class with the $800 mln aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021 issued on September 12, 2013. 

Miscellaneous:

Gold-bugs:

Holdings in the 14 biggest ETPs plunged 31 percent to 1,813.7 metric tons since the start of January, the first annual decrease since the funds started trading in 2003, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Three things weighing on the market:

• Federal budget compromise -- not yet a done deal. Just political theater. It will be passed.
• could the Fed announce tapering this week? Nope.
• will ObamaCare's disarray have significant effect on the US economy in 2014? Yup.