Fourteen (14) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Two Nice Wells Reported; HRC Reports A "High IP" Well

Active rigs:

	1/30/2014	01/30/2013	01/30/2012	01/30/2011	01/30/2010
Active Rigs	190	186	204	163	90

Fourteen (14) new permits --

• Operators: Enerplus (5), Slawson (3), CLR (2), MRO (2), BR (2)
• Fields: Antelope (McKenzie), Big Bend (Mountrail), St Demetrius (Billings), Sadler (Divide), Chimney Butte (Dunn), Elidah (McKenzie)
• Comments:

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

Two (2) producing wells were completed:

• 23178, 1,812, Enerplus, Prairie Dog 150-94-04A-09H, Spotted Horn, t1/14; cum --
• 24753, 1,589, Enerplus, Fox 150-94-04A-09H, Spotted Horn, t12/13; cum --

Wells coming off the confidential list Friday:

• 25399, 2,271, HRC, Fort Berthold 152-94-13A-24-4H, Antelope, Sanish, t11/13; cum 12K 11/13;
• 25422, drl, XTO, Alice 44X-34D, Siverston, no production data,
• 25432, 720, Slawson, Mauser Federal 4-18-17TFH, North Fork; t11/13; cum 36K 12/13;
• 25638, dry, Petro-Hunt, Lardy 139-105-24B-3-1, wildcat (24-139-105), no production data, out in the middle of nowhere; far southwest corner of the state; 7 miles southeast of Beach;
• 25835, drl, XTO, Duke 34X-31F, Siverston, no production data,

When the last well comes off the confidential list tomorrow, that will end the month of January, 2014, the month that holds the record for most wells to have come off the confidential list in any one month.