Eighteen (18) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; EOG Reports Another Huge Wayzetta Well (118,000 In Less Than Four Months); Hess With A Nice Well

Active rigs:

	2/27/2014	02/27/2013	02/27/2012	02/27/2011	02/27/2010
Active Rigs	194	181	205	169	96

Eighteen (18) new permits --

• Operators: Hess (7), Oasis (5), SM Energy (3), EOG (2), QEP
• Fields: Siverston (McKenzie), Parshall (Mountrail), Grail (McKenzie), Camp (McKenzie), Beaver Lodge (Williams), Cottonwood (Mountrail)
• Comments:

The one well coming off the confidential list today was posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Finally, it's official: Four "Oil For America" wells were designated "DRY." Chesapeake's Olson well was also DRY; and Ballantyne's Diepolder well was DRY.

Help requested: over at The Bakken Discussion Group, an individual is asking -- Would anybody be able to tell me if $27,300 per acre bonus and 22% royalty for 160 acres in northeast McKenzie county on the reservation would be fair?

Wells coming off the confidential list Friday:

• 22203, drl, CLR, Cuskelly 2-7H, Rattlesnake Point, no production data,
• 25343, 730, EOG, Wayzetta 154-0605H,  Parshall, t9/13; cum 119K 12/13;
• 25497, 233, Baytex, Haugenoe 21-16-162-99H 1PB, Ambrose, t9/13; cum 20K 12/13;
• 25825, 1,751, Newfield, Holm 150-98-17-20-3H, Siverson, t1/14; cum --
• 25948, 2,088, Petrogulf, Sanstrom 151-94-1H, Antelope, a Sanish well,  t12/13; cum 21K 12/13;
• 26114, drl, Hess, EN-Chamley 156-93-0508H-4, Baskin,
• 26123, conf, CLR, Morgan 1-29H1, Corinth, t11/13; cum 26K 12/13;

************************************

25343, see above, EOG, Wayzetta 154-0605H,  Parshall:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
12-2013	22312	0
11-2013	38686	0
10-2013	41171	0
9-2013	15433	0

*****************************

A Note To The Granddaughters

I noted that it got up to 22 degrees the other day here in Williston, the heart of the Bakken, North Dakota. This morning when I drove to Cashwise for coffee, it was eleven degrees below zero; it is currently quite warm, 13 degrees (above zero, but still almost 20 degrees below freezing). To no one in particular in the Books on Broadway coffee shop this afternoon, I noted that it was warmer earlier in the week, but today was cooler. One of the long-term Willistonites who was there having coffee checked his iPhone and noted that it would be -21 overnight Friday; -22 overnight Saturday; -15 overnight Monday with snow.

He noted that we had our "spring" for the year.