Five (5) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Ten Very Nice Producing Wells Completed; Manufacturer Moving To The Dakotas

Active rigs:

	2/14/2014	02/14/2013	02/14/2012	02/14/2011	02/14/2010
Active Rigs	185	182	205	168	92

Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: Whiting (2), CLR (2), Hess
• Fields: Park (Billings), Patent Gate (McKenzie), Hawkeye (McKenzie)
• Comments:

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

Ten (10) producing wells completed (all 2-section spacing, except the CLR Bice well):

• 25960, 2,312, BR, Archer 44-25TFH, Charlson, t1/14; cum --,
• 25678, 2,976, BR, Washburn 41-36TFH, Charlson, t1/14; cum --
• 26202, 665, True Oil, True Federal 33-35 2-11MB1, Bowline, t1/14; cum --
• 24634, 2,533, Statoil, Blanche 27-22 7H, Painted Woods, t1/14; cum --
• 23746, 2,145, Statoil, Mark 4-9-2TFH, Williston, t1/14; cum --
• 25551, 4,434, XTO, Marlene 42X-20H, Blue Buttes, t2/14; cum --
• 25548, 554, EN-Ruud 154-93-2734H-2, Robinson Lake, t1/14; cum -
• 24835, 1,473, CLR, Bice Federal 3-32H, Chimney Butte, 4 secs; t12/13; cum 11K 12/13;
• 25425, 879, Hess, EN-Nelson 155-94-3328H-2, Alkali creek, t1/14; cum --
• 26215, 1,280, Whiting, Uran 21-24TFH, Sanish, t2/14; cum --

Continental changed the name of four wells, to suggest a different formation being targeted:

• 26392, Limousin 2-3H2, was Limousin 2-3H1
• 26396, Limousin 6-3H2, was Limousin 6-3H1
• 26586, Honolulu 2-22H2, was Honolulu 2-22H
• 26588, Honolulu 3-22H3, was Honolulu 3-22H1 

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Another Out-of-State Manufacturer To Move to the Dakotas

The Rapid city Journal is reporting that Alcom LLC, a Maine-based manufacturer of aluminum trailers, plans to open a plant in Sioux Falls, SC. It will create 20 jobs initially and up to 180 positions over the next three year.

Alcom hopes to be making trailers in early April in the former 54,000-square-foot Balance Systems Inc. building in the northern part of the city.

Alcom CEO Trapper Clark says the manufacturer has 250 employees in Winslow, Maine, and opened a plant in Missoula, Montana, last year that employs 70 people. He says Alcom is expanding to South Dakota because of building and workforce availability, its central location and its pro-business climate.