Twenty-One (21) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; BR Reports Three (3) "High-IP" Wells -- March 12, 2014

Active rigs:

	3/12/2014	03/12/2013	03/12/2012	03/12/2011	03/12/2010
Active Rigs	193	187	201	173	104

This may be a new record; if not, awful close and very rare -- more than 15 permits in one day ...

Twenty-one (21) new permits --

• Operators: KOG (8), CLR (6),  EOG (3),  Petro-Hunt (2), Legacy (2),
• Fields: Truax (Williams), Stoneview (Divide), Parshall (Mountrail), Red Rock (Bottineau), Clear Creek (McKenzie)
• Comments: the eight KOG permits will be on the same pad (23-154-98) - mostly likely 2560-acre spacing; the six CLR wells will be on a single pad in Divide County (28-160-95)

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

Three (3) producing wells were completed:

• 25507, 2,926, BR, CCU Powell 31-29MBH, Corral Creek, unitized, t2/14; cum --
• 25509, 2,886, BR, CCU William 34-20MBH, Corral Creek, unitized, t214; cum --
• 25510, 2,766, BR, CCU William 44-20TFH, Corral Creek, unitized, t2/14; cum -- 
• NOTE: unitized: 30,884 acres is the "spacing unit"

Wells coming off the confidential list Thursday:

• 25332, drl, XTO, Martin Federal 21x-33E, Cedar Coulee, no production data,
• 25413, 838, QEP, MHA 3-10-15H-149-91, Heart Butte, t11/13; cum 11K 1/14;
• 25529, drl, Zavanna, Sylvester 32-29 4TFH, Springbrook, no production data,
• 26089, drl, BR, Big Bend 41-2TFH, Camel Butte, no production data,
• 26103, drl, Slawson, goldenban 2-2-1MLH, Sanish, no production data,
• 26211, drl, HRC, Moline 157-100-20D-17-3H, Marmon, no production data,
• 26233, 534, Petro-Hunt, Tande 159-94-29D-20-5H, North Tioga, t12/13; cum 8K 1/14;

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FreeBeacon is reporting:

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) declared the U.S. Constitution to be 400 years old Wednesday on the House floor, which would mean it was signed in 1614.

“Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not,” she said.

This was prepared remarks, a prepared speech. I can't make this stuff up.  And no doubt she will be re-elected.