The Number Of Active Rigs Continues To Decrease In North Dakota

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 25599, DRY, KOG, P Scanlan 153-98-16-9-11-16H, Truax, no production data,
• 25780, 456, Fidelity, CGB 30-31H, Stanley, t12/13; cum 8K 3/14;
• 25781, A, Fidelity, Garfield 30-31H, Stanley, Three Forks, 60 stages; 3.9 million lbs; no test date, no IP, producing,
• 25942, conf, Whiting, Johnson 34-33-2H, Pleasant Hill, a nice well,
• 26445, drl, CLR, Vachal 4-27H, Alkali Creek,
• 26570, 258, KOG, Wildrose 159-98-15-10-3-3H3, Big Stone, t2/14; cum 3K 3/14;
• 26915, drl, Samson Resources, Bel Air 2314-8H, Ambrose, no production yet,

NOTE on KOG's DRY well, from the well file, a sundry form: "[We] did not get a good cement job on surface and we are not able to circulate below the Fox Hills water table. Moving forward we plan to pump 160' of cement covering the interval 1740' - 1900' to cover perfs (1899').

NOTE on Fidelity's Garfield well, from the well file: 60 stages; 3.9 million lbs; no test date or IP as of date of original post.

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Active rigs:

	5/20/2014	05/20/2013	05/20/2012	05/20/2011	05/20/2010
Active Rigs	188	189	209	178	112

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: MRO (4), Triangle Petroleum (2), OXY USA (2)
  Fields: Chimney Butte (Dunn), Elk (McKenzie), Murphy Creek (Dunn)
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Wells coming off the confidential list were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.