Twenty-One (21) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Ten (10) Producing Wells Completed; Several "High IP" Wells

With 21 new permits today, the state is on track to issue 2,810  new permits this calendar year (2014):

• 2014, as of today: 1,101 permits; on track for 2,810 permits this calendar year
• 2013, at same point one year ago: 1,002 permits; on track for 2,558 permits for 2013
• 2012, at same point two years ago: 817 permits; on track for 2,085 permits for 2012

Active rigs:

	5/23/2014	05/23/2013	05/23/2012	05/23/2011	05/23/2010
Active Rigs	191	185	211	179	116

Twenty-one (21) new permits --

• Operators: Liberty Resources (4), Corinthian (4), Oasis (3), EOG (3), MRO (2), CLR (2), Slawson (2), Crescent Point
• Fields: McGregor (Williams), North Souris (Bottineau), Robinson Lake (Mountrail), Big Bend (Mountrail), Parshall (Mountrail), Bell (Stark), Rainbow (Williams), Bailey (Dunn), Little Muddy (Williams)
• Comments: CLR has a permit for a well in Bell oil field, Stark County, not often seen

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

Ten (10) producing wells completed:

• 25210, 2,789, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-95-22C-15-5H, Eagle Nest, t4/14; cum --
• 25879, 277, Samson Resources, Comet 2635-7H, Ambose, 4 sections, t4/14; cum --
• 26000, 1,701, Oasis, Kelter 7-1H2, Eightmile, 4 sections, t4/14; cum 7K 3/14;
• 26048, 1,884, BR, Capitol 24-7MBH, Westberg, t4/14; cum --
• 26358, 2,148, XTO, Rink 13X-4E, Garden, t4/14; cum --
• 26359, 2,390, XTO, Rink 13X-4A, Garden, t4/14; cum --
• 26360, 1,867, XTO, Rink 13X-4F, Garden, t4/14; cum --
• 26361, 1,725, XTO, Rink 13X-4B, Garden, t5/14; cum --
• 26915, 339, Samson Resources, Bel Air 2314-8H, Ambrose, spacing ICO, t4/14; cum --
• 27087, 1,396, Whiting, Kaldahl 31-3H, Ray, t5/14; cum --