5 Of 7 Wells Go To "DRL" Status; WPX With A Gusher In The Bakken; Seven (7) New Permits -- North Dakota

Wells coming off confidential list Wednesday:

• 24156, drl, KOG, Koala 16-32-29-2H, Poe, no production data,
• 24478, drl, Statoil, M. Olson 20-29 4H, Painted Woods, no production data,
• 25011, 1,533, WPX, FBIR 13-24HZ, Van Hook, t3/14; cum 66K 5/14;
• 26576, 1,812, MRO, Flicka USA 13-16TFH, Four Bears, 16K first month; t4/14; cum 37K 5/14;
• 26857, drl, Hess, EN-State D-154-93-2635H-7, Robinson Lake, no production data,
• 26978, drl, Gadeco, Alexander 26-35 4H, Epping, no production data,
• 27063, drl, Hess, EN-KMJ Uran-154-93-2734H-9, Robinson Lake, no production data,

25011, see above, WPX, FBIR 13-24HZ, Van Hook:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
5-2014	20724	10226
4-2014	25835	9947
3-2014	18742	6028

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Active rigs:

	7/1/2014	07/01/2013	07/01/2012	07/01/2011	07/01/2010
Active Rigs	189	192	215	172	129

Cut flaring or else:

Bakken shale explorers told to cut flaring or face crude caps

• North Dakota regulators tell crude oil explorers to cut the flaring of natural gas or face limits on the amount of oil they can pump from the Bakken shale formation.
• The state's crude output has surpassed 1M bbl/day, behind only Texas, but while Texas captures all but 1% of the natural gas produced, North Dakota burns 30% of its output as waste as the rate of production has outstripped companies' ability to capture gas through pipeline connections at the source.
• The North Dakota Industrial Commission is aiming for a 26% reduction in gas flaring statewide by Q4 of this year and another 23% by Q1 2015.

Seven (7) new permits --

• Operators: Hess (4), OXY USA (3)
• Fields: Hawkeye (McKenzie), Cabernet (Dunn), Fayette (Dunn)
• Comments:

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

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