Twenty-Three (23) New Permits -- North Dakota; August 19, 2014; XTO Reports a DRY Hole In Heart Butte

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 26198, drl, Zavanna, Beagle 32-29 1H, Springbrook, no production data,
• 27060, drl, BR, Norman 21-4MBH, 2SH, Johnson Corner, no production data,
• 27325, 1,986, KOG, Skunk Creek 4-8-17-13H3, South Fork, t6/14; cum --
• 27575, drl, Statoil, Barstad 23-14 8H, Alger, no production data,

Twenty-three (23) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (6), CLR (4), KOG (4), Hess (4), , Oasis, MRO, Whiting, Zavanna, BR
• Fields: Arnegard (McKenzie), Garden (McKenzie), Moccasin Creek (Dunn), Alkali Creek (Mountrail), Briar Creek (Williams), Zenith (Stark), Haystack Butte, (McKenzie), Reunion Bay (Mountrail), Elidah (McKenzie), Siverston (McKenzie)
• Comments:

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

One producing well completed:

• 27116, 845, EOG, Parshall 54-1014H, Parshall, proposed 1920-acre spacing, proposed , TVD: 9,225; TD, 20521, feet; hz, 11,255 feet; middle Bakken, t7/14 cum --

Dry hole:

• 26881, dry, XTO, FBIR Guyblackhawk 24X-27E, Heart Butte, Three Forks B1, proposed TVD, 10,600; TD, 20,970; 1280-acre spacing; looks like they got to TVD but no lateral; geology report not yet filed;

Active rigs:

	8/19/2014	08/19/2013	08/19/2012	08/19/2011	08/19/2010
Active Rigs	194	183	199	193	138

I'll be off the net, possibly for several hours. I was going to ask my wife to fill in, but she had two questions:

• how is "Bakken" spelled; and, 
• what is the "Bakken"?

Never mind.