3/5 Bakken Wells To DRL Status; Back Up to 192 Rigs -- Compares Nicely With The Boom Years (2010 - 2012) -- October 7, 2014

Active rigs:

	10/7/2014	10/07/2013	10/07/2012	10/07/2011	10/07/2010
Active Rigs	192	182	190	194	153

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

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 26746, 840, OXY USA, Emil Veverka 4-17-20H-143-95, Murphy Creek, t4/14; cum 46K 8/14;
• 26981, drl, Hess, HA-Nelson-152-95-3328H-8, Hawkeye, no production data,
• 27631, 90, Denbury, CHSU 41-35SHR 15, Cedar Hills, a Red River B well, t6/14; cum 8K 8/14;
• 27679, drl, XTO, Thompson Federal 41X-17-TF2, Charlson, no production data,
• 27813, drl, Statoil, Maston 34-27 3TFH, Banks, no production data,
• 27871, A, CLR, Daniel 3-33H1, Stoneview, TF1, no IP provided; 30 stages; 5.8 million lbs sand; producing,

Twenty (20) new permits --

• Operators: Statoil (3), Slawson (9), WPX (2), SM Energy (2), Oasis (2), Enduro, Berenergy,
• Fields: Banks (Mckenzie), Big Bend (Mountrail), Van Hook (Mountrail), Newburg (Bottineau), Chatfield (Bottineau), Musta (Divide), Foothills (Burke)
• Comments: I think this is the first permit I've seen in Chatfield oil field. I just checked; it's the second -- the first was a Ballard but I remember it as a wildcat in that area; so it was a Ballard that opened this new field; one can find the list of wells/permits in the various oil fields at this link;

Four (4) producing wells completed:

• 23889, 1,372, Slawson, MacCougar 5-30-19TFH, Big Bend, t9/14; cum --
• 27061, 2,088, BR, Denali 21-4MBH, Johnson Corner, 4 sections, t9/14; cum --
• 27073, 1,042, BR, Denali 11-4TFH,  Johnson Corner, 4 sections, t9/14; cum --
• 27753, 1,848, BR, CCU Olympian 44-35MBH, Corral Creek, t9/14; cum --