Twenty (20) New Permits -- North Dakota -- Newfield And BR Each Report A Nice Well -- October 15, 2014

Wells coming off confidential list Thursday:

• 25833, 457, Fidelity, Weiler 21-16H, Heart River, Three Forks, initial production erratic, t5/13; cum 34K 8/14;
• 26443, 908, Whiting, Ellison Creek Federal 21-1PH, Morgan Draw, Golden Valley County, Upper Pronghorn formation, targeting an 8-foot Pronghorn window; just below the Upper Bakken; the middle Bakken and Lower Bakken shale are not present here, gas units were low throughout; TF1, t4/14; cum 33K 8/14;
• 27148, 1,920, BR, Old Arches 14-35MBH ULW, Keene, target middle Bakken, 20 feet thick; 13 feet below the top of the Upper Bakken shale; actual tops Upper Bakken shale 10,563; middle Bakken, 10,638; paragraph 4.2 in geologist report: (Target Zone: Upper Three Forks) -- was that an error; frack report says middle Bakken; permit app also says Bakken; 30 stages; 3.5 million lbs "other"; t8/14; cum 15K 8/14;
• 27503, drl, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-8, Blue Buttes, no production data,
• 27731, 1,415, Newfield, Fleck 150-100-12-1-4H, Sandrocks, total drilling days, 25; middle Bakken; gas levels 1,000 to 4,000 units; an intermittent 2 - 10' flare; 38 stages; 4.3 million lbs sand; t8/14; cum 8/14;
• 27769, drl, SM Energy, Tracy 13-35H, Camp, no production data,

Twenty (20) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (6), QEP (4), MRO (2), Triangle (3), OXY USA (3), EOG, Whiting,
  Fields: Rattlesnake Point (Dunn), Heart Butte (Dunn), Murphy Creek (Dunn), Buffalo Wallow (McKenzie), Manning (Dunn), Clarks Creek (McKenzie)
  Comments: Whiting has a permit for a wildcat in Golden Valley County, 9-140-104;

Active rigs:

	10/15/2014	10/15/2013	10/15/2012	10/15/2011	10/15/2010
Active Rigs	190	184	189	195	153

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