Minimal Blogging During Thanksgiving Week -- November 24, 2014; A Chart You Just Have To See From Carpe Diem

• CarpeDiem has some nice photos, statistics from the Bakken. At that link, this chart, and the caption: of the US ten counties with the highest per-capita income in 2013, five are in western North Dakota in the heart of the prolific Bakken oil fields:

(Sully County has appeared on the list since at least 2012; it is located about 30 miles north of the state's capital; a lot of high-cost homes are going up along the river, according to a 2012 news article.)

Rigs are holding steady at:

	11/24/2014	11/24/2013	11/24/2012	11/24/2011	11/24/2010
Active Rigs	191	185	183	202	162

Wells coming off confidential list Tuesday:

• 26759, drl, Hess, GN-EJ-18-97-0706H-1, New Home, no production data,
• 26808, drl, SHD, Bucky 13-36H, Clarks Creek, no production data,
• 28073, drl, BR, Shenandoah 14-36TFH, Keene, no production data,

Twelve (12) new permits --

• Operators: Triangle (4), Hess (3), Sinclair (3), Liberty (2)
• Fields: Timber Creek (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail) Blue Buttes (McKenzie), McGregor (Williams)
• Comments:

Wells coming off confidential list over the weekend, Monday were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

One producing well completed:

• 24756, 1,928, Statoil, Melissa 31-30 4H, East Fork, t10/14; cum 2K 9/14; produced 1,74 bbls in August (31 days) and not one bbl or any natural gas in the entire month of September (30 days)