Thursday, January 8, 2015 -- Daily Activity Report; Fourteen (14) New Permits

One oil and gas well name changed:

• 21574, PNC, BR, Manchester 13-9PNC (previous name was Manchester 14-9MBH), Little Knife (Dunn);

Active rigs:

	1/8/2015	01/08/2014	01/08/2013	01/08/2012	01/08/2011
Active Rigs	165	193	181	200	163

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

Fourteen (14) new permits --

• Operators: Statoil (6), SM Energy (4), Hess (2), Enduro, BR
• Fields: East Fork (Williams), Ambrose (Divide), West Ambrose (Divide), Manitou (Mountrail), Little Knife (Dunn), Mouse River Park (Renville),
• Comments:

Three (3) producing wells completed:

• 27742, 2,937, XTO, Brandvik Federal 44X-13G, Corral Creek, t12/14; cum --
• 27927, 1,060, XTO, Gilbertson 11X-26B, Charlson, t11/14; cum 3K 11/14;
• 27928, 1,543, XTO, Gilbertson 11X-26F, Charlson, t11/14; cum 4K 11/14;

A dry hole:

• 20728, dry, EOG, Vanville 17-1213H, Thompson Lake, never drilled/never completed; filed paperwork doesn't provide answer unless I missed it; but nothing to suggest this well ever got very far; federal lease issues, but one would think PNC would be the status and not dry.

Wells coming off confidential list Friday:

• 27070, 1,892, WPX, Good Voice 34-27HB, Spotted Horn, t11/14; cum 24K 11/14;
• 27442, 394, EOG, Parshall 66-14H, Parshall, 1 section, 19 stages; 5.8 million lbs, t7/14; cum 62K 11/14;
• 27786, drl, XTO, Ernest 31X-19D, Haystack Butte, no production data,
• 28087, 807, Hess, BW-Sorenson-149-99-1324H-4, Cherry Creek, t12/14; cum 8K 11/14;
• 28130, 2,318, QEP, Moberg 1-18BH, Grail, t8/14; cum 93K 11/14;
• 28131, 1,546, QEP, Moberg 2-18BH, Grail, t8/14; cum 71K 11/14;
• 28204, 73, Whiting, Gajewski 31-18TFH, Lonesome, t7/14; cum 22K 11/14;
• 28272, drl, BR, Copper Draw 11-27TFH, ULW, Pershing, producing,
• 28396, drl, XTO, Ernest Federal 31X-19G, Haystack Butte, no production data,