Eight (8) New Permits -- North Dakota; XTO Reports High-IP Well; Notes High Background Gas

Active rigs:

	8/31/2015	08/31/2014	08/31/2013	08/31/2012	08/31/2011
Active Rigs	76	194	185	192	201

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (5), Hess (3)
• Fields: Capa (Williams), Blue Buttes (McKenzie)
• Comments: the proposed location for XTO's five wells in Capa oil field are at this post.

No wells coming off confidential list over the weekend or today.

Two (2) producing wells completed:

• 29054, 613, EOG, Van Hook 34-1319H, Parshall, t8/15; cum --
• 30216, 2,195, XTO, Thompson 44X-20EXF, Three Forks, expanded the Blue Buttes oil field, Blue Buttes, gas units max at 10,000 units, target was 20 feet thick; t8/15: cum --

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