1/4 Bakken Wells Report An IP; No New Permits Issued Today -- September 22, 2015

Active rigs:

	9/22/2015	09/22/2014	09/22/2013	09/22/2012	09/22/2011
Active Rigs	68	196	185	185	195

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 30353, 820, Hess, BL-Kerbaugh-156-96-3427H-2, Beaver Lodge, t8/15; cum --
• 30373, drl, Statoil, Folvag 5-8 8TFH, Stony Creek, no production data,
• 30681, drl/NC, MRO, Marjorie 14-10H, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 30790, SI/NC, SM Energy, Stacey 13-9H, Poe, no production data,

No new permits today.

One (1) producing well completed:

• 25183, 2,764, Slawson, River Rat Federal 3-23-14H, Four Bears, one of three lateral re-entries to complete wells previously drilled through the curve; high levels of background gas throughout; 1,000 units with connection gases above 1,500 units in first half of lateral; later, majority of connection gasese averaging 3,000 units; target zone, 14 feet; t9/15; cum -- 

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New Dinosaur Species

IBTimes is reporting:

A new dinosaur species was unearthed in northern Alaska and it apparently thrived in the brisk, polar landscape. The groundbreaking discovery of the duck-billed dino, dubbed Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, has marked a turning point for paleontologists who have focused on warmer climates.

.... the creature in Alaska’s Prince Creek Formation, which means it thrived in an area that was considered relatively cold, for dinosaurs at least.

The new creature looked very similar to Edmontosaurus, another duck-billed dino often found in Montana and Alberta, Canada. But with an ample amount of bones, researchers were able to find enough small differences to make them suspect these were a new species.

Researchers suggest that Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, which means “ancient grazer” in the language used by native Alaskan Inupiat Eskimos, grew up to 30 feet long from nose to tail and had hundreds of teeth to chew through tough vegetation in the polar forest that covered northern Alaska about 70 million years ago.

Why can't they name these things something middle school kids -- besides Inupiats -- can pronounce?