Seven (7) New Permits; OXY USA Permits Start Getting Canceled; More DUCs, Fewer Completions -- North Dakota, October 23, 2015

Active rigs:

	10/23/2015	10/23/2014	10/23/2013	10/23/2013	10/23/2012
Active Rigs	68	194	181	181	188

Seven (7) new permits --

• Operators: EOG (4), Hess (2), Petro-Hunt
• Fields: Clarks Creek (McKenzie), Capa (Williams), Charlson (McKenzie)
• Comments: see where the Clarks Creek Hawkeye wells will be going -- staggering; 

Eleven (11) permits renewed:

• Hunt, 4, Trulson (2), Cook, Halliday -- Trulson in Mountrail; others in Dunn County
• Whiting, 3, Chameleon State permits in McKenzie County
• Zavana, 2, George permits in Williams County
• HRC, 1, a Borrud permit in Williams County
• Enerplus, 1, a Saguaro permit in Dunn County

As expected, we will start seeing OXY USA permits being canceled:

• OXY USA, 4, Sharon Rainey, State Dvorak (2), Kelsey Elizabeth -- all in Dunn County
• HRC, a Pederson permit in Williams County

For these keeping score at home, not one producing well was reported as completed (more DUCs, less completions; the fracklog grows).