Active Rigs Hit Record Post-Boom Low; 64 Active Rigs -- November 6, 2015

Active rigs:

	11/6/2015	11/06/2014	11/06/2013	11/06/2012	11/06/2011
Active Rigs	64	190	181	187	196

Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: EOG (3), Hess (2)
• Fields: Robinson Lake (Mountrail), Parshall (Mountrail)
• Comments:

Legacy Oil has four (4) Spearfish wells approved for "tight hole" status, all in Bottineau County, section 31-164-76.

Permit renewals:

• Oasis, 5, all 5 are O M Erickson permits in Williams County; section 7-155-101;
• Hunt, 2, a Palermo permit and a Nichols permit, both in Mountrail County; sec 10-156-90;

Fram Operating canceled the Peterson #1 permit in Renville County;

Two (2) producing wells completed:

• 24773, 2,563, Statoil, Judy 22-15 2H, East Fork, t10/15; cum --
• 29585, 746, Hess, EN-Kiesel-155-94-1918H-1, Manitou, t10/15; cum --