Fifteen (15) New Permits; Active Rigs In North Dakota Hit Post-Boom Low; Now At 63 -- November 16, 2015

Active rigs:

	11/16/2015	11/16/2014	11/16/2013	11/16/2012	11/16/2011
Active Rigs	63	186	183	187	201

Fifteen (15) new permits (Friday and Monday) -

• Operators: Whiting (3), BR (3), EOG (3), SM Energy (2), CLR (2), Statoil (2)
• Fields: Banks (McKenzie), Corral Creek (), Brooklyn (Williams), Colgan (Divide), Parshall (Mountrail), Poe (McKenzie)
• Comments:

Two (2) wells coming off the confidential list Tuesday:

• 29278, SI/NC, Hess, BL-Iverson C-155-96-1423H-5, Beaver Lodge, no production data,
• 31064, SI/NC, SM Energy, Rich 1X-16HA, Poe, no production data,