Three (3) New Permits -- December 15, 2015

Active rigs:

	12/14/2015	12/14/2014	12/14/2013	12/14/2012	12/14/2011
Active Rigs	65	181	191	183	200

Wells coming off the confidential list Tuesday:

• 30368, SI/NC, Petro-Hunt, Thompson 153-95-8D-6-2H, Charlson, no production data,
• 31145, SI/NC, XTO, Ryan 14X-9EXF, Siverston, no production data,

Three (3) new permits --

• Operators: Liberty Resources (2), EOG
• Fields: Wheelock (Williams), Ray (Williams), Parshall (Mountrail)
• Comments: the EOG permit is for a wildcat in 34-155-89; this is east of the line where the Bakken is believed to "end"

There were eight (8) permit renewals:

• Emerald Oil, 4), Noonan Federal (2), Slugger, and Talon in McKenzie County
• Thunderbird Resources (2), Franks Creek and Lower Thirty in Billings County
• CLR and Samson Oil & Gas each had one: Simco in Divide County, and Rainbow in Williams County, respectively

Fifteen (15) permits were canceled:

• Slawon (6): Muskrat, Jugard, Moleback (4) al in Mountrail County
• QEP (5), Moberg (2) and Kummer (3) in McKenzie County
• Hess (4), all EN-Eva wells in Mountrail County

One (1) producing well completed:

• 28184, 2,171, XTO, Nelson Federal 21X-5A, Antelope, Sanish pool, t11/15; cum --