Windy Mid-Continent Today; Five (5) New Permits; Several High-IP Wells Being Reported -- December 22, 2015

Wow, the winds are howling up the mid-continent today. I don't see this often. The link to "winds" is dynamic.

On another note, earlier I posted a story about the Christmas shipping records that appear to being shattered. Now, it is being reported that the US Postal Service website also "crashed" for a short period of time due to unprecedented volume. I was able to place my order for stamps yesterday and was notified today that they have been shipped. I continue to buy US stamps for my stamp collection which is incredibly extensive, though hardly worth more than the face value of the stamps, with some exceptions. I started collecting stamps at a pre-teen -- a great hobby for those long, dark, cold evenings in North Dakota. My grandmother in Storm Lake, IA, encouraged me to continue with my stamp collecting whenever I visited, so many years ago.

Active rigs:

	12/22/2015	12/22/2014	12/22/2013	12/22/2012	12/22/2011
Active Rigs	65	174	191	188	196

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 29445, Si/NC, WPX, Emma Owner 34-14HB, Spotted Horn, no production data,
• 30667, conf, Hess, EN-L Cvancara-155-93-2627H-11, Robinson Lake, no production data,
• 31404, 938, Hess, EN-KMJ Uran-154-93-2734H-11, Robinson Lake, t11/15; cum --

Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (4), XTO
• Fields: Banks (McKenzie), Siverston (McKenzie)
• Comments:

Seven (7) permits renewed, including:

• Hess, 5, all of them EN-Weyrauch C permits in Mountrail County
• Hunt, 2, both Palermo MCNIC wells in Mountrail (I assume MCNIC = monitoring wells; not intended for production)

Catching up before winter? Nine (9) producing wells completed --

• 29805, 802, BR, Morgan 14-21TFH ULW, Pershing, 4 sections, t11/15; cum -- 
• 29873, 2,084, BR, Kirkland 41-28MBH, Pershing, 4 sections, t11/15; cum --
• 30233, 1,363, BR,Old Hickory 43-32TFH, Sand Creek, 4 sections, t11/15; cum --
• 30339, 1,147, XTO, Lundin 14X-33F, Siverston, t9/15; cum 8K 10/15; minimal days of production;
• 30340, 1,677, XTO, Lundin 14X-33EXF, Siverston, t12/15; cum 3K 10/15; minimal days of production;
• 30341, 1,742, XTO, Lundin 14X-33A, Siverston, t9/15; cum 16K 10/15; minimal days of production;
• 30342, 1,536, Whiting, Obrigewitch 41-29PHU, Bell, 4 sections, t11/15; cum --
• 30343, 985, Whiting, Obrigewitch 44-20PHU, Bell, 2 sections, t11/15; cum --
• 30402, 1,557, XTO, Lundin 14X-33E, Siverston, t11/15; cum 1K 10/15; minimal days of production;

EOG abandons a Fertile well, #18412 in Mountrail County.