One (1) New Permit; Other Than That, Not Much New In The Bakken; Number Of Active Rigs Remain At Post-Boom Low -- January 26, 2016

Active rigs:

	1/26/2016	01/26/2015	01/26/2014	01/26/2013	01/26/2012
Active Rigs	47	156	187	190	203

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 30511, SI/NC, MRO, Goldberg USA 24-33TFH, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 30750, SI/NC, XTO, Amundson 44X-22D, Siverston, no production data,
• 31308, SI/NC, EOG, Qayzetta 96-3019H, Parshall, no production data,
• 31468, SI/NC, SM Energy, Herland 14-12HS, Burg, no production data,

One (1) new permit --

• Operator: SM Energy
• Field: Burg (Divide)
• Comments:

Three (3) permits renewed, including:

• Samson Resources, 2, both Maruader permits, Divide County
• Petro-Hunt, 1, a USA permit in McKenzie County

SM Energy canceled a Casey Jones Federal permit for Billings County.
Murex temporarily abandoned two wells, an Elmer Olaf well and a Alfred Jacob well, both in Williams County.

There were no reports of any producing wells being completed.