Active Rigs In North Dakota Drop Below 40; EOG Reports Two Huge Wells; Nine (9) New Permits -- February 17, 2016

Wells coming off the confidential list Thursday:

• 29055, 799, EOG, Van Hook 132-1319H, Parshall, ICO, TD, 18,748 feet; t8/15; cum 103K 12/15;
• 29056, 754, EOG, Van Hook 25-1319H, Parshall, ICO, TD, 18,589 feet; t8/15; cum 96K 12/15;
• 31489, SI/NC, XTO, Cheryl Federal 24X-12EXF, Grinnell, no production data,

Active rigs:

	2/17/2016	02/17/2015	02/17/2014	02/17/2013	02/17/2012
Active Rigs	39	135	185	181	197

Nine (9) new permits  --

• Operators: Petro-Hunt (5), Whiting (4)
• Fields: Charlson (McKenzie), Twin Buttes (Dunn)
• Comments: for Petro-Hunt, it will be a USA 5-well pad; for Whiting, it will be a Charging Eagle 4-well pad; the Petro-Hunt wells will be just a couple of miles northwest of Petro-Hunt's monster well in the Charlson, #16059. For an example of some incredible Petro-Hunt wells in the Charlson, click on this post.
  

No producing wells reported as completed.

Due to my traveling, it appears I forgot to post these three producing wells reported as completed on February 11, 2016:

• 29494, 274, XTO, Rita 44X-34H, Tobacco Garden, t1/16; cum --
• 30788, 679, XTO, Rita 44X-34D, Tobacco Garden, t1/16; cum --
• 31004, 207, XTO, Rita 44X-34HXE, Tobacco Garden, 4 sections, t1/16; cum -- 

On that same date (February 11, 2016), five new permits were reported: three for MRO, and two for Enerplus.

And, just to close the loop, on that same date (February 11, 2016), six permits were renewed:

• Whiting, 3 -- two Olson permits and one Periot permit, all in Williams County
• BTA, 2 -- both Agate permits, Golden Valley County
• Petro-Hunt -- an Overlee permit in Burke County

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 29056, see above, EOG, Van Hook 25-1319H, Parshall:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
12-2015	23230	23129
11-2015	18775	14600
10-2015	24317	16644
9-2015	23782	15831
8-2015	5082	2715

29055, see above, EOG, Van Hook 132-1319H, Parshall:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
12-2015	18030	19330
11-2015	23403	21944
10-2015	25961	16352
9-2015	27407	16196
8-2015	8191	4168