The Number Of Active Rigs In North Dakota Hits A New Post-Boom Low: 44 -- February 2, 2016

One (1) well comes off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 31091, SI/NC, XTO, Nordeng 34X-23A, Cabernet, no production data,

Active rigs:

	2/2/2016	02/02/2015	02/02/2014	02/02/2013	02/02/2012
Active Rigs	44	145	192	187	201

No new permits.

Slawson canceled five (5) permits, they were all Hunter permits in Mountrail County.

There was one permit renewal: a CPEUSC Fairholm permit in Divide County renewed by Crescent Point Energy.

Halcon added five (5) more wells to the "plugged or producing" list.

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Note to the Granddaughters

Our oldest granddaughter had an eventful weekend.

Friday evening she participated in a music ensemble competition. She played the bass flute in her ensemble. I think I may have talked about this before on the blog; can't remember. Regardless, yesterday, she came home with a first place ribbon: her ensemble took first place.

On Saturday, she was among 300 middle school students to participate in a math and science competition. Today, she came with a ribbon, having placed 10th among the 300. I assume the top nine were boys, and all with Indian (sub-continent India) or Asian background.