Back Down To 30 Active Rigs In North Dakota -- August 26, 2016

Active rigs:

	8/26/2016	08/26/2015	08/26/2014	08/26/2013	08/26/2012
Active Rigs	30	75	195	185	189

Six new permits:

• Operator: MRO
• Field: Reunion Bay (McKenzie)
• Comments: looks like two separate 3-well pads in NESE 22-151-94; the wells are Loren, Whitebody, LaMarr, Joshua, Jorgenson, and Jerome.

Eleven permits renewed:

• Zavanna (7): seven Hunter permits in McKenzie County
• QEP (4): four MHA permits in Dunn County

One producing well completed:

• 30389, 278, SM Energy, Robert 1-15HS,

Six permits canceled:

• Slawson (5): two Jeriyote; one Mooka, one Atlantis, and one Submariner, all in Mountrail County
• Hess (1): one HA-Grimestad well in McKenzie County