Eight New Permits; Hess Reports A Nice Well -- August 19, 2016

Active rigs:

	8/19/2016	08/19/2015	08/19/2014	08/19/2013	08/19/2012
Active Rigs	32	74	192	183	199

Eight new permits:

• Operators: Oasis (7), Whiting
• Fields: Banks (McKenzie), Siverston (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail)
• Comments:

Three permits renewed:

• EOG (2): two Austin permits, both in Mountrail County
• Whiting: a Iver & Minne permit in Stark County

CLR canceled a SIMCO permit in Divide County

One producing well completed:

• 30422, 1,279, Hess, HA-Sanford-152-96-1819H-7, Westberg, t8/16; cum --