Data Of The North Dakota Oil And Gas Permits Issued in 2016

818 total oil and gas permits issued by NDIC in 2016; all of them were for the Bakken/Three Forks with one (1) exception (does not include permits for salt water disposal wells)

As of today (and the status of the permits/wells change on a daily basis):

• 414: wells/permits on confidential status (CONF)
• 237: wells/permits -- location only (LOC)
• 66: DUCs (SI/NC)
• 42: wells on DRL status (DRL)
• 18: producing; still on confidential status (CONF)
• 18: completed, with IPs reported (A)
• 14: PNC (permit cancelled) (PNC)
• 6: EXP
• 1: actively producing, but no IP (A)
• 1: dry (DRY)
• 1: a non-Bakken permit, a Madison permit

Disclaimer: my data comes from spreadsheets based on NDIC's daily activity reports. The data may not agree with that of the NDIC. Do not quote me on any of this. It is simply a snapshot of the data on Friday, January 6, 2017. If this information is important to you, go to the source.