Busy, Busy Week -- We Finish The Week With 49 Active Rigs -- March 24, 2017

Active rigs:

	3/24/2017	03/24/2016	03/24/2015	03/24/2014	03/24/2013
Active Rigs	49	32	100	197	187

One new permit:

• Operator: MRO
• Field: Bailey
• Comments:

Two permits renewed:

• NP Resources: a Roosevelt permit in Billings County
• Whiting: a Niemitalo permit in Mountrail County

One permit canceled:

• Marathon, a Post USA permit in Mountrail County

Whiting transferred one well to Foundation Energy:

• 29562, Lardy 44-6, Golden Valley 

I had forgotten about Foundation Energy. From my "Bakken Operators":

Foundation Energy Management, LLC

• Whiting transfers another 61 wells to Foundation Energy Management, August 3, 2016
• daily activity reports for the first time 42 wells that were transferred from Whiting to Foundation Energy Management; appears to be Madison well package; July 29, 2016
• transfers 331 wells to five other companies, noted December 29, 2015; companies include Foundation Energy Management, LLC; Cobra Oil and Gas Corp; and, White Rock Oil and Gas LLC;  December 9, 2015, briefing by NDIC