Nine New Permits; Hess II Transfers Nine (9) Wells To Crescent Point -- March 30, 2017

Active rigs:

	3/30/2017	03/30/2016	03/30/2015	03/30/2014	03/30/2013
Active Rigs	49	31	96	194	188

Nine (9) new permits:

• Operators: Statoil (6), Whiting (3)
• Fields: Painted Woods (Williams), Truax (Williams)
• Comments:

One permit renewed: Sinclair Oil, a Nelson permit in Mountrail County

Operator transfer:

• from: Hess
• to: Crescent Point Energy
• nine (9) wells; from the early Bakken
• oldest permit: #19041
• most recent permit: #26350
• all in Williams County, up in Marmon and Lone Tree oil fields; 
• area where Crescent Point active