Ten New Permits; Sixteen Permits Renewed; And, 21 Wells Approved For "Tight Hole" Status -- June 7, 2017

Active rigs:

$45.87	6/7/2017	06/07/2016	06/07/2015	06/07/2014	06/07/2013
Active Rigs	52	26	82	194	189

Ten (10) new permits:

• Operators: CLR (8), WPX, Sinclair
• Fields: Elidah (McKenzie); Reunion Bay (Mountrail); Lone Butte (McKenzie)
• Comments: all eight of CLR's permits are in NWNE/NENE 30-151-97; although two will be separated from the other six (see graphic below)

Sixteen permits renewed:

• CLR (10): three Flint Chips permits (Dunn County); two Dennis permits (Dunn County); two Berlain permits (McKenzie County); two Charleston permits (Williams County)
• BR (6): three Midnight Run permits in McKenzie County; three Patton permits in Dunn County

Twenty-one (21) wells approved for "tight hole" status:

• CLR: 10
• BR: 6
• Whiting: 5

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