ND Active Rigs Plunge To Just 55 -- October 18, 2017

Amazon - Texas: whoo-whoo! Austin, Texas, likely to get Amazon's $5 billion headquarters -- Business Insider. Based on the article, if Austin, Texas is #1, then Frisco, TX, is #2. Amazon will not announce until sometime in 2018. For its executives, DFW is a much better hub than Austin. Just saying.

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Active rigs:

$52.03→	10/18/2017	10/18/2016	10/18/2015	10/18/2014	10/18/2013
Active Rigs	55	32	67	190	184

Nine new permits:

• Operator: CLR
• Field: Dimmick Lake (McKenzie)
• Comments: CLR has permits for a 9-well Ravin pad in Dimmick Lake, McKenzie County; see below;

Four permits canceled:

• Petro-Hunt (3): two Coleman Federal and one Dagny Taggart permits, all in McKenzie County
• WPX: one Otter Woman permit in Dunn County

Five producing wells completed:

• 14514, SWD, CLR, Jackson 1-35H SWD, was a Madison well; Last Chance, t1/97; cum 30K 8/17;
• 28241, 415, Lime Rock Resources, Rebsom 5-14-23H-143-95, Murphy, t9/17; cum --
• 28242, 569, Lime Rock Resources, Rebsom 3-14-23H-143-95, Murphy, t9/17; cum --
• 28243, 683, Lime Rock Resources, Rebsom 4-14-23H-143-95, Murphy, t9/17; cum --
• 32830, 1,983, Enerplus, Smooth Green 152-94-18A-19H, Antelope, Sanish pool, t9/17; cum --

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Existing well:
18384, 380, CLR, Ravin 1-1H, Dimmick Lake, t7/10; cum 121K 8/17;