Arctic Blast? What Arctic Blast? Rigs Increasing In Number; MRO Reports A Huge DUC -- January 2, 2018

Active rigs:

$60.37→	1/2/2018	01/02/2017	01/02/2016	01/02/2015	01/02/2014
Active Rigs	52	39	60	171	183

Ten new permits:

• Operators: ERF (9); CLR
• Fields: McGregory Buttes (Dunn); Willow Creek (Williams)
• Comments: Enerplus permits for a 9-well pad in NENW 20-148-93 -- Widgeon, Scaup, Pintail, Canvasback, Muscovy, Mallard, Scrooge, Dewey, and Daffy. See graphic below.

One permit canceled:

• 31601, CLR, Anderson 7-4H,

Six producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 27988, 1,059, CLR, Jersey 8-6H1, Alkali Creek, 4 sections, t12/17; cum --
• 30376, 576, Statoil, Folvag 5-8 2TFH, Stony Creek, t11/17; cum --
• 30565, 450, Statoil, Folvag 5-8 1H, Stony Creek, t11/17; cum --
• 32889, 3,707, MRO, Lockwood USA 44-22TFH, Antelope, Sanish pool, t12/17; cum -- (see also #32888 at this link, which may be a record Bakken well; #19144 was re-fracked at same time as these other DUCs);
  
• 33295, N/D, Whiting, Scanlan 11-5TFH, Truax, no data, listed as "A";
• 33296, N/D, Whiting, Scanlan 11-5-2H, Truax, no data, listed as "A";

The graphic: