Five New Permits; Four Permits Renewed; Two Producing Wells Completed -- February 27, 2018

API, weekly crude oil inventories: a slight build of 0.933 million bbls; forecast a build of 2.7 million bbls.

Active rigs:

$63.01↓↓	2/27/2018	02/27/2017	02/27/2016	02/27/2015	02/27/2014
Active Rigs	57	41	38	119	194

Five new permits:

• Operators: CLR (3); Whiting (2)
• Fields: Willow Creek (Williams County); Pembroke (McKenzie County)
• Comments:

Four permits renewed:

• Whiting (2): a Roggenbuck permit, and a Ray permit, both in Mountrail County
• NP Resources (2): two Ellison Creek Federal permits in Billings County

Three permits canceled:

• Petro-Hunt: an M. Thorson permit in Burke County
• Whiting: Roggenbuck permit in Mountrail County
• Hess: an SC-hoving permit in Williams County

Two producing wells (DUCs) completed:

• 29559, 19, Statoil, Heinz 18-19 6H, Patent Gate, t1/18; cum --
• 32976, 55, BR, Dodge 3A TFH, Dimmick Lake, t1/18; cum --

Dry hole:

• 34208, dry, Ballard Petroleum, Nelson Trust 11-20; a Madison well; Wildcat;