Nine New Permits; Four Permits Renewed; Oasis Transfers Another 33 Wells To White Rock Oil & Gas; 63 Active Rigs -- April 25, 2018

Active rigs:

$68.05↑	4/25/2018	04/25/2017	04/25/2016	04/25/2015	04/25/2014
Active Rigs	63	49	26	84	182

Nine new permits:

• Operators: Hess (4); NP Resources (4); Cobra Oil & Gas
• Fields: Hawkeye (McKenzie); Ash Coulee (Billings); North Elkhorn Ranch (Billings)
• Comments: Hess has permits for a 4-well Nelson pad in SESE 34-152-95; NP Resources has permits for a 4-well Little Mo Federal pad in NWNW 12-142-102; and, Cobra Oil & Gas has a permit for Neru well in NESE 15-144-101;
• Comment: I mentioned Cobra for the first time (?) on the blog back on January 27, 2016;

Four permits renewed:

• NP Resources (3): three Elkhorn Ranch Federal permits in Billings County
• WPX: one Edward Goodbird permit in Dunn County

Operator Transfer: about 33 wells transferred from Oasis to White Rock --

• oldest permit: #07503
• most recent permit: #21261
• location: three from Williams County; the rest form McKenzie County