Number Of Active Rigs Holding Steady Through The Polar Vortex -- January 30, 2019

The polar vortex has not stopped the roughnecks in the Bakken. The number of active rigs hold steady.

Active rigs:

$54.23	1/30/2019	01/30/2018	01/30/2017	01/30/2016	01/30/2015
Active Rigs	65	57	38	45	146

Two new permits:

• Operator: Lime Rock Resources
• Field: Heart Butte (Dunn County)
• Comments: Lime Rock Resources has permits for a two-well Two Shields Butte pad in lot 2, section 7-149-92; 

Five permits canceled:

• MRO: the five following MRO permits are all in McKenzie County -- Robin USA; St Pierre USA; Black USA; Cavanaugh USA; and Winnie USA

Five permits renewed:

• Murex (2): a Patricia Ann and a Michael Douglas permit, both in Williams County
• Slawson (2): two Armada Federal permits, both in Mountrail County
• Hunt: a Patten permit in Mountrail County 
• Comments: it's hard to believe but back on Christmas Eve, 2015, I blogged:
• Murex renewed two permits, Michael Douglas and Patricia Ann, both in Williams County (a little trivia: Patrician Ann ("Tisha") Sterling played opposite Michael Douglas in PBS Playhouse, one episode, 1969).

Twelve producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 32897, n/d, CLR, Colter ...
• 32895, n/d, CLR, Colter ...
• 32894, n/d, CLR, Colter ...
• 32893, n/d, CLR, Colter ...
• 32892, n/d, CLR, Colter ...
• 34910, 1,546, Abraxas, Rav-Wiley 2H, 
• 33954, 1,819, Abraxas, Rav-Wiley 1H, 
• 33953, 1,432, Abraxas, Ravin 14H, 
• 33952, 2,3365, Abraxas, Ravin 13H,
• 32531, 1,134, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-4A-9-6H, 
• 32533, 946, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-4B-9-4H,
• 34613, 3,146, WPX, Benson 3HC; follow up on neighboring wells -- 27070, 27068, 27069, and particularly, 18948, and 22629; some are still off-line; one showed no jump in production; one shows a subtle jump; need to check dates; all to be done later;