Nine New Permits -- February 5, 2019

Active rigs:

$53.67	2/5/2019	02/05/2018	02/05/2017	02/05/2016	02/05/2015
Active Rigs	63	58	40	42	136

Nine new permits:

• Operators: Kraken, WPX, Liberty Resources, Oasis
• Fields: Lone Tree Lake (Williams); Eagle Nest (McKenzie); Cottonwood (Mountrail); Baker (McKenzie);
• Comments:
• Kraken has permits for a 5-well Coveleski/Ruffing pad in Lone Tree Lake oil field, section 27-157-99;
• WPX has permits for a two-well White Owl pad in Eagle Nest oil field, section 32-149-94;
• Liberty Resources has a permit for a Thronson well in Cottonwood oil field, lot 1, section 1-158-92;
• Oasis has a permit for a Lewis Federal permit in Baker oil field, lot 1, section 31-153-100;

Six permits renewed:

• BTA Oil (3): three Beaver Creek permits in Billings County
• Kaiser-Francis (2): an Albert permit and an Agnes permit, both in Stark County;
• EOG: an Austin permit in Mountrail County 

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 34086, 755, Equinor, Sjol 5-8F, Williston, t12/18; cum --
• 30060, 1,953, Equinor, Banks State 16-21 XE 1TFH, Banks, t12/18; cum 7K after 8 days;

Dry hole:

• 30187, dry, Oasis, Lewis Federal 5300 11-31 4B, Baker, about 8 miles south of Williston, ND, in McKenzie County, completed 1/19; drilled to a total depth of 10,281 feet in 25 days; a VTD of 10,281' MD was achieved at 10:05 hours CST on  19 December 2018. Due to the inability to remove the BHA from the hole the well will more than likely be plugged and abandoned. [Comment: if it took 25 days to drill to depth, it sounds like they had problems with this well even before this problem.]