Rigs Hold Steady In North Dakota; Seven New Permits -- March 1, 2019

Active rigs:

$55.80	3/1/2019	03/01/2018	03/01/2017	03/01/2016	03/01/2015
Active Rigs	67	59	41	35	119

Seven new permits:

• Operators: XTO (4); Whiting (2); MRO
• Fields: Sorkness (Mountrail); Sanish (Mountrail); Chimney Butte (Dunn); 
• Comments: 
• XTO has permits for a 4-well Sorkness pad in section 36-157-93, in Sorkness oil field
• Whiting has permits for a 2-well Oppeboen pad in section 5-152-91 in the Sanish oil field;
• Marathon has a permit for a Gould well in Chimney Butte, section 23-146-94

Six permits renewed:

• Slawson (4): four Wolverine Federal permits, all in McKenzie County
• Kaiser-Francis (2): a Lady4 permit and a Solo permit, both in Stark County

Nine permits reinstated:

• BR: eight Cleetwood permits and one Rollacleetwod permit, all in McKenzie County

Three permits canceled:

• QEP: three MHA permits in Dunn County