WTI Back To $57; Active Rigs In North Dakota Back Up To 60 -- July 29, 2019

Active rigs:

$57.02	7/29/2019	07/29/2018	07/29/2017	07/29/2016	07/29/2015
Active Rigs	60	62	61	35	73

Four new permits, #36797 - 36800, inclusive:

• Operators: Hess, MRO, WPX, Lime Rock
• Fields: Beaver Lodge (Williams), Reunion Bay (Mountrail), Heart Butte (Dunn County), Dimond (Burke County)
• Comments:
• Hess has a permit for a BL-Myrtrice well in section 24-156-96, Beaver Lodge,
• MRO has a permit for a Walsh well in section 8-151-93, Reunion Bay,
• WPX has a permit for a Nighthawk well in section 34-149-92,
• Lime Rock Resources III-A has a permit for a Mariner well in section 15-160-91;

Fourteen permits renewed:

• Petro-Hunt (8): three Chip Diller Federal permits; two Dudley Dawson Federal permits; a Joel Goodsen permit, and Robert the Bruce permit, all in McKenzie County; one Lloyd Christmas permit in Stark County
• Nine Point Energy (3): three Helling permits in McKenzie County
• Prima Exploration: a State permit in Divide County
• Denbury Onshore: one CHSU ML permit in Bowman County
• Liberty Resources Management Company: one Holmen E permit in Burke County

Trivia:

• Joel Goodsen: "Risky Business"
• Lloyd Christmas: "Dumb and Dumber"
• Dudley "Booger" Dawson: "Revenge of the Nerds" 
• Chip Diller: "Animal House"
• Robert the Bruce: "Robert the Bruce"