Random Update Of NDIC Oil & Gas Permits Issued In 2019 To Date -- August 27, 2019

Through August 26, 2019.

Disclaimer: this is dynamic data. The status of the wells can change daily. There will be factual and typographical errors, but not many. I make simple arithmetic errors.

Calendar days in 2019 so far: 238 days.

Number of permits issued (as of yesterday, August 26, 2019): 1,012

Projected number of permits for calendar year 2019: 1,552 permits

Permit numbers: #35899 - #36910, inclusive

Status of wells:

• SI/NC (DUCs): 60
• PNC: 7
• PA (dry): 1
• LOC: 346
• DRL: 150
• CONF/PRODUCING: 4
• CONF: 439
• IPs reported: 5

As a percent of total permits:

• Drilled to depth, reported: 65 / 1,012 = 6%: 
• CONF: 43%
• LOC: 34%
• SI/NC (DUCs): 6%
• DRL: 15%

Confidential but producing:

January 22, 2019	35985	C-P	Nine Point Energy	Little Muddy 6H	WMS	Williston
January 22, 2019	35986	C-P	Nine Point Energy	Little Muddy 7H	WMS	Williston
January 22, 2019	35987	C-P	Nine Point Energy	Little Muddy 8H	WMS	Williston
February 14, 2019	36089	C-P	WPX	Ruby 31-30HEL	MCK	Antelope

IPs reported (third column is the IP; second column is the file number):

February 26, 2019	36127	3537	Bruin	Borrud 156-101-1B-12-3H	WIL	Tyrone
January 9, 2019	35939	2239	Whiting	Nelsen 11-2HU	MCK	Elk
January 16, 2019	35960	1796	Newfield	Goliath 150-98-5-8-8HLWR	MCK	Siverston
February 5, 2019	36044	1683	Kraken	Ruffing 27-34 5H	WMS	Lone Tree Lake
February 5, 2019	36045	1302	Kraken	Ruffing 27-34 4H	WMS	Lone Tree Lake

Selected operators with number of permits:

• XTO: 110
• WPX: 46
• Whiting: 118
• Slawson: 41
• Rimrock: 61
• Oasis: 15
• Newfield: 25
• MRO: 54
• Lime Rock: 15
• Kraken: 36
• Hess: 119
• Equinor: 27
• EOG: 11
• Enerplus: 45
• CLR: 109
• Bruin: 29
• BR: 79

By county:

• Dunn: 252
• McKenzie: 302
• Mountrail: 206
• Williams: 231