Nineteen Permits Renewed; Fifty-NIne Active Rigs In North Dakota -- September 30, 2019

WTI: drops almost 3%; falls $1.63/bbl; and is now trading below $55; less than two weeks after "the largest single disruption of oil production in history," -- Daniel Yergin. 

Active rigs:

$54.28	9/30/2019	09/30/2018	09/30/2017	09/30/2016	09/30/2015
Active Rigs	59	67	58	33	68

Three new permits, #37021 - #37023, inclusive:

• Operators: PetroShale (2): XTO
• Fields: Mandaree (Dunn County); Haystack Butte (McKenzie)
• Comments:
• PetroShale has two Horse Camp permits in section 11-149-93, Mandaree oil field
• XTO has a permit for an Edwards Trust Federal well in Haystack Butte, section 19-149-97;

Nineteen permits renewed:

• QEP (8): five MHA permits in Dunn County and three Moberg permits in McKenzie County
• Bruin (6): six FB (Fort Berthold) Clinton permits, all in Dunn County
• Crescent Point Energy (5): two Njos permits; one Lloyd permit, one Elena permit, and one Keither permit, all in Williams County;