Oh, So Close -- $59.97 For WTI Earlier Today -- Settles Solidly Above $59; Great News: Whiting Has Five New Permits -- December 13, 2019

Sources: NYMEX oil settles just above $60/bbl. 

Active rigs:

$59.78	12/13/2019	12/13/2018	12/13/2017	12/13/2016	12/13/2015
Active Rigs	53	67	51	40	65

Five new permits, #37261 - #37265, inclusive:

• Operator: Whiting
• Field: Bully; Sanish;
• Comments:
• Whiting has permits for a four-well Borseth pad in Bully oil field; section 15-148-99;
• Whiting also has a permit for a Feehan well in Sanish oil field; section 9-153-92;
• After cancelling so many permits, nice to see Whiting some five new permits -- go Whiting!

Three permits renewed:

• Hunt (2): two Palermo MCNIC permits in Mountrail County
• Petro-Hunt: one Hurinenko permit in Dunn County