Enerplus With Permits For Two More Wells On Its Whale Pad -- February 4, 2021

Just how slowly does the bureaucracy move: here we are in a pandemic; JNJ has filed for emergency authorization; a one-dose vaccine; but it takes the FDA advisory committee two weeks to schedule a meeting; okay. 

JNJ: moving after hours; up 2% after hours.

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Active rigs:

$56.23	2/4/2021	02/04/2020	02/04/2019	02/04/2018	02/04/2017
Active Rigs	14	54	63	58	40

Two new permits, #38115 - #38116, inclusive:

• Operator: Enerplus
• Field: McGregory Buttes (Dunn County); Mandaree (Dunn County)
  
• Comments:
• Enerplus has permits for two more wells on their "whale" pad:
• 38115, loc, Enerplus, Fin 148-93-05A-06H-LL, Mandaree, in SENE 5-148-93; 2135 FNL 291 FEL; section 34, E/2 of section 33, W/2 section 35 - 149-93 and sections 5/6-148-93; 2560-acre spacing;
  
• 38116, loc, Enerplus, Right 148-93-05D-06H-LL, McGregory Buttes, in NESE 5-148-93; 2506 FSL 291 FEL; sections 5, 6, 7, & 8 -148-93; 2560-acre spacing;
  

The Enerplus "Whale" pad is tracked here. 

Operator change: based on well names and the confirmed in the sundry form, approx 19 wells were transferred from Crescent Point Energy to Resource Energy Can-Am. Ten wells transferred today were CPEUSC Aldag wells; they are now simply Aldag wells, located in West Ambrose oil field, Divide County, North Dakota.

Six permits renewed:

• Petro Harvester (5): four FLX permits and one PTL permit, all in Burke County;
• Equinor: a permit for an A Tufto well in Williams County;