Six New Permits; Thirteen Permits Renewed; Two Permits Canceled; Two DUCs Reported As Completed: 600 Wells Transferred From Hess To Enerplus -- August 4, 2021

Wow, wow, wow! I am impressed. The NDIC is now reporting new data in the daily activity report while they upgrade their information technology database, etc. I am very impressed and thrilled to say the least. See daily activity report below. 

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Other Stuff First

Covid-19 vaccinations, link here:

• delivered: 402,010,455
• administered: 348,102,478,
• at least one dose: 192,614,017,
• fully vaccinated: 165,334,987

Gasoline demand, link here:

• first look, disturbing; second look: hey, is something going on?
• the most interesting data point in the graphic below is circled
  
  
  

CEO compensation, link here:

• Elon Musk: $6.658 billion -- yes, with a "b."
• six others, then,
• Tim Cook, at #8: $133.7 million
• and why is this important to know? Not only is it unimportant to me, it doesn't even interest me.
  

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Back to the Bakken

Change of operator, from Hess to Enerplus, about 600 wells were transferred from Hess to Enerplus:

• 12+ pages of wells
• 50+ wells on each page
• scrolling through the list, approximately:
• 60% in Dunn County
• 30% in McKenzie County
• 10% in Williams County

Note: this is awesome. See above: wow, wow, wow! I am impressed. The NDIC is now reporting new data in the daily activity report while they upgrade their information technology database, etc. I am very impressed and thrilled to say the least. See daily activity report below.

Active rigs:

$68.09	8/4/2021	08/04/2020	08/04/2019	08/04/2018	08/04/2017
Active Rigs	19*	12	58	64	58

*Active rigs: from the daily activity report; interestingly enough, when you count the active rigs below it is 23, but this may be an older list.

• CLR (7): JDT Federal; Kukla, Jensen, Dvirnak, Harrisburg, Tallahassee FIU, LCU Truman,
• MRO (3): Katherine Schettler, Sebastian, Stein,
• Hess (2): BB-State, BL-Myrtrice;
• Petro-Hunt: Tomlinson
• Enerplus: Weasel,
• RimRock: FBIR Johnson,
• Ovintiv: Rolla,
• Rampart Energy: Coteau
• Whiting: Niemitalo,
• Kraken, Bigfoot,
• Slawson: Muskrat Federal,
• Oasis: Borden Federal,
• Koda Resources: Porter
• Resonance Exploration: Resonance Wilmont

The current active rig list on the daily activivity list (23+1); there are 24 rigs on the list below but four do not yet have a start date.

• CLR (7+1): Clear Creek Federal, Jensen, Kukla, Asgard SWD, LCU Truman, Tallahassee FIU, Bice FIU, Bice FIU,
• Hunt (2): Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge
• Hess (2): BB-State, EN-Zunich,
• MRO (2): Mastel, WR Connolly,
• Slawson: Muskrat
• Bruin: FB Leviathan,
• Kraken: Bigfoot LS,
• Crescent Point Energy: Reed
• Whiting: Lehr,
• Oasis: Borden Federal
• RimRock: FBIR Johnson,
• Petro-Hunt: Dahl,
• Ovintiv: Rolla,
• Eagle Operating: Ober

Six new permits, #38450 - #38455, inclusive:

• Operators: Slawson (5); CLR
• Fields: Big Bend (Mountrail): Chimney Butte (Dunn)
• Comments:
• Slawson has permits for two Lightning Federal, two Rainmaker Federal, and one Howitzer well, all on SESW 24-152-93;
• the Slawson wells will all be sited 330 FSL and between 2315 FWL and 2115 FWL
• CLR has a single permit for a Jack well in SESE 8-145-95; which will be sited 320 FSL and 576 FEL

Thirteen permits renewed:

• XTO (12): three HBU Bjarne Federal permits; one Bjarne Federal permit; three Michael State Federal permits; five Cindy Blikre permits; all in Williams County
• Resource Energy Can-Am: one Marshall permit in Divide County;

Two permits canceled:

• EOG: two Hawkeye permits in McKenzie County

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 36903, drl/NC-->1,147, Petroshale, Hickok Federal 1MBH, Bear Den, McKenzie County
• 36077, drl/NC-->496, Petro-Hunt, Hagen 144-98-12C-1-1H, Little Knife, Billings County