Ovintiv With Ten New Permits; One DUC Reported As Completed; Twenty-Eight Active Rigs -- January 20, 2022

Is it just me, or are others getting the feeling that the whole "energy issue" is quickly coming to a head?

Is it just me, or do others get the feeling that a Russian incursion into Ukraine would not be a "minor" event?

Is it just me, or do others get the feeling that things might get a bit worse before they get better?

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Active rigs: NDIC states 31 active rigs, but one rig is listed twice; one rig is CCS; and, one rig is a SWD rig.

$86.38	1/20/2022	01/20/2021	01/20/2020	01/20/2019	01/20/2018
Active Rigs	28	12	56	68	58

Ten new permits, #38742 - #38751, inclusive:

• Operator: Ovintiv (Newfield)
• Field: Sand Creek (McKenzie County)
• Comments:
• Ovintiv has permits for ten Sorenson Federal wells to be placed on one pad in SWSE 9-153-96;
• the wells will be placed in two parallel "lines"; 
• five wells 340 FSL and between 2555 FEL and 2635 FEL; 
• the second parallel five wells will be sited 325 FSL and between 2315 FEL and 2395 FEL
• we'll come back to these wells later; see this post.
  

One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:

• 33575, 2,810, Grayson Mill Operating, Jennifer 26-35 3H,