Thirty-Four Active Rigs; Hess With Four New Permits; Two DUCs Reported As Completed; And Another Beautiful Day In The Bakken -- January 5, 2022

Active rigs: 34 active oil and gas rigs according to the NDIC

$77.31	1/5/2022	01/05/2021	01/05/2020	01/05/2019	01/05/2018
Active Rigs	34	13	55	63	54

Five new permits, #38731 - #38735, inclusive:

• Operator: Hess
• Field: Big Butte (Mountrail), Manitou (Mountrail), Manitou (Mountrail)
  
• Comments:
• Hess has permits for two EN-Neset wells and three EN-Anderson wells in SESW 7-156-94; the wells will be sited 705 FSL and between 1714 FWL and 1846 FWL;

One permit renewed:

• 37205, Grayson Mill, Larsen 10-2 XE 1H, Williams County; scout ticket still shows it as an Equinor well; not sure what this is all about, in the daily activity report this name (Larsen 10-2 XE 1H) but on the NDIC map it is still carried as "Larsen 3-10 XE1 #1TFH." This is on a pad that was originally permitted for ten wells but six have been canceled; two are completed/producing (#20842 and #20013); two are still confidential (#37205 and #37206).
• 20013, Lucy Hanson 15-22 1-H, AB, t8/11; cum 352K 6/19;
• 20842, Larsen 3-10 #2H, AB, t7/11; cum 298K 6/19;
  

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 36783, 3,082, Grayson Mill Operating, Marcia 3-10 7H, the scout ticket still shows it as an Equinor well;
  
• 37885, 516, Crescent Point Energy CPEUSC Sylven 3-11-2-158N-100W-MBH,