WTI Closes Above $81To End The Week; Hess With Five New Permits -- January 20, 2023

Dividend news:

• NRG: increases dividend; 37.73 cents/share; record date, 2/1/23; payable date, 2/15/23;
• ED: increases dividend; 81 cents/share; record date, 2/15/23; payable date, 3/15/23:
• ENLC: increases dividend; 12.5 cents; record date, 1/30/23; payable date, 2/13/23;
• KMI: maintains dividend;
• ONE: increases dividend; 95.50 cents; record date, 1/30/23; payable date, 2/14/23;
• QCOM: maintains dividend;

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs: link here.

WTI: $81.31.

Natural gas: $3.174.

Six new permits, #39577 - #39582, inclusive:

• Operator: Hess (5); Prima Exploration
• Fields: Capa (Williams); Ft Buford (Williams)
• Comments:
• Prima with one permit for an Elzy Lay well, NENE 27-153-104; 
• to be sited 745 FNL and 170 FEL;
• Hess with permits for five CA-Anderson Smith wells, NWNW 26-155-95; 
• to be sited 606 FNL and between 254 FWL and 386 FWL;

Three permits renewed:

• Sinclair: three Porcupine permits, Dunn County;
  

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 36748, 2,072, XTO, FBIR Lawrence 24X-26G, Heart Butte, minimal production, the wells are tracked here; not being much reported yet;
  
• 37565, 520, Petro-Hunt, Johnson 158-94-14A-23-2H, East Tioga, no production data,
  
• 38862, 3,023, Sinclair, Hovden Federal 2-20H, Little Knife, no production data,