Six New Permits; WPX With Four More MHA FBIR Permits; Four DUCs Reported As Completed -- July 31, 2024

Locator: 48283B.

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Original Post

In the news today:

Weekly EIA petroleum report, link here:

• oil in commercial storage: 4% below historical norm;
• refiners: 90.1%;
• airlines: 1.2%.

Gasoline demand, link here:

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WTI: $77.91.

Active rigs: 40.

Six new permits, #40983 - #40988, inclusive:

• Operators: WPX (4); MRO, BR
• Fields: Heart Buttte (Dunn County); Wolf Bay (Dunn); Lone Butt (Dunn)
• Comments
• WPX has permits for four MHA FBIR wells NENW 18-149-91;
• to be sited between 1190 FNL and 1236 FNL and between 1993 FWL and 1916 FWL
• MRO has a permit for a Smith USA well, NENW 16-146-92, 
• to be sited 966 FNL and 2480 FWL;
• BR has a permit for a Tilton well, SENW 18-147-97, 
• to be sited 2242 FNL and 2494 FWL

Four producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 40111, 1,770, CLR, Lundberg Federal 5-8H1,
• 40243, 3,128, MRO, KGC 31-6H,
• 40278, 756, CLR, Cuskelly 5-7H,
• 40279, 647, CLR, Thorvald 5-6H,