Thursday, April 17, 2025

Eight New Permits; Foundation Energy Renews Nineteen Permits; WTI Climbs 3.5% To Finish The Week -- April 17, 2025

Locator: 48493B.

WTI: $64.68. Up 3.54%; up $2.21 / bbl.

Active rigs: 34.

Eight new permits, #41823 - #41830, inclusive:

  • Operators: XTO (7); CLR;
  • Fields: Grinell (Williams); Upland (Divide);
  • Comments:
    • CLR has a permit for a Kleist well, SESE 35-161-96, 
      • to be sited 613 FSL and 450 FEL;
    • XTO has permits for seven GBU Sophia wells, SEE 10-154-96, 
      • to be sited 455 FSL and 290 / 470 FEL.

Two SWD permits approved: #41822, and #31831.

Nineteen permits renewed (this suggests a lot of folks -- Foundation Energy -- got behind on their drilling). Permits in the following oil fields (county); family name:

  • Bicentennial (Golden Valley): Agate (3);
  • Beaver Creek (Golden Valley): Barkland (3); Audrey (2);
  • Roosevelt (Billings): Roosevelt Federal (6); Mosser Federal
  • Elkhorn Ranch (Billings): Mosser Federal;
  • Tree Top (Billings): Gracie State (3).