Monday, March 23, 2026

Two New Permits; Seven Permits Renewed; One DUC Reported As Completed -- March 23, 2026

Locator: 50300B.

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Back to the Bakken

NDIC Hearing Dockets: the April, 2026, dockets have been posted. Link here

WTI: $89.01. Way off its recent highs, but still well above the $50 / bbl folks were predicting for this year.

Active rigs: 25.

Two new permits:

  • 42781, loc, KODA Resources, Amber 3421-3BH, Fertile Valley, Divide County;
  • 42782, conf, CLR, Langved 5-2H, Beaver Lodge, Williams County;

Seven permits renewed:

  • Kraken (4): four Jamison permits, Little Tank oil field, McKenzie County;
  • BR (3): three HBU Hazel permits, Haystack Butte, McKenzie County;

One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:

  • 41052, npd, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15D, Williams County;