Thursday, April 16, 2026

Two Older Permits Modified -- The Mideast Not Looking As Rosy As Some Are Suggested? WTI Up Almost 4%; Up $3.40 / Bbl Today -- April 16, 2026

Locator: 50545B.

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WTI: $94.69. Whoo-hoo! CVX was up almost 2% today. PSX, same. COP, up almost 3%.

Active rigs: estimate -- 19.

No new permits today. Two older permits with sites modified:

  • Operator: Enerplus
  • Field: Little Knife (Dunn County)
  • Comments:
    • Enerplus is modifying the site location: #42674 and #42675, Edward Federal 4B and 5B, 
      • to be sited 334 FSL and 2335 / 2368 FEL (previously 335 / 336 FSL and 2585 / 2618 FWL.

Twelve permits renewed:

  • Hess (4): four EN-Fretheim permits, Robinson Lake, Mountrail County;
  • Enerplus (3): a Quartzite, a Marble, and a Gneiss permit; Moccasin Creek, Dunn County;
  • Valkyrie Operating (2): two Aaberg permits, West Ambrose, Divide County;
  • CLR: a Gale permit, Cedar Coulee, Dunn County;
  • MRO: a Middleton permit, Bailey, Dunn County;
  • PetroShale: a Helen ULW permit, Eagle Nest, Dunn County;

One permit cancelled:

  • 40589, Petroshale, Primus 2TFHX, MCKenzie County;