Friday, November 6, 2026

Six New Permits -- Another 11-Well BR Pad In Haystack Butte -- November 6, 2026

Locator: 52111B.

Get out the popcorn; get ready to watch the fireworks. It appears Trump's first move after the mid-terms was to fire Susie Wiles and replace her with the more fiery Stephen Miller. And for now Pete Hegseth is safe?

******************************
Back to the Bakken 

WTI: $90.83.

Active rigs: 35. 

Six new permits, #43463 - #43468, inclusive:

  • Operators: BR (5); Hunt Oil Company.
  • Fields: Haystack Butte, McKenzie County; Frazier, Divide County.
  • Comments:
    • Hunt Oil has a permit for a Frazier well, SWNW 10-161-97, 
      • to be sited 2120 FNL and 340 FWL;
    • BR has permits for five more Haystack Butte wells, HBU Sagebrush, NWNW 23-148-98 and NENW 23-148-98 (all five in the NW quarter of section 23-148-98;
      •  to be sited 980 FNL and 1241 / 1369 FWL. This will add five wells to this six-well pad = an 11-well pad.