1. Darren Johnson Geological Survey Program South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources 20 th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference May 22nd st – 24 th 2012 Bismarck, North Dakota

3. 21 permits issued in 2011. All permits to drill for oil. 10 wells drilled in 2011. 6 permits to drill for oil in 2012.

4. 2011 – 150 producing oil wells Harding County – 136 Fall River/Custer County - 14

5. 2011 – 1,613,982 bbls Harding County (Red River Formation) – 1,588,632 bbls Fall River/Custer County (Minnelusa Formation) – 25,350 bbls 2012 – 453,985 bbls (through March)

6. 2011 – 98 producing gas wells

7. 2011 – 932,541 MCF 2012- 187,524 MCF (through March) All production from the Eagle/Shannon sandstone

8. Fall 2011 auction – Bedrock Oil & Gas leased the mineral rights to approximately 65,320 acres of School and Public Lands. Spring 2012 auction – Bedrock Oil & Gas (ROC Oil & Gas Land Management) leased the mineral rights to an additional 74,650 acres. Harding, Butte and Perkins Counties (NW South Dakota). Information on auctions and leases can be found at http://www.sdpubliclands.com/

9. DENR’s homepage http://denr.sd.gov/ Geological Survey Program’s homepage http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ Click on “Oil and Gas Initiative”

10. All oil and gas permit files have been scanned and are available online. All oil and gas permit files have been scanned and are available online. All geophysical logs have been re-scanned. All geophysical logs have been re-scanned. Development of Oil and Gas Map-Based Data Source. Development of Oil and Gas Map-Based Data Source.

13. Visit Geological Survey Program’s homepage http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ Click on Oil and Gas Map- Based Data Source link

14. http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ E-mail: darren.j.johnson@usd.edu Geological Survey Program South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources Akeley-Lawrence Science Center, USD 414 E Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5227