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DMR Daily Activity Report Shows No New Filings for Sunday

North Dakota's drilling activity tracker had no new permit, completion, spud or plugged-well filings for the day.

Bakken Wire Staff·☀️Morning Wire·

North Dakota's daily activity report from the Department of Mineral Resources for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, was not available or contained no new filings, according to the DMR daily activity report.

The report is the state's routine record of drilling and well-activity filings across North Dakota, including the Williston Basin and Bakken-producing counties. It typically covers new permits, completion reports, spud reports and plugged-well notices. For operators, royalty owners and service providers, the report is a quick way to track whether new wells were authorized, brought online or taken out of service.

No-activity days are normal in the DMR filing cycle, particularly on weekends and holidays, when operators may not submit new paperwork. A blank or unavailable report does not necessarily mean no field work occurred; it indicates no new activity filings were logged for that reporting day.

Because it is a filing tracker, the report reflects paperwork logged by the state, not real-time field observations.

Monday's morning edition, Nov. 9, 2026, is the next regular opportunity for readers to review whether any weekend or late filings appear in the state's activity tracking system. The absence of Sunday entries keeps the daily drilling tracker quiet as the work week begins in North Dakota's oil patch.

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