Operational Updates
Kodiak Provides Interim Bakken Drilling Update; Improved Well Cost

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., today provided an interim corporate update on recent drilling and completion activities.
Interim Completion Operations Update
In the Koala project area in McKenzie County, N.D., Kodiak recently completed three wells in which it owns a 98% working interest (WI) and 79% net revenue interest (NRI). Two wells were completed in the Three Forks Formation, the Koala 14-32-29-2H3 well and the Koala 14-32-29-4H3 well, and one in the Middle Bakken Formation, the Koala 14-32-29-3H well. The wells had 24-hour initial production rates of 2,528, 3,124 and 3,035 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d), respectively, and as noted in more detail in the completions table below.
In the Polar project area in southern Williams County, N.D., fracture stimulation procedures were…
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