Update On Stark County Wells (North Dakota/USA)

Update

Status of permits for wells in Stark County from 2009

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Three more permits for Stark County wells were issued today, two for Fidelity and one for Oil For America. I associate Stark County with Lodgepole wells. Fidelity is a subsidiary/division of MDU.

(Note: the Lodgepole formation is part of the Madison group. The Madison group has produced the most oil in the state of North Dakota since discovery of the Williston Basin.)

So, here's where we stand with regard to Stark County, North Dakota (USA) wells (updated January 20, 2012), for a map of some of these wells, click here:

• 19264, 595, Fidelity, Kostelecky 31-6H, 6-139-97, Heart River, s10/10; t2/11; cum 48K 11/11
• 19275, 193, Fidelity, Wock 14-11H, 11-140-97, wildcat, s12/10; t5/11; cum 40K 11/11
• 19277, 118, Fidelity, Oukrop 34-34H, 34-139-97, wildcat, s11/10; t2/11; cum 17K 11/11
• 19258, IA,  For America, Zastoupil 22-1, 22-139-97, wildcat
• 19272, SI,  Oil For America, Wolf 29-1, 29-139-95, wildcat
• 19337, 772, Whiting, Mann21-18TFH, 18-140-99, North Creek, s8/10; t12/10; cum 54K 11/11
• 19415, PNC, Wesco, Gruman 41-18, Eland, 18-139-96, Lodgepole
• 19444, 3,106, Whiting, Hecker 21-18TFH, 18-140-99, Bell, s11/10; t3/11; cum 186K 11/11; F
• 19562, 412, Whiting/Tracker, Brueni 28-1H, 28-140-98, Green River, s10/10; t3/11; cum 44K 11/11
• 19601, DRL, Oil For America, Wieglenda 23-1, 23-139-96, wildcat
• 19623, 1,057, Whiting, Obrigewitch 21-17TFH, 17-140-99, Bell, s11/10; t4/11; cum 153K 11/11
• 18833, 1,832, Whiting, Froehlich 44-9TFH, 9-139-99, Zenith, s5/10; t9/10; cum 123K 11/11

We have four that look like Bakken wells (the "H" designation means "horizontal" wells), four that might be conventional (vertical) Lodgepole wells, and four that will target the Three Forks Sanish.

The city of Dickinson is partly in T140N-96W; the Patterson oil field is on the southwest side of Dickinson, T139-96W.  The Whiting well (Froehlich 44-99TFH) is the farthest west of these six wells, just southeast of Belfield where there has been a history of conventional wells over the years, but nothing recent.

Fidelity has been relatively quiet in the Bakken, so this sudden interest in the Dickinson area is interesting. It will be fun to follow.

Update

April 28, 2011: Due to mechanical difficulties at the Obrigewitch 21-17TFH, Whiting believes that only one or two frac stages of the well’s total 16 frac stages are contributing to current production. Despite these difficulties, the Obrigewitch well was completed flowing 1,189 BOE per day. Whiting holds a 96% working interest and a 77% net revenue interest in the well.

October 1, 2010: Tyler Formation in the Dickinson area drawing interest.