Squaw Creek Oil Field

Note: with regard to the word "squaw," see this article.

Updates

August 18, 2019: The Rachel Wolf / Wolf wells are tracked here.

June 14, 2017: it was noted that production in Squaw Creek increased 141% month-over-month, March-to-April, 2017. Squaw Creek is noteworthy for the number of 320-acre drilling units it has:

Permits

2017 (as of 4/17)
None.

2016 (list is complete)
32514, 1,355, EOG, Mandaree 31-0706H, t12/16; cum 633K 5/20; off line 5/20;
32513, 1,910, EOG, Mandaree 24-0706H, t12/16; cum 546K 5/20; off line 5/20;
32512, IA/1,505, EOG, Mandaree 30-0706H, t12/16; cum 310K 9/19; remains off line 5/20;
32625, PNC, Petroshale, Petroshale 6

2015 (list is complete)
31942, 848, WPX, Rachel Wolf 27-34HS, Squaw Creek, t8/17; cum 250K 3/20; off line 4/20; remains off line 5/20;
31941, 1,891, WPX, Rachel Wolf 27-34HC, Squaw Creek, t8/17; cum 311K 320; off line 3/20; remains off line 5/20;
31940, 1,285, WPX, Rachel Wolf 27-34HY, Squaw Creek, t8/17; cum 247K 3/20; off line 3/20; remains off line 5/20;
31939, 2,106, WPX, Rachel Wolf 27-34HG, Squaw Creek, t8/17; cum 291K 3/20; off line 3/20; remains off line 5/20;
31938, 1,554, WPX, Rachel Wolf 22HC, Squaw Creek, t8/17; cum 271K 3/20; off line 3/20; remains off line 5/20;
30874, 779, Missouri River Resources ND, LLC, Nation 3W-4H-TF,  t7/15; cum 202K 5/20;
30873, 708, Missouri River Resources ND, LLC, Arikara 3W-3H-BK, t7/15; cum 178K 5/20;
30518, 392, Missouri River Resources ND, LLC, Hidatsa 3W-2H-TF, t7/15; cum 132K 5/20;
30517, 695, Missouri River Resources ND, LLC, Mandan 3W-1H-BK, t7/15; cum 186K 5/20;

2014 (list is complete)
28209, PNC, EOG,
27477, 1,328, WPX, Kale Bad Brave 19-18HB, t1/15; cum 238K 4/20; off line 5/20;

27480, 1,461, WPX, Kale Bad Brave 19-18HX2, t2/15; cum 244K 5/20; off line 5/20;

27478, 871, WPX, Kale Bad Brave 19-18HW, t1/15; cum 226K 5/20; off line 5/20;

27479, PNC, WPX,


2013  (list is complete)
26768, 2,054, EOG, Mandaree 28-05HH, t10/14; cum 245K 3/20; off line 3/20; remains off line5/20;
26779, 1,014, EOG, Mandaree 17-05H, t10/14; cum 184K 5/20; off line 5/20;

26778, 704, EOG, Mandaree 110-05H, t9/14; cum 162K 3/20; offline 4/20; remains off line5/20;

26777, 940, EOG, Mandaree 135-05H, t10/14; cum 158K 10/19; offline 10/19; remains off line 5/20;

26769, 526, EOG, Mandaree 134-05H, t10/14; cum 119K 2/20; off-line much of 2016; offline 2/20; remains off lin3 5/20;

Issued in 2012 (list is complete)
24351, 1,007, WPX, Stevenson 15-18HD, t4/13; cum 166K 5/20;
23934, PNC, EOG,
23216, 783, WPX, Corn Stalk 20HC, t1/13; cum 161K 9/19; erratic since 9/19; through 5/20;

23215, 637, WPX, Corn Stalk 20HD, t1/13; cum 175K 5/20; off line 5/20;

22233, PNC, EOG,
22232, PNC, EOG,

Squaw Creek Oil Field

Squaw Creek is an interesting field that got more interesting in late 2010, when I noted that at the September, 2010, NDIC hearings, EOG had requested permits for multiple horizontal wells on one 320-acre spacing unit, the east half of section, T149N-R94. See the original blog entry below. By the end of the year, there was still no activity in that section, but the field itself was fairly active.

Squaw Creek is another one of those typically small fields in the Williston Basin. It is composed of about 31 sections, not even a full township (as of December 30, 2010). For the most part, Squaw Creek field is T149-R94. It is on the west / south side of the river and not too far west of the very prolific Van Hook field in the reservation. Squaw Creek, itself, is a westernmost field in the reservation. Another field of interest is the Spotted Horn, just north of Squaw Creek, and also just as small (just one township, T150-R94), and also inside the reservation. The Mandaree field is east of Squaw Creek.

As of July 3, 2020,  this is the status of activity in Squaw Creek (some IPs updated:

• 20033, 144, WPX, Rubia 16-24H, t11/11; cum 264K 6/19; offline 6/19; remains off line 5/20;
  
• 20711, 341, WPX, Lucy Lone Fight 16-22H, t9/11; cum 107K 4/17; offline 5/19; remains off line 5/20;
• 18411, 977, EOG, Mandaree 10-05H, t10/10; cum 216K 3/10; offline 3/20;
• 19426: 1,207, 320-acre spacing; EOG, Mandaree 9-04H, t3/11; cum 185K 4/20; off line 5/20;
  
• 18464: 1,424, EOG, Mandaree 1-10H, t9/10; cum 215K 5/20;
• 18927: 815, EOG, Mandaree 2-09H, t98/10; cum 200K 5/20;
• 19004: 1,440, EOG, Mandaree 12-07H, t11/10; cum 204K 5/20;
• 18594: 105, EOG, Mandaree 7-17H, t9/10; cum 204K 5/20;
• 18774: 526, EOG, Mandaree 5-16H, t10/10; cum 193K 5/20;
• 15689: 47, vertical well, Madison, s12/04; t5/05; AL; cum 64K 5/20; struggling;
• 18697: 927, short lateral, EOG, Mandaree 4-15H, t8/10; cum 280K 5/20; off line 5/20;
  
• 19881: conf, Peak, Hall 23-21H; remains conf 5/20;
• 18832: PNC, Denbury/Encore, Fettig 31-21H
• 18908: 1,565, 320-acre spacing; EOG, Mandaree 6-20H, t9/10; cum 199K4/20; off line 5/20;
  
• 19973: 141, WPX/Zenergy, Wolf 27-34H, Wolf 27-34H, t7/11; cum 351K 5/20;
• 18766: 1,392, 320-acre spacing; Denbury/Encore, Fettig 24-22H, t11/10; cum 101K 4/20; see this post, July 3, 2020;
  
• 20238, 180, WPX/Zenergy, Spotted Horn 26-35H, 26-149-94, t1/12; cum 252K 4/20; see this post, October 30, 2019; huge jump in production;

Note the "original blog entry" below which references 320-, 640-, and 1280-acre spacing.

Original Blog Entry

In the September NDIC docket, EOG requested multiple wells on 320-acre spacing in Squaw Creek oil field.

Maybe I'm just inappropriately exuberant, but I find "multiple wells on a 320-acre spacing" interesting, fascinating, and a bit nebulous, as in "inexact." It's been my experience EOG holds its cards very close to the chest, whereas CLR would have come right out and said, "x number of wells on each 320-acre unit." Idle chatter.

I can't wait to see how this plays out. This is near the best of the Bakken, and "they" say the EUR of a Bakken well is 700,000 bbls of oil, +/- a few hundred thousand.

Squaw Creek is a small oil field, comprising most of one township, T149N-R94W. It is only 23 sections in size. It is located on the west side of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, south of Spotted Hawk oil field  (also a very interesting play) and west of the Mandaree oil field.

I have to go back and check, but I believe this area is not too far away from the Arrow Pipeline initiative. Currently there are two rigs on site in this very little oil field, one well nearing completion, and several wells still on the confidential list.

Interestingly enough, there are a few sections with 320-acre spacing in this oil field, and the rest is split evenly between 640-acre and 1280-acre spacing.