Permits
February 18, 2013:
July 16, 2011: I was asked up to update this field, which I did this date. Not much has changed with regard to new IPs. The individual asked if I was concerned about "canceled" permits. No, I am not. OXY bought out Anschutz, and OXY most likely re-surveyed and/or looked at the siting and decided to cancel a few permits and re-submit in nearby areas. See status of the field at bottom of this page. Of the 26 permits on file for this field, three have been permanently canceled.
Original Posting (February 9, 2011)
IPs / production will be updated
2015
2014
None in 2014
2013
None in 2013
2012
- 22593, loc, OXY USA,
- 22592, loc, OXY USA,
- 22534, loc, OXY USA,
- 22529, loc, OXY USA,
- 22528, loc, OXY USA,
- 22527, loc, OXY USA,
- 22519, 10, OXY USA, Ward Lake 1-5-6H-160-91, t6/12; cum 57K 12/14;
- 22262, 352, OXY USA, Little Butte 1-21-28H-160-90, t5/12; cum 93K 12/14;
- 22183, 196, OXY USA, Big Spring 1-22-27H-160-90, t5/12; cum 124K 12/14;
- 22177, 23, OXY USA, Split Ridge 1-2-1H-160-91, t9/12; cum 24K 12/14;
February 18, 2013:
- 22519, 10 (no typo), OXY USA, Ward Lake 1-5-6H-160-91, Dimond, an extension of the Dimond field; Three Forks well; 21 stages; 2.1 million lbs; t6/12; cum 8K 12/12;
- 21619, 62, OXY USA, Sorlie 160-90-7-P16-1H, Dimond oil field;
- 21531, 412, OXY USA, Nordloef 160-90-30P-1H, Dimond, < 10k in first four months; cum 11K 7/12
- 22183, 196, OXY USA, Big Spring 1-22-27H-160-90, Dimond, t5/12; cum 5K 5/12;
July 16, 2011: I was asked up to update this field, which I did this date. Not much has changed with regard to new IPs. The individual asked if I was concerned about "canceled" permits. No, I am not. OXY bought out Anschutz, and OXY most likely re-surveyed and/or looked at the siting and decided to cancel a few permits and re-submit in nearby areas. See status of the field at bottom of this page. Of the 26 permits on file for this field, three have been permanently canceled.
Original Posting (February 9, 2011)
IPs / production will be updated
The Dimond field is now "owned" by OXY USA. The permits used to be those of Cirque but somewhere along the line (between 2009 and 2010) it appears OXY bought all of Cirque's assets in the Bakken.
This is a small field in Burke County, only 44 sections, and is on the northeastern side of the Williston Basin in North Dakota. It is not all that far from the Canadian border, and is just east of the Cottonwood field. I have never been very impressed with the Cottonwood field, and the Dimond is even farther away from the Bakken core. But maybe OXY can make it pay.
The field is about eight miles west of Kenmare, North Dakota; and, about seven miles southwest of Bowbells, North Dakota. State highway #8 pretty much cuts the field in half, a west side field, and an east side field.
On February, 2011, there were two rigs on site, both on the east side of the field:
- 20196, OXY, Sorlie 160-90-18-P-1H (rig off site, April, 2011)
- 20032, OXY, Kannegieter 160-90-17-P-1H (rig off site, April, 2011)
- 20865 (20389 on same pad), ROS, OXY, OXY 160-91-10-4-P-2H
- 20779, ROS, OXY, Haroldson 160-91-14-D-1H
- 18476, 101, OXY, Feast of Fools 12-16H, 33K in 9 months
- 18389, 278, OXY, True Blonde 16-15H, 22K in 7 months
- 18299, 63, OXY, Red Lady 36-4H, 18K in 9 months
- 18219, 197, OXY, Honkers 9-16H, 43K in 12 months
- 18394, 351, OXY, Mad Hatter 16-4H, 25K in 5 months
- 17699, 614, OXY, Trippell 32-16H, 95K in 16 months
- 20364, OXY, Jacobson 160-90-6-P-1H
- 20369, OXY, Sorlie 160-90-7-P-1H
- 19349, OXY, Pick Axe 19-4H
- 20235, OXY, Olson 160-90-10-P-1H
- 20350, OXY, Ankenbauer 160-90-34-D-1H
- 19440, OXY, Sunshine 31-16H
- 19067, 137, OXY, Easy Street 3-4H
- 20389, OXY, Swenson 160-91-4-P-1H
- 20313, OXY, Haroldson 160-91-10-P-1H
- 19363, 200, OXY, Moose Drool 9-16H, 3K in one month
- 20237, OXY, Swenson 160-91-15-D-1H, rig on site, April, 2011
- 20317, OXY, Swenson 160-19-11-P-1H
- 20352, OXY, Reistad 160-91-13-D-1H -- permit canceled
- 20657, OXY, OXY Swenson 160-91-13-11-P-2H, rig on site, April, 2011
- 20570, OXY, Swenson 160-91-11-P-1H,
- 20722, OXY, Ankenbauer 160-90-34-D-1H
Status of the Dimond Field on July 16, 2011 -- Source: NDIC
File No | API No | Well Type | Well Status | Status Date | DTD | Location | Operator | Well Name | Field |
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20364 | 3301301550 | Confidential | SESE 6-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | JACOBSON 160-90-6-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
20369 | 3301301551 | Confidential | SESE 7-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | SORLIE 160-90-7-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
18219 | 3301301463 | OG | A | 12/5/2009 | 13770 | SESE 9-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | HONKERS 9-16H | DIMOND |
20235 | 3301301542 | Confidential | SESE 10-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | OLSON 160-90-10-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
18394 | 3301301472 | OG | A | 7/3/2010 | 13800 | NWNW 16-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | MAD HATTER 16-4H | DIMOND |
20032 | 3301301536 | OG | DRL | 12/24/2010 | SESE 17-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | KANNEGIETER 160-90-17 P-1H | DIMOND | |
20196 | 3301301541 | OG | DRL | 1/14/2011 | SESE 18-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | SORLIE 160-90-18-P-1H | DIMOND | |
19349 | 3301301512 | OG | DRL | 9/6/2010 | NWNW 19-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | PICK AXE 19-4H | DIMOND | |
19440 | 3301301516 | OG | DRL | 11/9/2010 | SESE 31-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | SUNSHINE 31-16H | DIMOND | |
17699 | 3301301444 | OG | A | 8/15/2009 | 13507 | SESE 32-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | TRIPPELL 32-16H | DIMOND |
21089 | 3301301583 | OG | LOC | 6/28/2011 | NWNW 33-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | STAAEL 160-90-33-D-1H | DIMOND | |
20350 | 3301301548 | OG | PNC | 4/7/2011 | NWNW 34-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | ANKENBAUER 160-90-34-D-1H | DIMOND | |
20722 | 3301301566 | Confidential | SESE 34-160-90 | OXY USA INC. | ANKENBAUER 160-90-34-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
19067 | 3301301502 | OG | A | 2/10/2011 | 14287 | NWNW 3-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | EASY STREET 3-4H | DIMOND |
20389 | 3301301553 | Confidential | SESE 4-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | SWENSON 160-91-4-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
20865 | 3301301574 | Confidential | SESE 4-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | OXY 160-91-10-4-P-2H | DIMOND | |||
20570 | 3301301559 | Confidential | SESE 5-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | BEARD 160-91-5-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
20743 | 3301301571 | Confidential | NWNW 8-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | ERICKSON 160-91-8-D-1H | DIMOND | |||
19363 | 3301301513 | OG | A | 1/17/2011 | 14673 | SESE 9-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | MOOSE DROOL 9-16H | DIMOND |
20313 | 3301301546 | OG | PNC | 5/4/2011 | SESE 10-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | HAROLDSON 160-91-10-P-1H | DIMOND | |
20317 | 3301301547 | Confidential | SESE 11-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | SWENSON 160-91-11-P-1H | DIMOND | |||
20657 | 3301301561 | Confidential | SESE 11-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | OXY SWENSON 160-91-13-11-P-2H | DIMOND | |||
18476 | 3301301475 | OG | A | 3/10/2010 | 14143 | SESE 12-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | FEAST OF FOOLS 12-16H | DIMOND |
20352 | 3301301549 | OG | PNC | 3/24/2011 | NWNW 13-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | REISTAD 160-91-13-D-1H | DIMOND | |
20779 | 3301301572 | Confidential | NWNW 14-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | HAROLDSON 160-91-14-D-1H | DIMOND | |||
20237 | 3301301543 | Confidential | NWNW 15-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | SWENSON 160-91-15-D-1H | DIMOND | |||
18389 | 3301301471 | OG | A | 5/11/2010 | 13575 | SWSE 16-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | TRUE BLONDE 16-15H | DIMOND |
18299 | 3301301468 | OG | A | 3/5/2010 | 14141 | NWNW 36-160-91 | OXY USA INC. | RED LADY 36-4H | DIMOND |
K ... as in dollars?
ReplyDeleteregarding producing wells: K ... as in dollar amount?
ReplyDeletere producing wells, 'K' as in $1000K?
ReplyDeleteGenerally speaking, when recording results of wells, the IP is placed in "bold, red." If I include the total amount of oil produced to date, that is placed in "bold, back."
ReplyDeleteBold and color does not show up in comments, but as an example:
17699, 614, OXY, Trippell 32-16H, 95K in 16 months
The "614" (bold, red) is IP; the "95K" (bold, black) is total amount of oil produced as of the date originally posted, unless otherwise specified.
Dollar amount of oil produced would seldom ("never") be known because "we" would have no idea the details of the contracts, or the price of oil when the oil was sold, etc.
That should probably be 44 sections not 44 acres for the size of the field
ReplyDeleteThank you for catching that. It is much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI have corrected it.
Is there a section on your site that explain what the following terms 'really' mean or how it translates to production of the oil sent to market?: IP, total production #'s (ie 33K in 9 months), bopd, bowd? I am trying to make sense of this, for example, if a well produces 33K in xmonths, does that the number of barrels sent to market? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYes, I know it's confusing. It's my fault. I started the site simply for myself to keep track of what is/was going on, and used shorthand in some cases.
ReplyDeleteIn general:
1. IP (initial production): in bold, red, when accompanied with file/permit number and well names. (IPs are often very different for same well: the press release of the operator, the press release of a partner with working interest, and the number reported to the NDIC can all be different. Initially, I took the first number reported; I am gradually converting them to NDIC number to be consistent. But I have seen IPs from a company reported at 2,000 and the IP for the same well reported to the NDIC to be as low as 700.)
2. Total cumulative production: only recently have I started including this. When it is included, it is in "bold, black" and is the number provided by NDIC. The number is the amount of oil produced. The NDIC also provides the amount of "bbls run" on a monthly basis but it is not totaled as a cumlative. "Bbls run," I believe, is the amount "run" into the pipeline for sale. So, the number I report is bbls of oil produced over a given period of time (usually months). I do not report the "bbls run" which is the amount "run" into the pipeline for sale.
3. The cumulative is barrels of oil per month. I occasionally mis-state and say barrels of oil per day (bopd) and when I do, someone usually catches me to correct it. Again, cumulative pretty much has to be oil/month, unless specifically stated otherwise, which would be very rare.
4. I almost never report barrels of water per day (bowd).
5. BOPD or bopd: barrels of oil/day.
6. BOEPD or boepd: barrels of oil equivalent/day (includes oil and natural gas).
7. So, if I say "total cumulative is 33K as of January, 2011," or "33K over six months," I am saying that the company reported to the NDIC that that particular well produced 33,000 barrels of oil that month. I do not report, as a rule (never have, as far as I know) how much oil they actually "ran" into the pipelines for sale.
Hopefully, this helps, and I didn't make any typographical errors. I will probably put a stand-alone post to explain it, because I do a lot of abbreviations/jargon as reminders for me, which is confusing to others.
I believe well # 20657 is Beard
ReplyDeleteAny updates on how dimond field is coming along - any issues with cancelled permits with OXY?
ReplyDeleteI haven't had time to do many updates. I will see if I can find time later tonight or tomorrow. If I update, I generally alert folks in a stand-alone post, if the update is significant enough.
ReplyDeleteI updated the field July 16, 2011. I don't know if I answered your question(s). If not, let me know, and I will see what I can do.
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