Slawson Looking at Putting 6 Wells on 640-Acre Units in the Bakken -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Just a reminder of some of the remarkable cases scheduled to come before the NDIC this month:

• 15603, Dakota-3: Eagle Nest-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre spacing unit, Dunn County -- Eagle Nest, FBIR
• 15604, Dakota-3: Reunion Bay-Bakken, 7 wells each on 2 1280-acre units, Mountrail County
• 15605, Dakota-3: Van Hook-Bakken, 7 wells each on 2 1280-acre units, Mountrail County
• 15606, Slawson: Saxon-Bakken, 2 wells on a 1280-acre unit, Dunn County
• 15607, Slawson: Cabernet-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit, Dunn County -- Cabernet oil field
• 15608, Slawson: Four Bears-Bakken, 7 wells on a 1280-acre unit, McKenzie, Mountrail Counties
• 15609, Slawson: Ross-Bakken, 3 wells on a 1280-acre unit, Mountrail County
• 15610, Slawson: Alger-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit; Mountrail County -- Alger oil field

Dakota-3 (a WMB subsidiary) has been reporting some good wells of late. Slawson consistently has good wells. The Cabernet is a premier field in the basin. The Alger field caught my attention more than a year ago (February 7, 2010) when Irish Oil and Gas paid $7,300/acre.

It is one of my favorite fields for two reasons: a) it is full of surprises -- there have been some good wells and there's a lot of activity; and, b) I traveled (railroad, hitchhiking, driving) that area of North Dakota too many times to count -- US Highway 85 goes right through the middle of that field -- through Ross, and then through Stanley -- near the center of activity in the Bakken. Lots of great memories. All those  years of driving through Ross -- I never  had any idea how active this area would become.

Near the section that Slawson is interested in (36-155-92 in Alger field) are these producing wells:

• 18172, IA/112, EOG, Fertile 35-32H, Parshall, Bakken; s7/09; t9/09; cum 141K 8/17; inactive as of 10/16;
• 17364, 512, Lime Rock Resources/Fidelity, Reum 11-32H, Stanley, Bakken; s8/08; t11/08; cum 215K 8/17; candidate for re-frack, 8/17;
• 18896, 4,438, Statoil/BEXP, Clifford Bakke 26-35 1-H, Alger, Bakken; s6/10; t10/10; cum 555K 8/17;
• 17481, 802, Statoil/BEXP, Adix 25 1-H, Alger, Bakken; s8/08; t10/08;  cum 217K 8/17;
• 18160, 1,658, WLL, Strobeck 11-1H, Sanish, Bakken, still flowing; s7/09;t8/09; cum 337K 8/17;
• 19195, 2,654, WLL, Strobeck 12-1H, Sanish, Bakken; s8/10; t12/10; cum 417K 8/17;
• 19745, 2,042, WLL, Hoover 14-1XH, Sanish, Bakken; s12/10; t3/11; cum 343K 8/17;

Those are some outstanding wells.