Friday, January 6, 2012

Week 1: January 1, 2012 -- January 7, 2012

Whiting's Kannianen Wells: 1.5 million bbls, < 3 years; five wells; four more soon

Shell building $2 billion ethane pipeline, Texas to Ohio/Pennsylvania

Update on OXY USA: is the Dimond oil field a dud?

Bakken boom fueling real estate boom in Arizona

Vehicular traffic in the Bakken

Price breakout for a Bakken well 

Whiting's multi-well pads in the Sanish

10+ wells on one 1280-acre spacing unit

Did North Dakota hit the 600,000 bopd milestone?

Biggest story of the month? A top 10 story for the year? China completes acquisition of a Canadian heavy oil prospect; makes Keystone XL less likely; certainly less needed 

Enbridge, CBR, president signs more pipeline regulation

Top oil producers in North Dakota (2007 - 2010)

Op-ed on flaring in the Bakken

Williams (WMB) completes its split (pipeline - WMB; E&P -- WPX)

GE SWD technology coming to a theater near you

Developer: 500 new homes in Watford City

11 comments:

  1. Bruce- I just read an article on Motley Fool from January 4 about horizontal drilling causing earthquakes...give me a break! Here is link: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/01/04/the-latest-rumblings-arent-good-for-shale-drilling.aspx
    Crager

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  2. Bruce
    What in the heck formation are they targeting to the NE of Minot on this permit? Any guesses

    22205- BALLARD PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, LLC HASKINS 11-27 NWNW 27-T157N-R81W

    You can find it at the bottom of the Confidential well list prior to 5PM on the NDIC

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  3. Yes, that issue (fracking and earthquakes) is the newest wrinkle.

    I blew it off -- after all, I thought earthquakes were associated with tectonic plates which would be a lot deeper -- so I was surprised when some operators/drillers actually said there might be something to it.

    What amazes me is that underground nuclear weapon testing in Nevada didn't precipitate earthquakes in California. And I can guarantee you that underground nuclear weapon testing has a bit more explosive power than fracking.

    Again, for me, it's a non-issue.

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  4. With regard to 22205, Ballard Petroleum, Haskins 11-27.

    Ballard has three wells/file numbers in North Dakota. One is a well they acquired after it was drilled; in the Little Knife field, a Duperow well, and a good one.

    There two new wells are wildcats; they are not in a designated field, but one is just a mile west of the Glenburn field; the other one, the Haskins, is in the next township to the southeast.

    The Glenburn is a Madison field. I would be very, very surprised if these two wells weren't targeting the Madison.

    If there is no "H" designation, that would make sense. Madison wells are conventional and are not fracked.

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    1. Anonymous says Madison wells in Montana (Richland, Sheridan counties) were fracked as early as the 1980s.

      As I've said before, no matter how early I say fracking began in the Williston Basin, folks tell me it was earlier.

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  5. Does anyone know why the Whiting wells in the sanish feild only average 150 bopd?

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  6. I will let others comment. I have to look at a few Whiting TFS wells in the Sanish before I can comment.

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  7. Not just three forks but I have 3 years of data on upto 36 wells from their Bakken play in 153-91. They start out at 16,000 to 40,000 per month, then drop to 4,500 per month within 3 months of production. (bopm)One well #16731.

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  8. You are correct; I was in the middle of something else when I responded. (Usually when I'm in the middle of something else, it has to do with taking care of my granddaughters -- smile. I was watching them at gymnastics when your note came in.)

    The Bakken decline rate is horrendous, well-known, and an on-going topic of discussion.

    My understanding is that the oil companies are trying to slow the decline rate; in addition, workovers and re-fracs might help; and then, of course, there is talk of enhanced oil recovery.

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  9. You are very welcome; I truly wish I could be more helpful, but I am learning as I go along.

    From the conference calls (during earnings season), some of the bigger players address the horrendous decline rate and, believe me, they are more frustrated with it than I think most folks realize.

    But I have a lot of faith in the Bakken as a research laboratory, and my hunch is that things will gradually improve.

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