Clear Creek -- MB, TF, Tyler; The BR Mesa Verde Wells; CLR's Multi-Year TF Study; Petro-Hunt Activity

Permits

2014

29157, conf, Newfield, Rolfsrud State 152-96-29-32-13HLW, 

27875, conf, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27C-6H,

27874, conf, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27A-5H,

27655, conf, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 152-96-34C-27-2HS,

27654, conf, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 152-96-4A-10-1HS,

27653, conf, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 152-96-33D-28-1HS, 

27542, conf, Petro-Hunt, Anderson 152-96-26B-25-2HS, 

27541, conf, Petro-Hunt, Anderson 152-96-23C-24-1HS,

27540, conf, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27A-35A-1HS,

27368, conf, Petro-Hunt, Brenna 152-96-24C-13-1HS,

27367, conf, Petro-Hunt, Brenna 152-96-23D-14-2HS, 

2013 

27282, conf, Petro-Hunt, Brenna 152-96-22D-14-1HS,

25831, 1,872, BR, Sunline 21-1TFH-4SH, 4 sectioins, t6/14; cum 14K 6/14;

25830, 1,488, BR, Rising Sun 21-1TFH-4NH, 4 sections, t5/14; cum 14K 6/14;

25829, 2,088, BR, Sunline 21-1MBH-5SH, 4 sections, t5/14; cum 14K 6/14;

25828, 2,880, BR, Rising Sun 21-1MBH-5NH, 4 sections, t5/14; cum 14K 6/14;

2012 

24534, conf, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34B-5H,

24533, conf, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34B-6H, producing, 

24532, 2,838, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34A-3H, t9/13; cum 94K 6/14;

24531, 1,859, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27D-3H, t9/13; cum 88K 6/14;

24530, 818, Petro-Hunt, Wollen 152-96-27D-4H, t9/13; cum 42K 6/14;

24529, 1,621, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34A-4H, t9/13; cum 81K 6/14;

24326, 1,674, Petro-Hunt, Anderson 152-96-35D-26-6H, t5/13; cum 122K 6/14;

24323, 1,187, Petro-Hunt, Anderson 152-96-35D-26-5H, t5/13; cum 94K 6/14;

24313, 1,895, Petro-Hunt, Brenna 152-96-14A-23-6H, t10/13; cum 132K 6/14;

24312, 2,120, Petro-Hunt, Brenna 152-96-14A-23-7H, t10/13; cum 129K 6/14;

24262, 2,984, BR, Glacier 41-4TFH, t11/13; cum 87K 6/14;

24261, 2,837, BR, Glacier 24-9MBH, t11/13; cum 39K 6/14;

24260, 2,766, BR, Glacier 24-9TFH, t12/13; cum 38K 6/14;

24259, 2,966, BR, Glacier 14-9MBH, t12/13; cum 39K 6/14;

24258, 2,966, BR, Glacier 14-9TFH, t12/13; cum 35K 6/14;

24055, 1,657, Petro-Hunt, Wisness 152-96-28A-33-6H, t11/13; cum 120K 6/14;

24054, 1,528, Petro-Hunt, Wisness 152-96-33C-28-5H, t1/14; cum 90K 6/14;

24053, 892,  Petro-Hunt, Wisness 152-96-33C-28-4H, t1/14; cum 104K 6/14;

23295, 2,592, BR, Mesa Verde 14-22TFH, t1/13; cum 171K 6/14;

23294, 2,962, BR, Mesa Verde 34-22MBH, t2/13; cum 90K 6/14;

23293, 3,878, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22TFH, t3/13; cum 108K 6/14;

23263, 2,978, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22TFH, t3/13; cum 114K 6/14;

23262, 2,967, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22MBH, t3/13; cum 135KK 6/14;

23261, 3,880, BR, Mesa Verde 34-22TFH, t2/13; cum 91K 6/14;

22566, 664, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34C-1H, t8/12; cum 135K 6/14;

22565, 316, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek 152-96-34D-2H, t8/12; cum 107K 6/14;

22564, 80, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27B-1-3, a Tyler well, t5/12; cum 32K 6/14;

22492, 1,368, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 151-96-3A-10-5H, t9/13; cum 106K 6/14;

22491, 1,687, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 151-96-3A-10-6H, t10/13; cum 107K 6/14;

22490, 1,594, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 151-96-3A-10-7H, t10/13; cum 127K 6/14;

22440, 1,113, Petro-Hunt, Wisness 12-96-28A-33-3H, t8/13; cum 119K 6/14;

22439, 925, Petro-Hunt, Wisness 152-96-28A-33-2H, t10/12; cum 200K 6/14;

22280, 1,062, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 151-96-3B-10-4H, t11/12; cum 104K 6/14;

Updates

December 29, 2013: Case 21589, Petro-Hunt, Clear Creek-Tyler, redefine field limits, rules, McKenzie. January, 2014, NDIC dockets. 

May 11, 2013: BR's Mesa Verde wells:

• 18442, 2,348, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22H, t3/10; cum 293K 6/14;
• 23261, 3,880, BR, Mesa Verde 34-22TFH, t2/13; cum 91K 6/14;
• 23262, 2,967, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22MBH, t3/13; cum 135K 6/14;
• 23263, 2,978, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22TFH, t3/13; cum 114K 6/14;
• 23293, 3,878, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22TFH, t3/13; cum 108K 6/14;
• 23294, 2,962, BR, Mesa Verde 34-22MBH, t2/13; cum 90K 6/14;
• 23295, 2,592, BR, Mesa Verde 14-22TFH, t1/13; cum 171K 6/14;

October 16, 2012: Clear Creek oil field in play as part of CLR's multi-well multi-year Three Forks study:

• 19283, 1,524, BR, Sunline 11-1MB-3SH, Clear Creek, t5/11; cum 129K 6/14; 4-section;
• 19285, 2,325, BR, Rising Sun 11-1MB-3NH, Clear Creek, t7/12; cum 176K 6/14; 4-section;
• 19286, 1,464, BR, Sunline 11-1TF-2SH, Clear Creek, t5/11; cum 146K 6/14; 4-section; TF2;
• 19287, 1,872, BR, Rising Run 11-1TF-2NH, Clear Creek, t7/11; cum 106K 6/14; 4-section;

Original Post

For background to this story, consider:

• overview of oil-producing formations in the Williston Basin: at this site, use the search function or scroll down to either the Minnelusa group or the Tyler formation.
• monster wells in the Williston Basin;

Then look at the added material to the post yesterday regarding wells coming off the confidential list.
There are two things to note at the latter link:

• Petro-Hunt's Minnelusa Wollan well; and, 
• the new permits: of the 15 new permits yesterday, Petro-Hunt accounted for nine (9).

Of all the operators in the Bakken, Petro-Hunt has always intrigued me. Because it is not publicly traded, information is hard to come by. When I started blogging about the Bakken, there were three private operators that stood out: Anschutz, Slawson, and Petro-Hunt. Anschutz, of course, sold out to OXY USA. Slawson was really, really active in the beginning, but now I don't see it so much. On the other hand, Petro-Hunt seems to be increasing its pace of activity.

Historically, the Tyler formation has been one of the top five oil-producing formations in the Williston Basin. According to the first link above: the Tyler formation is part of the Minnelusa Group, fairly shallow, above the Bakken. The Tyler formation has been divided into two informal units, a lower unit and an upper unit. It produces oil from both units, but oil production from the Tyler is mostly limited to southwestern North Dakota.

Look at the map at that first link. Interestingly, Petro-Hunt's Minnelusa Wollan well is clearly in a "new" location for the Tyler formation. This well is located in Clear Creek, northeast McKenzie County, and a sweet spot for the Bakken, just a few miles east of the Banks and Camp oil fields.

I don't follow the Tyler formation yet well enough to know how this new Petro-Hunt wells stacks up against the others, but a quick comparison of Tyler wells at the "monster well" page suggests that an IP of 80 is fine. 

Clear Creek Field

Clear Creek field is an old field with a lot of activity over the years. It is located in northeast McKenzie County, in one of the sweet spots of the Bakken, just a few miles east of the Camp and Banks oil fields.

It is a very small field, only 14 sections or so. It would have been a 4 x 3 section field except for a couple of sections (and irregular at that) in the southwest corner. State highway 23, running north and south through the oil field, cuts the oil field in half (east and west halves) on the highway's run to New Town to the east, having come from Watford City to the southwest.

At the date of posting, there are no less than nine (9) wells straddling the section line between sections 22/27-152-96 (come producing, some drilling, some on confidential list).

• 17518, 493, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 27B-2-2H, t3/09; cum 112K 6/14;
• 17703, 1,252, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 27A-2-2H, t6/09; cum 175K 6/14;
• 18442, 2,348, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22H, t3/10; cum 293K 6/14;
• 22564, 80, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27B-1-3, t5/12; cum 37K 6/14; a Minnelusa (Tyler) well;
• 23262, 2,967, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22MBH, t3/13; cum 135K 6/14;
• 23263, 2,978, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22TFH, t3/13; cum 114K 6/14;
• 23293, 3,878, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22TFH, t3/13; cum 108K 6/14;
• 23294, 2,962, BR, Mesa Verde 34-22MBH, t2/13; cum 9K 6/14;
• 23295, 2,592, BR, Mesa Verde 14-22TFH, t1/13; cum 171K 6/14;