Monday, October 1, 2012

Thirteen (13) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs in North Dakota: 186 (down a couple)

Wells that came off the confidential list over the weekend and today have been posted; see sidebar at the right, near the top.

Thirteen (13) new permits:
  • Operators: WPX (5), Whiting (3), Hess (2), Strike Oil, Ballantyne, EOG
  • Fields: Van Hook (Mountrail), Dutch Henry Butte (Stark), Kanu, Bottineau, Reunion Bay (Mountrail), Blue Buttes (McKenzie), Wiley (Bottineau)
Comments: the NDIC site is very, very slow tonight. 

I had not heard of "Strike Oil" before -- sounds like the name of a race horse. Strike Oil has five permits:

  • 17606, IA, Strike Oil, Artz 22-42, North Haas, 
  • 17632, drl, Strike Oil, Artz 15-13, North Haas, 
  • 21242, drl, Strike Oil, North Dakota State 36-12, Elmore,
  • 23970, conf, Strike Oil, Rice 28-44 1H, Wiley,
  • 23971, conf, Strike Oil, WAIND 18-12, Kanu, 

2 comments:

  1. Strike one Gold a colt, won the 1991 Kentucky Derby.

    If Stike Oil is half as good ad strike the gold,all will be well.

    Anyway, I for one love the name. :)


    At least they dont call themselves Dry Hole :)

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    1. LOL, as my daughter would text -- Dry Hole Oil Company. Something tells me such a company probably existed at some time.

      With regard to Strike The Gold -- I did not know that. He died in Turkey last year at age 23. What a story.

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