For The Archives: First Fracked Horizontal Well In The Bakken; Harold Hamm; Divide County, Early 2004

For the archives.

A couple days ago, I wrote:

I thought it was EOG who made the Parshall discovery that started the Bakken boom in North Dakota. Not taking anything away from Harold Hamm who quietly bought up a lot of leases over the years prior to the boom, but I thought it was EOG who had the "discovery" well as it were. But, the Bakken has any number of drillers who say they were first. 

A reader refers me to this PDF: http://www.willistonnd.com/usrimages/hammmonument.pdf:

In March 2004, Continental Resources’ Robert Heuer 1-17R in Divide County was the first commercially successful well in the North Dakota Bakken to be both horizontally drilled and fracture stimulated. “After many failed attempts, this one proved that a Bakken well could be a commercial success,” says Harold Hamm.

• 8201, 87, CRL, Robert Heuer 1-17R, a re-entry in a Madison -- DRY -- hole; Sadler field, 319,444 lbs of 20/40 sand; short lateral; t3/04; cum 112K 3/14;