Montana Bakken 101 -- Finding Your Well; This Is Really, Really Cool For Newbies -- Including Me

I don't follow Montana oil and gas industry to any extent, but readers always help me learn things.

Today, I learned how easy it is to track a Montana permit or well you might be interested in.

For example, if you know the operator and the API and the name of the well or any combination, go to this site:

http://bogc.dnrc.mt.gov/WebApps/DataMiner/Wells/Wells.aspx

Then, click on the drop-down menu at the far left (the default is API #). Perhaps easiest is to click on the operator. I seldom know the API.

Go down the list, find the well you are interested in, click on it, and voilà, there you have it, a 3 x 5 index card with the status of the well.

And this is really, really cool! It looks like you can download well file reports in Montana without a paid subscription like one needs in North Dakota. Wow!