August 8, 2017: see reader's comment; apparently "well gave out" -- perhaps the casing collapsed; regardless, well will be plugged and abandoned.
February 20, 2017: PA -- I guess that's it for this remarkable well.
October 18, 2015: after posted the original post, a reader sent me four photos of Sharon #1 taken over the past weekend:
Original Post
Disclaimer: in a long note like this, there will be typographical and factual errors. In addition, I may be "seeing" things that do not exist and/or missing things that do exist. If this information is important to you, go to the source.
A huge "thank you" to the reader for alerting me to this well. (I believe this is the second time the reader has alerted me to this well, but I had forgotten all about it. My bad.)
As noted, a reader notified me of this well. Application/permit by MBI; well transferred to BTA, December, 2011:
- 21235, 0, BTA/MBI, Sharon 1, North Taylor oil field/wildcat, Winnipeg pool, 160 acres spacing unit, t2/12; oil cum 12K; natural gas cum 5,880,579 MCF 8/15;
Docket: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Case 21588, BTA, North Taylor-Winnipeg Gas Pool, redefine field limits, rules, Stark County -- that case was continued to September, 2015 and it was continued to October, 2015 (although I didn't see it there -- either missing or I missed it). Currently the North Taylor field is 320 acres, the south half of section 4-140N-93W.Previous posts in which this well was discussed or noted:
Last twelve months production:
| Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINNIPEG | 8-2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 238 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 7-2015 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 504 | 25408 | 24946 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 6-2015 | 30 | 342 | 691 | 792 | 182769 | 180459 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 5-2015 | 31 | 327 | 225 | 230 | 217393 | 215006 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 4-2015 | 30 | 318 | 218 | 129 | 203977 | 201667 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 3-2015 | 31 | 294 | 221 | 99 | 196482 | 194095 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 2-2015 | 28 | 233 | 453 | 185 | 178994 | 176838 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 1-2015 | 31 | 405 | 454 | 230 | 197402 | 195015 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 12-2014 | 31 | 347 | 222 | 33 | 190836 | 188449 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 11-2014 | 30 | 404 | 444 | 160 | 182958 | 180648 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 10-2014 | 31 | 354 | 229 | 152 | 184071 | 181684 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 9-2014 | 30 | 440 | 466 | 175 | 181347 | 179037 | 0 |
| WINNIPEG | 8-2014 | 31 | 433 | 458 | 130 | 193639 | 191252 | 0 |
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The well is four miles north of Taylor, North Dakota, in the southwest corner of the state, in the northeast corner of Stark County. The well is about 100 miles northwest of the "Sleeping Giant."
Nearest well: Sharon #1 is 1855 feet from the Conoco Stoxen #1 located 592' FNL x 709' FWL of section 9-140N-93W. The Stoxen well was completed as a dry hole in 1964, drilled to the Red River, it TD'ed at 11,718'.
In the graphic below, note how little activity is in this area (as in "none"):
Selected formation depth (in feet) (stratigraphic formations):
- Base Fox Hills: approx. 2000 feet
- Niobrara: not mentioned
- Greenhorn: 4,110
- Lodgepole: 8,667
- Middle Bakken: 9,435
- Three Forks: 9,446
- Red River: 11,430
- Winnipeg Shale: 12,106
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Well Type: OG Well Status: A Status Date: 2/25/2012 Wellbore type: Vertical
Location: SWSW 4-140-93 Footages: 660 FSL 680 FWL
Latitude: 46.965195 Longitude: -102.429673
Current Operator: BTA OIL PRODUCERS, LLC
Current Well Name: SHARON #1
Elevation(s): 2309 KB 2285 GR 2285 GL Total Depth: 12381 Field: NORTH TAYLOR
Spud Date(s): 12/20/2011
Completion Data
Pool: WINNIPEG Perfs: 12228-12278 Comp: 2/25/2012 Status: F Date: 2/28/2012
Cumulative Production Data
Pool: WINNIPEG Cum Oil: 11622 Cum MCF Gas: 5880579 Cum Water: 6119
Production Test Data
IP Test Date: 2/28/2012 Pool: WINNIPEG IP Oil: 0 IP MCF: 5011 IP Water: 0
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Data Points / Comments / Things To Ponder
First of all, I'm not going to do the MCF-to-BOE conversion because I often make simple arithmetic errors. However, this is a lot of natural gas. I would appreciate it if someone smarter than I do the calculation (in the comments section, is fine; and anonymous is fine).
Note how remote this well is. Also note that all this natural gas is being captured and sold. There is an obvious question to be asked. In an earlier post, there were indications that this well was hooked up to an MDU natural gas pipeline.
Remember recent news item: CLR and Badlands NGLs; petrochemical plant.
Recent news item: wildcatting for natural gas in Ohio.
Those incredible natural gas wells in Ohio and Pennsylvania are horizontal wells and fracked. This well was vertical and not fracked.
The NDIC hearing docket to define a new North Taylor-Winnepeg gas field.
This natural gas well is 1855 feet from a dry Red River well that was drilled in 1964.
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