tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post6427618363681137455..comments2024-03-29T08:13:26.665-05:00Comments on The Million Dollar Way (The Bakken Oil Blog): June, 2013, Dockets: Marathon's Tyler Formation Locations, Slope CountyBruce Oksolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-73185079331073208782013-06-03T18:01:08.997-05:002013-06-03T18:01:08.997-05:00Thank you very much for taking time to that that p...Thank you very much for taking time to that that presentation. I brought it up to the post itself and also posted it at the Tyler page. Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-70361944922100158102013-06-03T16:32:54.144-05:002013-06-03T16:32:54.144-05:00Here is a great update on what the NDGS has gather...Here is a great update on what the NDGS has gathered on the Tyler.<br /><br />http://www.ndoil.org/image/cache/Nesheim-Tyler__WBPC2012_.pdf<br /><br />Cheers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473474632057043271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-86449456434873793542013-06-02T20:37:12.454-05:002013-06-02T20:37:12.454-05:00To expand on the comment above: excluding/includin...To expand on the comment above: excluding/including the lower benches of the Three Forks is critical.<br /><br />CLR estimates 503 billion bbls OOIP in the middle Bakken and the UPPER reaches of the Three Forks.<br /><br />When the lower benches of the Three Forks are included, the number goes to over 900 billion bbls OOIP (which I round off to one trillion bbls OOIP).<br /><br />Regardless of the "number of bbls" the bottom line is that CLR thinks the lower benches of the Three Forks doubles the potential of the Bakken play. The USGS doubled the play and they did it only when including the UPPER reaches of the Three Forks, not the LOWER benches.Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-19728631568239283312013-06-02T20:31:45.519-05:002013-06-02T20:31:45.519-05:00Great question. I could be wrong on this, but I...Great question. I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure I'm correct:<br /><br />The 2013 USGS survey:<br /><br />a) restated their previous results regarding the middle Bakken<br />b) added the Three Forks (but only the upper formations; the USGS never mentioned the lower benches)<br />c) did not survey the Tyler (Heath).<br /><br />I do not recall if there have been any recent estimates of original oil in place (OOIP) or technical recovery from the Tyler. Probably not enough wells to make adequate assessment. The Tyler is definitely thicker than the Bakken in some places but that is just one of many variables. <br /><br />Thank you for the kind words regarding the blog. Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-39992769209164903832013-06-02T19:49:31.183-05:002013-06-02T19:49:31.183-05:00What is your understanding of the Tyler as it pert...What is your understanding of the Tyler as it pertains to the 2013 USGS estimate...? Love your blog...TiminTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394333121065352695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-13868233759260375712013-06-02T19:05:33.207-05:002013-06-02T19:05:33.207-05:00I accidentally rejected this comment: sorry. It w...I accidentally rejected this comment: sorry. It was sent in by an "anonymous" reader:<br /><br />"Amidon,ND The population was 20 at the 2010 census, It is the county seat of Slope County."<br /><br />I was going to reply: Amidon always intrigued me when I was growing up in North Dakota. It was on our way from Williston to our grandparents in Newell, SD. Amidon certainly seemed to be near the end of the world; Newell was the end of the world as I knew it. <br /><br /><br />Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-7214490537344761592013-06-02T19:01:01.434-05:002013-06-02T19:01:01.434-05:00Thank you. I appreciate that. I don't know the...Thank you. I appreciate that. I don't know the geology (at all) -- so all these bits of information are much appreciated.Bruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-80697526598762918632013-06-02T18:36:38.737-05:002013-06-02T18:36:38.737-05:00I think the heart river fault may also go through ...I think the heart river fault may also go through this area. I suspect they are going to capitalize on the some of that uplift that is associated with a fault. It could become interesting to see how Land leasing may change in the area.Bakken Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529106861001326125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-13363155502894877932013-06-02T13:48:58.982-05:002013-06-02T13:48:58.982-05:00I agree completely.
If these initial Tyler wells...I agree completely. <br /><br />If these initial Tyler wells are as good as some people hope, I think 2015 will be the year of the Tyler formation. <br /><br />Geo News, January, 2012: https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/newsletter/2012%20January/Jan%202012.aspBruce Oksolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952652803684625738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149283829854298377.post-72252687370109005112013-06-02T13:29:08.984-05:002013-06-02T13:29:08.984-05:00This also opens up Dickinson as being a more impor...This also opens up Dickinson as being a more important player in all of this. I do not think they will be able to hold back the boom as much if it is this much closer to their front door.Bakken Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529106861001326125noreply@blogger.com