Random Update Of Some Monster Red River Wells In Southwest North Dakota -- Still Active -- February 10, 2026

Locator: 49948REDRIVER.   

Red River (includes Red River, North Red River, South Red River)

• 5209, 281, Luff Exploration, Dronene 33-20, Amor field, Red River, t11/72; cum 1.273020 million bbls 12/23; 700 bbls/month -- fairly good for such an old well; cum 1.287288 million bbls 12/25; still active after 54 years;
• ****5227, 624, Luff Exploration, Greni 33-26, State Line, t11/72; cum 1.381895 million bbls 11/23; still producing 1,000 bbls / month; cum 1.403163 million bbls 12/25; still active after 54 years;
• 15659, 301, Denbury/BR, CHSU 11D-33SH 15, t2/05; Cedar Hills field, cum 1.011060 million bbls 7/25; still producing 2,000 bbls/month; cum 1.017606 million bbls 12/25; still active.
• 15828, 673, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 13C-11SH 16, Cedar Hills, t12/05; cum 958K 1/20; cum 1.041012 million bbls 7/25; just went over 1 million bbls cumulative; now, 1.045628 million bbls 12/25; still producing 1100 bbls/ month;
• 15847, 342, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 24C-14NH 16, South Red River B, t9/05; cum 910K 1/20; cum 954K 5/22; trending toward 1 million bbls cumulative, 12/25;
• 15907, 752, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 33C-10SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t2/06; cum 1.2966 million bbls 1/20; still producing 1,700 bbls/month; cum 1.34 million bbls 5/22; still producing 500 bbls monthly 12/25;
• 15939, 773, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 13C-10SH 16, Cedar Hills, t3/06; cum 927K 3/21; cum 943K 5/22; trending toward 1 million bbls cumulative, 12/25;
• 15940, 483, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 13C-10NH 16, Cedar Hills t4/06; cum 659K 1/20; cum 686K 5/22;
  
• 16008, 329, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 42C034NH 26, s2/06; Cedar Hills field, cum 986K 1/20; cum 1.027 million bbls 5/22;
• 16120, 383, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 13C-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t6/06; cum 665K 1/20; cum 695K 5/22;
• 16122, 155, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 22C-5SH 16, Cedar Hills,  South Red River B, t6/06; cum 774K 1/20; cum 813K 5/22;
  
• 16123, 349, Denbury Onshore/BR, CHSU 22D-5NH 16, t6/06; Cedar Hills, cum 1.036929 million bbls 1/20; see this note; cum 1.075 million bbls 5/22;
  
• 16125, 199, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 11B-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t8/06; cum 582K 1/20; cum 605K 5/22;
  
• 16126, 605, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 33C-5SH 15, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t8/06; cum 853K 1/20; cum 885K 5/22;
  
• 16127, 362, Denbury Onshore, CHSU 33C-5NH 15, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t8/06; cum 790K 1/20; cum 822K 5/22;
  
• 16149, 410, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 44D-29NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t5/06; cum 629K 1/20; cum 648K 5/22;
  
• 16150, 316, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 44C-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t5/06; cum 803K 1/20; cum 830K 5/22;
  
• 16151, 551, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 24C-29NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t8/06; cum 670K 1/20; cum 703K 5/22;
  
• 16152, 37, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 24C-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t8/06; cum 630K 1/20; cum 661K 5/22;
  
• 16155, 120, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 41D-32NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t7/06; cum 684K 1/20; cum 713K 5/22;
  
• 16156, 231, Denbury Onshore, CHUS 41D-32SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B, t5/06; cum 548K 1/20; cum 570K 5/22;
  
• 16242, 405, Denbury Onshore/BR, CHSU 11C-5NH 05, t8/06; Cedar Hills, cum 1.012623 million bbls 1/20; ccum 1.04 million bbls 5/22;
  
• 16916, 385, CLR, JWT 11-34SH, Cedar Hills, North Red River B, t4/08; cum  564K 1/20; still producing 5,000 bbls of oil per month; no decline whatsoever; cum 585K 5/22;
  
• 16699, 277, CLR, Jones 11-33NH, Cedar Hills, North Red River B, t11/07; cum 555K 1/20; cum 597K 5/22;
  
• 16820, 382, CLR, Evelyn 31-25NH, Cedar Hills, North Red River B, t5/08; cum 486K 1/20; cum 543K 5/22;
  
• 16821, 283, CLR, Sharon 44-28SH, Cedar Hills, t2/08; cum 582K 1/20; cum 657K 5/22; cum 674K 2/23;
• Several incredible CLR Red River wells in Medicine Pole Hills, southwest corner of the state; 

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Locator: 49946B. 

Mega-transmission projects in the Bakken: 

Where is Tande, North Dakota?

 

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WTI: $64.34.

New wells reporting (bleak):

• Thursday, February 12, 2026: 19 for the month, 72 for the quarter, 72 for the year, 
• None.
• Wednesday, February 11, 2026: 19 for the month, 72 for the quarter, 72 for the year,
• 41240, conf, Hunt, Clearwater 157-90-13-12H-2, 
• 41239, conf, Hunt, Clearwater 157-90-13-12H-1, 
• 41005, conf, Hunt, Palermo 156-90-2-31H-2, 
• Tuesday, February 10, 2026: 16 for the month, 69 for the quarter, 69 for the year,
• None.

RBN Energy: the pipelines, tankers and trunks that move refined products to the lower half of PADD 1. Archived.

There’s a staggeringly large disconnect between the vast volumes of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel consumed within the six states in EIA’s PADD 1C subregion — Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia — and the truly paltry amounts of transportation fuels produced there. That dichotomy spurred a multi-decade buildout of what are now highly efficient pipeline, marine and trucking networks that now deliver about 1.3 MMb/d of refined products to what EIA refers to as the “Lower Atlantic” states. In today’s RBN blog, we’ll discuss these networks and explain how they keep the region running.

The half-dozen states in PADD 1C have a combined population of more than 60 million and a GDP of more than $4 trillion. That puts the Lower Atlantic region on par with the U.K. or France or Italy — in other words, a real economic powerhouse. But PADD 1C has only one small refinery within its borders, a 23-Mb/d facility at the northern tip of West Virginia’s panhandle that focuses on lubricant production and markets virtually all of its modest gasoline and diesel output very locally. That’s a roundabout way of saying that the region needs to pipe, truck, tanker or barge in more than 99.9% of the gasoline and diesel it consumes, as well as literally every drop of jet fuel. (Ergon Refining’s Newell, WV, refinery doesn't typically make any “jet,” as the refined, kerosene-based fuel is commonly referred to.)

As we said in the introduction, the volumes that need to be hauled in are significant. Florida is the #3 consumer of gasoline in the U.S., behind only California and Texas, and Georgia (#5), North Carolina (#6) and Virginia (#11) aren’t far behind. It’s a similar story for diesel, with Florida trailing only Texas and California (in that order), and as for jet fuel, Florida — a top tourist destination with a slew of busy airports — is #2, bested only by California. (Ironically, as you’ll see, Florida is the only state in PADD 1C that depends almost entirely on barged-in and trucked-in volumes of refined products — its portfolio of pipelines is very limited.)

The vast majority of the refined products consumed in the Lower Atlantic states are produced at refineries in Texas and Louisiana and piped through the spine of PADD 1C through two pipeline systems: the Colonial Pipeline and the Products (SE) Pipeline, the latter of which used to be called the Plantation Pipeline. (Note: The latest edition of our Future of Fuels report, coming out in just a few days, provides a detailed forecast for how PADD-to-PADD movements are expected to change on an annualized basis out to 2050.)

The 2.5-MMb/d Colonial Pipeline, which started operating in 1963, is a roughly 5,500-mile system whose main route (dark-blue line in Figure 1 below) runs from Houston to Linden, NJ, and has several spurs or laterals (light-blue lines) that pipe fuel to key consumption areas. The main route consists of four distinct pipeline sections: two pipes from Houston to Greensboro, NC, and two pipes from Greensboro north — one that runs to the Baltimore area and another that terminates in northern New Jersey. Since July 2025, Colonial has been owned by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, which paid previous co-owners KKR, Koch Industries, CDPQ (Quebec’s largest pension fund), Shell Midstream, and IFM Investors $9 billion for the massive asset.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Locator: 49943B. 

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WTI: $64.33.

Active rigs: 26.

One new permit, #42702:

• Operator: WGO Resources
• Field: Sentinel Butte (Golden Valley)
• Comments: 
• Sentinel Butte has a permit for a Moe well, NWSW 34-140-104,
•  to be sited 1592 FSL and 964 FWL, spacing unit, W/2 section 34 = 320 acres.

Six permits renewed:

• Silver Hill Energy: six permits -- two LFM2 permits, Leaf Mountain, Burke County; three Rice permits, East Tioga, Burke County; and, one Oliver W permit, Gros Ventre, Burke County.

The Bakken -- February 9, 2026

Locator: 49938B.

Fracking: for those who can think -- https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ive-done-thousands-fracking-jobs-heres-truth-activists-wont-tell. 

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WTI: $63.85.

New wells reporting:

• Tuesday, February 10, 2026: 16 for the month, 69 for the quarter, 69 for the year,
• None.
• Monday, February 9, 2026: 16 for the month, 69 for the quarter, 69 for the year,
• 41815, conf, BR, Rolla 6B,
• 41354, conf, Hess, GO-Dustin Brose-156-98-2932H-3,
• Sunday, February 8, 2026: 14 for the month, 67 for the quarter, 67 for the year,
• 41335, conf, Hess, BW-Stoveland-149-1003H-4,
• Saturday, February 7, 2026: 13 for the month, 66 for the quarter, 66 for the year,
• None.

RBN Energy: the sunshine state is a heavyweight in natural gas consumption. Link here. Archived.

Florida is the nation’s fourth-largest consumer of natural gas, but unlike the three states ahead of it — Texas, Louisiana and California — the Sunshine State produces virtually no gas of its own. And get this: Florida’s gas consumption has tripled over the past 25 years, mostly due to the development of nearly 30 gigawatts (GW) of new gas-fired power plants. That buildout spurred the expansion of existing gas pipelines and the construction of new ones. In today’s RBN blog, we examine Florida’s remarkable growth and whether additional pipeline capacity might be needed.

This is an awesome time of year to go to Florida, so long as you’re OK with alligators, long lines at Walt Disney World and $38 hamburgers. Hurricane season is long past, the weather is balmy, and February is one of the driest months, so the odds are good that your round of golf or afternoon at the beach won’t be marred by a nasty thunderstorm. If you haven’t visited in a few years, you’ll be amazed at how crowded it is. The state is now home to more than 24 million (up from 16 million in 2000), and during the winter months “snowbirds” from up north swell the population by a million or so and shorter-term tourists add another half-a-mil, mostly in Orlando and along the coasts.

All that growth — and the shift away from coal-fired generation to other sources — has helped to transform Florida’s energy profile, especially gas. Back in 2000, the state’s natural gas consumption averaged just under 1.5 Bcf/d; by 2024-25, usage had 3X’ed to more than 4.6 Bcf/d. Gas consumption there is heavily weighted toward power generation. As shown in Figure 1 below, an astonishing 87% (blue bar segments) is now used to fuel gas-fired combined-cycle and combustion-turbine units the state’s electric utilities have been building with abandon, mostly to keep pace with the double-headed monster of population growth and air-conditioning demand. The rest is split between industrial use (orange bar segments; 8%) and residential/commercial (res/comm; green bar segments; 5%).

Three New Permits -- February 4, 2016

Locator: 49912B.

WTI: $63.14. 

Active rigs: 28.

Three new permits, #42690 - #42692, inclusive:

• Operators: KODA Resources (2); BR
• Fields: Fertile Valley (Divide County);  Jim Creek (Dunn County)
• Comments:
• KODA resources has permits for two Amber wells, SESE 17-160-103, 
• to be sited 606 FSL and 948 / 983 FEL;
• BR has a permit for a Foxtail well, NWNE 10-145-96, 
• to be sited 435 FNL and 2201 FWL.