Coming off the confidential list today, Anschutz reported a great well in the Cabernet oil field:
- 18424, 2,409, Anschutz, Kenneth Stroh 1-12-1H-143-97, Cabernet, Bakken
- There is a second well on this pad, 18423, the Raphael Stroh 1-13--24H-143-97
- 18395, 2,207, Anschutz, Kathleen Stroh 1-20-17H-143-95, Murphy Creek, but right on the border with the Cabernet oil field, Bakken
Hold that thought.
Back on August 5, 2010, I wrote that one of the best blogs ever posted regarding the Bakken referenced the Anschutz in the Cabernet field and was posted by "Teegue", dated September 17, 2009. I linked that posting from the very beginning.
In August, one year after Teegue posted his note about Anschutz in the Cabernet, Anschutz reported a great well, a well that had produced 40,000 barrels before it was even fracked (I don't have an update regarding production to date and whether it has been fracked):
- 18644, State 1-25-36H-144-97X, Cabernet, 24-144-97, 3,294, 40k in 40 days, un-fracked
- 18611: DRL, OXY USA, Evelyn Stroh 1-17-20H-143-96, Dunn
- 18610: DRL, OXY USA, Harry Stroh 1-8-5H-143-96, Dunn
- 18503: PNC, Burlington Resources, Cecilia Stroh 1-18-19H-143-96, Dunn
- 18463: PNC, Burlington Resources, Elizabeth Stroh 1-7-6H-143-96, Dunn
Now, add this to the mix (all of the following are in the Fayette oil field) and they are all Anschutz wells:
- 18822, 1,304, State 1-16-21H-143-96, Dennis Kadrmas 1-9-4H-143-96; s 6/10; t 1/11; 76K 6/11
- 18823, 906, State 1-16-21H-143-96; spud 6/10; tested 4/11; 70K as of 6/11
- 19422, DRL, OXY USA, Beatrice Kubischta 1-15-22H-143-96
- 19423, DRL, OXY USA, Elroy Kadmas 1-10-3H-143-96
- 18772, spud 11/3/10, confidential, Leiss 1-23-26H-143-96
- 18773, spud 11/1/10, confidential, William Kubischta 1-14-11H-143-96
It's taken a bit of time, but it's starting to come together. These Anschutz wells are about as far southeast in the Bakken as one gets. One wonders if the Williston Basin, at one time being one huge sea or lake, if this area was more shallow, and maybe a thicker formation. I am not a geologist and if I had the time, I suppose one could go back to all the geological links at this site, but that's more than I care to do right now.
Regardless how it all plays out, it appears that (where the Cabernet, Fayette, and Murphy Creek come together in the southeast area of the Bakken) there is another "hot spot" in the Bakken. It looks like it's "owned" by Anschutz. By the way, just as the Bakken tends to end to the southeast (in this area), the TFS formation continues south and east.
I think about 380 million years ago when the Bakken was being formed the land at that time was located just south of the equator and west of South America. The whole basin was a somewhat shallow sea floor at that time. Due to continental drift and time it now buried thousands of feet and located much further north and east.
ReplyDeleteI used to know the story of the tectonic plates and drifting continents but can't add anything. I remember years ago drawing successive pictures of continental drift, but never thinking about what was actually going on.
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