Today, I brought up the view of the entire state to see if anything caught my eye. And it jumped right out at me. A little area of white space just north of Williston, four green rigs running west to east stand right out.
Drilling down (no pun intended), just north of Epping, there is a string of ten (10) wells, all either on the confidential list or with a rig on site. And it turns out, there are five rigs on site in this string of wells. It really is quite remarkable for this part of the country. I have driven this area hundreds of times: fairly flat landscape, unbroken by man-made structures, no trees except for wind breaks planted by farmers decades ago, and generally golden-brown with mature or cut grain in late summer until winter snow. Then a light covering of snow mixed with black dirt for much of the winter. And nothing breaking the landscape. I always wondered if there would be oil in this area; it just looked like there should be oil there. Smile.
These wells parallel US Highway 2, almost exactly two miles south of the highway. You might be able to see them on your right as you drive into Ray. Certainly you will see the signs warning you to slow down before entering Ray.
These wells stretch across two townships, T156N-99W and T156N-98W. So, who are the operators for these ten (10) wells: American (AEZ; now part of Hess); and, Newfield. All ten are designated wildcats ( when updated August 12, 2011, these wells were all inside East Fork oil field or Wheelock oil field):
- 19033, Confidential, Newfield, section 20, 156-99
- 19202, 1,010, Newfield, section 21, 156-99
- 18826, 516, Newfield, section 24, 156-99, directly 2 miles north of Epping
- 19087, DRL, Newfield, section 25, 156-99, directly 2 miles north of Eppin; no IP as of June, 2011, but 42K bbls as of June, 2011; spudded 8/10; not fracked as of June 11
- 19395, 778, Hess/AEZ, section 19, 156-98
- 19459, DRL, Hess/AEZ, section 29, 156-98
- 19398, 1,945, Hess/AEZ, section 28, 156-98
- 19739, DRL, Hess/AEZ, section 22, 156-98
- 19316, DRL, Hess/AEZ, section 27, 156-98
- 18887, 2,444, Hess/AEZ, section 23, 156-98, Bergstrom 15-23H, Bakken; huge well; tested 8/10; 82K as of June, 2011
Wells #19739 and #19316 are directly across section lines, 600 feet from each other
Updates
Update: see first comment below -- AEZ's first well in this area, the Ron Viall was reported out back in May, 2010, and was also a very good well (1,748). Here's the original post I had regarding the Ron Viall.
Ron Viall is well Section 25, 156-98
ReplyDeleteWas the first one to come off Confidential list
NDIC File No: 17843 API No: 33-105-01706-00-00 CTB No: 117843
Well Type: OG Well Status: A Status Date: 5/6/2010
Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: SWSE 25-156-98 Footages: 250 FSL 2465 FEL Latitude:
48.2995906033224 Longitude: -103.226040859685
Current Operator: AMERICAN OIL & GAS, INC.
Current Well Name: RON VIALL 1-25H
Elevation(s): 2390 KB 2364 GL Total Depth: 20482 Field:
WILDCAT
Spud Date(s): 2/7/2010
Casing String(s): 9.625" 2018' 7" 11260'
Completion Data
Pool: BAKKEN Perfs: 11260-20482 Comp: 5/6/2010 Status:
AL Date: 8/29/2010
Cumulative Production Data
Pool: BAKKEN Cum Oil: 43801 Cum MCF Gas: 85002 Cum
Water: 51244 [Interactive Performance Curve] [PDF Curve]
Production Test Data
IP Test Date: 5/8/2010 Pool: BAKKEN IP Oil: 1981 IP
MCF: 5179 IP Water: 2928
Monthly Production Data
Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare
BAKKEN 8-2010 19 5352 5759 4923 0 0 0
BAKKEN 7-2010 24 7691 7551 6439 16395 0 15990
BAKKEN 6-2010 30 11306 11020 10625 25361 0 25361
BAKKEN 5-2010 23 19452 18152 29257 43246 0 43246
Thank you. I actually had a stand-alone post for the Ron Viall, highlighting it as a significant wildcat for AEZ. When I was looking at the 10 wells in that string of wells, I did not look at the long lateral 1.4 miles southeast of the one at the east end: that would have been the Ron Viall. Had I typed that out, I would have remembered. I would not have remembered the specifics, but there was something about that name that would have reminded me.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, one has to hand it to AEZ for opening up a new area. This has to be very exciting for them. Thank you for commenting.
I will add a line to the Ron Viall well on the post above.