Monday, May 24, 2010

Week 20: May 18 - 24, 2010

Source rock for the TFS. May 24, 2010.

Total Active Rigs in ND Hit New Record: 117. May 24, 2010. 

NDIC Hearing Dockets for June, 2010. May 24, 2010.

More back of the envelope calculations. May 23, 2010.

Notes From New England. A little bit of humor. May 22, 2010.

Wind Energy Costs Coming In and They Aren't Pretty. May 20, 2010.

Update on Permits. May 20, 2010. 

Update on "Monster Wells." May 19, 2010.

EOG Buys LNG Company. May 18, 2010.

Source Rock for the Three Forks Sanish

Link to presentation on the source rock for Three Forks Sanish.  This is a PDF / slide show and is very, very interesting.

Slide 16: note how far east the play extends; skips Minot and Ward County and goes into McHenry.

Slide 30: total amount of oil in place and estimated ultimate recovery.

There are at least three acronyms/abbreviations you need to know, looking at this presentation:

EUR: estimated ultimate recovery; no matter how much oil is in place, if it can't be recovered, it ain't gonna do anybody any good. This is the important number.

OOIP: original oil in place. Total estimated oil in place, but amount recovered depends to degree on economics and technology

TOC: total organic content -- this has to do with the "source rock" -- the rock that generates the oil.  Look at this definition of TOC from the Schlumberger website:
A rock rich in organic matter which, if heated sufficiently, will generate oil or gas. Typical source rocks, usually shales or limestones, contain about 1% organic matter and at least 0.5% total organic carbon (TOC), although a rich source rock might have as much as 10% organic matter. Rocks of marine origin tend to be oil-prone, whereas terrestrial source rocks (such as coal) tend to be gas-prone. Preservation of organic matter without degradation is critical to creating a good source rock, and necessary for a complete petroleum system. 
Now that you know that a "rich source rock might have as much as 10% organic matter," note that the Bakken source rock has 11% TOC.

The more one learns about the Bakken, the more interesting it gets.

How Long Will the BP Well Have To Leak To = Worst Spill in Gulf?

Two (2) years.

The worst spill in the Gulf of Mexico was in 1979. At current rate, the BP well now leaking will have to leak for two years to equal that spill.

117!

That's the number of active rigs in North Dakota. Up from seven on Friday, although it had been at 114 for a couple of days last week. Over the weekend it jumped to 116 and this morning it is 117. This is the new record.

This number could rise a bit more in the next week or so; several (about 10) companies had a decrease of 1 well since I last looked at this. I assume those wells are moving to a new location; some might be moving to Montana, but I doubt many of them are being mothballed.

Continental Resources leads the field; CLR now has 17 active rigs, up 5 from the last time I checked. Then comes EOG with 14 and WLL with 12. For all its talk, BEXP still has only 5.

I'm still flabbergasted that the company that is synonymous with "Williston Basin," Hess, has only 5 rigs. And Fidelity, whose corporate headquarters is in Bismarck, has only 1 rig in the Williston Basin, putting it in the same league as Kodiak, Sagebrush, North Plains, Peak and others.

It should be noted that Zenergy had a high of 4 rigs at one time; right now it has 1, suggesting that the total number of active rigs could spike higher a week from now.

NDIC Hearing Dockets for June, 2010

Personal notes summarizing June, 2010, NDIC hearing docket.
Typographical errors may occur. See source document for details.


Thursday, June 10, 2010

12698: Murex -- unitized management of Elmore-Madison, Renville
12699: Murex -- unitized management of Elmore-Madison, Renville

Monday, June 14, 2010

12700: Sagebrush -- unitized management of Renville-Madison
12701: Sagebrush -- unitized management of Renville-Madison
12702: Sagebrush -- injection of Rice #3, 8-161-82, Renville
12703: Sagebrush -- injection of Rice #5, 8-161-82, Renville
12704: Sagebrush -- injection of Glessing #1, 8-161-82, Renville
12705: Sagebrush -- injection of Glessing #2, 8-161-82, Renville


Wednesday, June 23, 2010

12706: Petro-Hunt -- spacing for Arnegard-Red River Gas Pool, McKenzie
12707: Petro-Hunt -- commingle several producing wells, Little Knife-Madison
12708: Petro-Hunt -- commingle several producing wells, Little Knife-Madison
12709: Marathon -- 8 wells on one 2560-acre unit; 1, 12, 13, 24-148-96, Dunn
12710: Marathon -- amend; 2 wells on 1280-acre unit
12711: Marathon -- pooling in Bailey-Bakken
12712: Marathon -- pooling in Lake Ilo-Bakken
12713: Marathon -- pooling in Murphy Creek-Bakken
12364 (cont'd): Marathon -- amend; a 1280-acre unit
12365 (cont'd): Marathon -- amend; a 1280-acre unit
12714: Oasis -- amend; a 1280-acre unit
12715: Oasis -- amend; a 1280-acre unit
12716: Oasis-- conversion Erickson 44-15H to salt-water disposal, 15-156-102, #16901, north of Williston
12717: Whiting -- amend; pooling in Sanish-Bakken, 153-91
12718: Whiting -- to extend the Ray field, sections 2, 3, 10, 11-156-97; 1280-acre
12719: Whiting -- pooling in Ray field
12720: Whiting -- pooling in Ray field
12721: Whiting -- pooling in Ray
12695 (cont'd): Whiting -- to establish 15 1280-acre units; in 154-92/154-91 area for purposes of drilling additional horizontal well between two existing 1280-acre units
12696 (cont'd): Whiting -- to pool those 15 new wells as noted in case #12695
12722: American (AEZ) -- amend; to place 4 wells / 640 acres; Bear Creek, 147-96
12723: American (AEZ) -- to extend Ray or Dollar Joe-Bakken pools, 156-98
12724: American (AEZ) -- to extend Ray-Bakken pool, 156-97
12725: BR -- pooling in Blue Buttes
12726: BR -- pooling in Little Knife
12727: BR -- pooling in Bailey-Bakken
12728: BR -- pooling in Bailey-Bakken
12729: Hess -- up to six wells, 25, 26-158-95 (Orion Belt)
12730: Hess -- pooling in Forthun-Bakken
12731: Hess -- pooling in Ross-Bakken
12732: Hess -- pooling in Alger-Bakken
12733: Hess -- pooling in Alger-Bakken
12734: Hess -- pooling in Alger-Bakken
12735: Hess -- pooling in Westberg-Bakken
12736: Hess -- up to six wells, 10, 15, 22, 27-157-90, Orion Belt
12737: Kodiak -- amend; 1280-acre unit in Twin Buttes
12738: Kodiak -- amend; 4 wells on two units, Mandare-Bakken
12375 (cont'd): Kodiak -- amend; extend Moccasin Creek, 1280-acre unit
12739: St Mary -- extend West Ambrose; 12 - 1280 acre unit
12740: St Mary -- pooling 12 units in West Ambrose
12741: St Mary -- extend Dimmick Lake-Bakken; 4 wells in 1280-unit
12672 (cont'd): St Mary -- legalese; revoke a Tracker permit, Arnegard State #36-1H
12742: Ursa Resources -- 2 wells; one 1280-acre; MonDak-Bakken
12743: Ursa Resources -- 2 wells; one 1280-acre; Pierre Creek
12744: Murex -- pooling up to 3 wells on 4 spacing units in Midway-Bakken
12745: James Peterson -- turn an abandoned well into a horizontal well
12248 (cont'd): Gregory Tank -- legalese re: CLR well
12249 (cont'd): Gregory Tank -- legalese re: CLR well
12251 (cont'd): Gregory Tank -- legalese re: Petro-Hunt
12746: TRZ and Tracker -- amend; field rules in Big Gulch-Bakken Pool
12747: North Plains -- to create a 1280-acre unit; one well
12554 (cont'd): North Plains -- extend Truax-Bakken; 3 1280-acre units; 1 well each

Thursday, June 24, 2010

12748: Tracker -- legales; revoke a Petro-Hunt well, Njos 157-100-26B-35-1H
12749: Tracker -- 5 wells; 1280-acre spacing, Stark County
12291 (cont'd): Tracker -- proper spacing in Saxon-Bakken, Dunn County
10792 (cont'): Tracker -- proper spacing for Dressler 13-1H, Dunn
12750: Encore -- proper spacing for Garden-Bakken
12751: CLR -- temporary spacing to develop pool discovered by Ravin 1-1H, 1-150-97
12752: CLR -- temproary spacing for Miles 1-6M, 31-151-96
12753: CLR -- extend Hebron; 1 1280-acre unit for 1 well
12754: CLR -- extend Mondak; 1 1280-acre unit for 1 well
12755: CRL -- amend; establish 1280-acre unit for one well
12756: CLR -- 1 well, 1280-acre
12757: CRL -- 1 well, 1280-acre
12447 (cont'd): CLR -- proper spacing for Ranch Coulee-Bakken
12014 (cont'd): CLR -- temporary spacing for pool discovered by Traxel 1-31H
12316 (con'td): CLR -- amend; Big Gulch-Bakken, 2 1280-acre units; 2 Eco-Pads
12200 (con'td): CLR -- temporary spacing for pool discovered by Ole 1-29H
12553 (cont'd): CLR -- legalese; revoke Sinclair's Pajorlie 1-2H in McKenzie
12758: EOG -- amend; 30 wells; 3 each 10 1280-acre units; Clearwater
12759: EOG -- amend; 18 wells; 6 each on 3 2560-acre units; Clearwater
12760: EOG -- amend; 12 wells; 6 each on 2 2560-acre units; Kittleson Slough
12761: EOG -- 14 wells; 4 wells on a 1920-acre unit, 3 1600-acre units; 1 1280-acre unit; Van Hook
12762: EOG -- amend; 12 wells; 2 1920-acre unts; 6 wells each, Thompson Lake
12534 (cont'd): EOG -- 6 wells; 1 2560-acre addition to Clarks Creek
12539 (cont'd): EOG -- 6 wells; 1 1440-acre addition; McKenzie County
12763: XTO -- one well; 1280-acre
12529 (cont'd): XTO -- legalese, to revoke BR's Olympian 14-35H
12764: BEXP -- legalese, to revoke Petro-Hunt's Borrud 156-101-11D-2-1H
12765: BEXP -- amend; 3 wells; 1280-acre spacing
12766: BEXP -- 1 well; 1280-acre spacing
12767: BEXP -- amend; flaring in Bull Butte
12768: Zenergy -- amend; extend 1280-acre; one well; Camp-Bakken
12769: Zenergy -- amend; extend 2 1280-acre units; 2 wells each unit
12770: Zenergy -- one 1600-acre unit; 1 well
12550 (cont'd): -- Zenergy -- 1812-acre unit; and a 1770-acre unit; 1 well each
12771: Spotted Hawk -- 2 720-acre units; 1 well each
12772: Pride Energy -- 1 1280-acre unit for 1 well
12773: Zavanna -- 6 640-acre units; 1 well each, Stony Creek
12774: Zavanna -- 1280-acre unit; 1 well
12775: Newfield -- amend; 6 wells total; 2 1280-acre units; 3 wells each; Sand Creek
12776: Newfield -- 1280-acre; 2 wells each, McKenzie County
12777: Newfield -- 1280-acre; 3 wells, McKenzie County
12778: Newfield -- 1280-acre; 2 wells; Westberg-Bakken Pool
12779: Newfield -- 1280-acre; 1 well; McKenzie County
12511 (cont'd): Newfield temporary spacing for pool discovered by Manta Ray 1-12H
12780: Hunt -- amend/extend -- 1600-acre and 2 1280-acre units; 1 well each
12781: Hunt -- 3 1280-acre units; 1 well each; Parshall
12782: Hunt -- amend/extend 12 1280-acre units; 1 well each; Leaf Mountain-Bakken
12783: Hunt -- 1280-acre; 1 well; Burke County
12784: Hunt -- 3 1280-acre units; 1 well each; McKenzie County
12452 (cont'd): Fidelity -- Cedar Creek Anticline No. 8A unit; unspecified # of wells
11965 (cont'd): Ward Williston -- unitization for Little Deep Creek-Madison, Renville County
12531 (cont'd): Slawson -- amend/extend; 1 320-acre unit; 1 well; Antelope-Sanish
12427 (cont'd): Stetson -- temporary spacing for pool discovered by MHA 1-11H-148-90
12785: Armstrong -- unitize Patterson Lake-Lodgepole Unit Area
12786: Tracker -- pooling for Bice 6-31; Big Gulch-Bakken
12787: Tracker -- pooling Little Chase Creek 21-1H; Little Knife-Bakken
12788: CLR -- pooling Harriet 1-22H; Hamlet-Bakken
12789: CLR -- pooling Goodson 1-28H; Hamlet-Bakken
12790: CLR -- pooling Evenson 1-18H; Van Hook-Bakken
12791: EOG -- pooling James Hill 9-1201H; Kittleson Slough-Bakken
12792: EOG -- pooling in North Souris-Spearfish; Bottineau County
12793: EOG -- pooling in Roth-Spearfish/Madison; Bottineau County
12794: EOG -- pooling Lostwood 23-3526H; Kittleson Slough-Bakken
12795: XTO -- 3 wells each unit; 2 1280-acre units; Temple-Bakken
12796: XTO -- 3 wells each unit; 1 1280-acre unit; Midway-Bakken
12797: XTO -- 3 wells each unit; 2 1280-acre unit; Beaver Lodge-Bakken
12798: XTO -- 3 wells each unit; 1 1280-acre unit; Alkali Creek-Bakken
12799: XTO -- 3 wells each unit; 1 1280-acre unit; North Fork-Bakken
12800: BEXP -- 3 wells on 1 1280-acre unit; Rosebud-Bakken
12801: BEXP -- 3 wells on 1 1280-acre unit; Todd-Bakken
12802: BEXP -- Salt water disposal well; Painted Woods
12803: Newfield -- commingling of several producing wells; Lost Bridge
12804: Newfield -- commingling of several producing wells; Lost Bridge
12805: Sagebrush -- for injection; Wright 13-12, Kuroki Field
12806: Sagebrush -- Salt water disposal
12807: Fidelity -- pooling Anderson 11-13H; Alger-Bakken
12808: Fidelity -- pooling Harstad 44-9H; Stanley-Bakken
12809: Baytex -- Salt water disposal
12810: Abraas -- pooling in North Fork-Bakken
12811: Abraxas -- pooling in North Fork-Bakken
12812: Anschutz -- pooling Dennis Kadrmas 1-9-4H-143-96; Fayette-Bakken
12813: Anschutz -- pooling Jaeger State 1-34-27H-144-97; Cabernet-Bakken
12814: Slawson -- pooling in Alger-Bakken
12815: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12816: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12817: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12818: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12819: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12820: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12821: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12822: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12823: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12824: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12825: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12826: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12827: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12828: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12829: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12830: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12831: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12832: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12833: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12834: Slawson -- pooling in Van Hook-Bakken
12835: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend-Bakken
12836: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend-Bakken
12837: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend-Bakken
12838: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend-Bakken
12839: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend-Bakken
12840: Slawson -- pooling in Big Bend- Bakken
12841: Slawson -- pooling in Parshall-Bakken
12842: Slawson -- pooling in Squaw Gap-Bakken