Recently I made a comment in passing about all the oil that must be coming out of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation based on reports of two or three more pipelines in the FBIR that have been approved, are in the process of being laid, or have been completed.
Tonight, in passing, I see that "Bakken Shale" updates Enerplus results by noting that ERF has recently completed six wells in the FBIR. Four of the wells were short laterals and two of the wells were long laterals. The short laterals averaged 800 bopd over 30 days, and 650 bopd over 60 days.
The long laterals averaged 1,190 bopd over 30 days, and 1,100 bopd over 60 days.
Yup, I would say that the FBIR is a pretty sweet spot. Enerplus still has six wells on the confidential list (and these might be the same six, most undoubtedly they are), and they are all in T147N-R93W. They are all in McGregory Buttes or Moccasin Creek oil fields, west of the river.
For those who have not invested in ERF before and considering it, you may want to read this article first.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Dropbox.com
I will be traveling again in a few weeks and will be away for quite some time. While traveling it is hard to maintain the blog. But I do the best I can. Bear with me.
However, I have found a tool that will make it easier: cloud computing.
Yes, cloud computing has been around for quite awhile but I am only starting to use it. By strict definition, this probably isn't even true cloud computing. But I was introduced to "Dropbox.com" and it is awesome. "Dropbox.com" allows me to store data files somewhere out there on "the internets," as one of our former presidents so famously said, and then can access those files wherever I have an internet connection. In addition, it automatically syncs all changes I make.
I have "Dropbox.com" on my Apple desktop computer, and then was reminded that "Dropbox.com" also has an iPad application, for free downloading. It is spectacular. I cannot overstate how crystal clear, how aesthetic, the products are on the iPad. It truly is magical.
The iPad is not good for productivity, but it is awesome for the tools for which it was designed. Anyway, a little plug for which I will receive no compensation. Smile.
[September 24, 2010: I received the following comment regarding this post, but it failed to post, so I will post the comment here, since it is pithy and important: "Ah yes, the Kool Aid. Spectacular. Crystal Clear. Truly Magical. Not good for productivity. A near total failure on the trip to North Dakota. Awesome. Glad to see the moments of lucidity." -- sent in by "anonymous." My reply is in the comments.]
However, I have found a tool that will make it easier: cloud computing.
Yes, cloud computing has been around for quite awhile but I am only starting to use it. By strict definition, this probably isn't even true cloud computing. But I was introduced to "Dropbox.com" and it is awesome. "Dropbox.com" allows me to store data files somewhere out there on "the internets," as one of our former presidents so famously said, and then can access those files wherever I have an internet connection. In addition, it automatically syncs all changes I make.
I have "Dropbox.com" on my Apple desktop computer, and then was reminded that "Dropbox.com" also has an iPad application, for free downloading. It is spectacular. I cannot overstate how crystal clear, how aesthetic, the products are on the iPad. It truly is magical.
The iPad is not good for productivity, but it is awesome for the tools for which it was designed. Anyway, a little plug for which I will receive no compensation. Smile.
[September 24, 2010: I received the following comment regarding this post, but it failed to post, so I will post the comment here, since it is pithy and important: "Ah yes, the Kool Aid. Spectacular. Crystal Clear. Truly Magical. Not good for productivity. A near total failure on the trip to North Dakota. Awesome. Glad to see the moments of lucidity." -- sent in by "anonymous." My reply is in the comments.]
Another Stroh Well in Fayette Field
Anschutz well, file #18423, Raphael Stroh 1-13-24H-143-97, Fayette field, comes off the confidential list today (September 23, 2010). An IP is not provided, but the first report says it produced 245 bbls "the first day." But we have no idea how long the well was flowing that first day -- one hour or 24 hours. Update: see comment below, dated January 3, 2010 -- the IP is said to have been 2,409. Fracked in November, this well has apparently produced about 50,000 bbls of oil; at $50/bbl, that's $2.5 million at the wellhead. At $75/bbl, and at current rate of 500 bbls/day, that works out to about $1 million/month.
Click here to see the background to this story regarding the "Stroh" wells.
Update, October 31, 2010: Great news! Happy Halloween! See comments below. I've been sent an update on the Raphael Stroh well: The broken plug has been extracted from the casing. The fracturing tube has been inserted and is waiting for the fracturing equipment to come on site Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The well was produced for a short time to clean out the tubing and it was noted the unfractured production rate was 40 bbl per hour or 960 bbl per day.
Update, September 26, 2010: see comments below -- we get the rest of the story for the Raphael Stroh well: "Sept 26, 2010. This well has not been completed yet. A casing plug broke off in the casing as they were going to start the fracturing process. A workover rig needs to be brought in to remove the plug and fracture the formation. The twin well to it on the dual pad going 2 miles north underground had an IP of 2,500 BBL and 1,000,000 cu ft gas per day."
The twin well on that pad would be the Kenneth Stroh well.
Click here to see the background to this story regarding the "Stroh" wells.
Update, October 31, 2010: Great news! Happy Halloween! See comments below. I've been sent an update on the Raphael Stroh well: The broken plug has been extracted from the casing. The fracturing tube has been inserted and is waiting for the fracturing equipment to come on site Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The well was produced for a short time to clean out the tubing and it was noted the unfractured production rate was 40 bbl per hour or 960 bbl per day.
Update, September 26, 2010: see comments below -- we get the rest of the story for the Raphael Stroh well: "Sept 26, 2010. This well has not been completed yet. A casing plug broke off in the casing as they were going to start the fracturing process. A workover rig needs to be brought in to remove the plug and fracture the formation. The twin well to it on the dual pad going 2 miles north underground had an IP of 2,500 BBL and 1,000,000 cu ft gas per day."
The twin well on that pad would be the Kenneth Stroh well.
Oasis Reports a Nice Wildcat North of Williston: Sandaker 5602
Oasis Petroleum North America, LLC, is reporting a nice well north of Williston:
The confidential wells to the west are:
I can't remember the hundreds of times I would have driven this area north of Williston when I had my 1948 Willys Jeep in high school. I remember seeing oil wells around Tioga but never, never saw any oil activity in this part of the country. And now, it looks like BEXP and Oasis are going to open up a whole new area of activity. This just really gets me excited.
- 18418, 1,228, Oasis, Sandaker 5602 11-13H, Wildcat, 13-156-102, north of Williston, Bakken
The confidential wells to the west are:
- 19131, Oasis, Somerset 5602 12-17H, Bull Butte field
- 19412, BEXP, Kalil Farms 14-23 1-H, Bull Butte field
- 19091, Oasis, Horne 5603 44-9H, Bull Butte field
I can't remember the hundreds of times I would have driven this area north of Williston when I had my 1948 Willys Jeep in high school. I remember seeing oil wells around Tioga but never, never saw any oil activity in this part of the country. And now, it looks like BEXP and Oasis are going to open up a whole new area of activity. This just really gets me excited.
First-Time Unemployment Claims Increase; Breaks A 5-Week Streak
Just two days ago, I wrote about the unemployment picture getting worse.
Today it was reported that first-time unemployment claims increased last week for the first time in five weeks.
Today it was reported that first-time unemployment claims increased last week for the first time in five weeks.
Initial claims for jobless aid rose by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 465,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Many economists had expected a flat reading or small drop.As usual, the standard line: the numbers surprised the analysts.
Initial claims for jobless aid rose by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 465,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Many economists had expected a flat reading or small drop.As Warren Buffett said this past week: we are still in a recession.
CORRECTION: Samson Resources vs Samson Oil and Gas
My bad.
I was not aware that the permits granted to "Samson Resources" as reported on the daily activity reports were not related to Samson Oil and Gas.
SAMSON RESOURCES and SAMSON OIL AND GAS (SSN) are two completely different entities.
On NDIC's current active drilling rigs, the three "Samson" files refer to Samson Resources, "a large, privately held exploration and production company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, with International and Offshore Divisions headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA," according to its website. Samson Resources has nineteen (19) wells listed on the confidential list.
On the other hand, Samson Oil and Gas (SSN) is an E&P company headquartered in Australia. Its interests in North America include the Bakken in North Dakota and the Niobara in Wyoming. This past summer Samson Oil and Gas entered into a deal with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, in which the former sold the latter leases in Goshen County, Wyoming.
Yesterday, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, SSN requested that trading in its shares be halted due to ongoing activity with the Goshen County sale.
Current status of that SSN - CHK deal can be found here (dated Thursday, September 23, 2010).
I have to thank a reader for sending me this information, especially setting the record straight regarding Samson Oil and Gas AND Samson Resources. I consider that a major mistake on my part. I have made many errors on this blogsite, but this has to be one of the worse! I am quite embarrassed. But life will go on.
Okay, now why didn't my Australian readers point out the error of my ways! Smile.
I was not aware that the permits granted to "Samson Resources" as reported on the daily activity reports were not related to Samson Oil and Gas.
On NDIC's current active drilling rigs, the three "Samson" files refer to Samson Resources, "a large, privately held exploration and production company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, with International and Offshore Divisions headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA," according to its website. Samson Resources has nineteen (19) wells listed on the confidential list.
On the other hand, Samson Oil and Gas (SSN) is an E&P company headquartered in Australia. Its interests in North America include the Bakken in North Dakota and the Niobara in Wyoming. This past summer Samson Oil and Gas entered into a deal with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, in which the former sold the latter leases in Goshen County, Wyoming.
Yesterday, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, SSN requested that trading in its shares be halted due to ongoing activity with the Goshen County sale.
Current status of that SSN - CHK deal can be found here (dated Thursday, September 23, 2010).
I have to thank a reader for sending me this information, especially setting the record straight regarding Samson Oil and Gas AND Samson Resources. I consider that a major mistake on my part. I have made many errors on this blogsite, but this has to be one of the worse! I am quite embarrassed. But life will go on.
Okay, now why didn't my Australian readers point out the error of my ways! Smile.
On Track for 1,416 New Permits by the End of the Year
With eight (8) more permits granted today by the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC), North Dakota is on track to issue 1,416 new permits by the end of the calendar year.
Click here to see how this increases the work that is waiting to be done in the Bakken.
[Correction: see comments below. This should be Samson Resources drilling multi-well pads, not Samson Petroleum (SSN). These are two completely separate companies. The former is a private company based in Denver, Colorado (USA). The latter (SSN) is a publicly-traded Australian company.]
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Animals
Click here to see how this increases the work that is waiting to be done in the Bakken.
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Add another operator that is drilling multi-well pads: Samson (SSN). In today's daily activity report, we learn that Samson will be putting two wells on one pad in Blooming Prairie oil field, file numbers 19595 and 19596: Barracuda 27-34-163-98H and Torino 22-15-163-98H. The pad is located in section 27-163-98. [Actually, Samson was granted permits earlier this year for three previous multi-well pads. All four (4) Samson multi-well pads are for two wells on a pad. This is similar to what Slawson is doing.[Correction: see comments below. This should be Samson Resources drilling multi-well pads, not Samson Petroleum (SSN). These are two completely separate companies. The former is a private company based in Denver, Colorado (USA). The latter (SSN) is a publicly-traded Australian company.]
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Animals
Morning News, September 23, 2010, From the Bakken (ND, USA)
Another pipeline approved. From the Bismarck Tribune.com, it is being reported that the Bridger Pipeline has been approved.
This reminds me of the Arrow Pipeline story, and also here. The Arrow Pipeline is also on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.This should give folks an idea of 1) how much oil is coming out of the reservation; and, 2) how strategic planning by the tribal chiefs seems to be playing out. Good for them.
Infrastructure story in the Minot Daily News.com. Update on highway improvements.
Otherwise, pretty quiet in the oil patch.
NOTE: most of these stories will be available on the web for a short period of time. Many of them will not be accessible some weeks from now. The links will be broken. Googling the topic will generally find the an alternate source for the story.
A new oil pipeline through three western North Dakota counties will help deliver crude to at least three regional markets and will reduce truck traffic on the region's roads, state regulators say.Spokesmen hope this pipeline will be able to connect to TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline in the future.
North Dakota's Public Service Commission endorsed a route for the 12-inch pipeline, which will stretch for 77 miles through Billings, Dunn and McKenzie counties. Bridger Pipeline LLC hopes to begin construction soon and finish by next summer on the $29 million project.
The company said the pipeline will be capable of carrying at least 60,000 barrels of oil daily. It should reduce traffic on area roads by about 300 truckloads each day, the company said.
The pipeline will reach from a point north of North Dakota Highway 23, about 15 miles west of the Four Bears Bridge on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, to a connection with another line about 18 miles northwest of Dickinson, commission filings say.
This reminds me of the Arrow Pipeline story, and also here. The Arrow Pipeline is also on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.This should give folks an idea of 1) how much oil is coming out of the reservation; and, 2) how strategic planning by the tribal chiefs seems to be playing out. Good for them.
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Otherwise, pretty quiet in the oil patch.
NOTE: most of these stories will be available on the web for a short period of time. Many of them will not be accessible some weeks from now. The links will be broken. Googling the topic will generally find the an alternate source for the story.