Incredible Amount of Activity Around Williston -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

 Locator: 10032B.

 

Updates

February 14, 2013: my, how times have changed. At the time of the original post, there were eleven (11) rigs actively drilling immediately north and west of Williston. Today, except for three rigs well east of Williston in Stockyard Creek, there are NO active rigs within sight of Williston.

A 4-well pad is in the process of completion (#22872, 22873, 22874, 22875).

See comment dated today: a reader says there will be a rig within sight of Williston next month.

Original Post

Back in the 60's and 80's when I was growing up in Williston, there were not a lot of wells in the immediate area even though my home town was the "center of the Williston Oil Basin."

Now when I visit Williston or look at the NDIC GIS map server, I am completely amazed at the amount of activity going on north and west of Williston. (By the way, after completing this post, I went back and updated the Painted Woods oil field, an important field west of Williston.)

There are currently eleven rigs actively drilling north and west in the immediate vicinity of Williston:

• 19252, 561, Enerplus/HRC/G3 Operating, LLC, Anderson 1-24-13H, w/c/Strandahl, t4/11; cum 131K 9/16; cu m179K 8/23;
  
• 19953, 1,543, Oasis Petroleum, Driesbach 5602 44-32H, Stoneview; t8/11; cum 162K 9/16; cum 219K 8/23;
  
• 19235, 1,023, Oasis Petroleum, Dixon 5602 44-34H, Bonetrail/Wildcat; t7/11; cum 140K 9/16; cum 194K 8/23;
  
• 18966, 148, Kraken Operating/CLR, Milloy 1-15H, Hebron; t10/11; cum 122K 9/16; cum 172K 8/23
• 20146, 1,889, Grayson Mill/Statoil/BEXP, Delorme 12-1 1H, Painted Woods; t6/11; cum 176K 9/16; cum 240K 8/23;
  
• 19409, 761, Grayson Mill/EOG, Mont 3-3403H, Painted Woods; t6/11; cum 201K 9/16; cum 261K 8/23;
  
• ****20160, 2,173, Grayson Mill/Statoil/BEXP, Field 18-19 3H, Todd; t10/11; cum 194K 9/16; cum 291K 8/23;
  
• 20282, 2,671, Grayson Mill/Statoil/BEXP, Williston Airport 2-11 1H, Todd, t10/11;cum 257K 9/16; cum 427K 8/23;
  
• 12167, SWD, Zenith Produced Water-Johnson, LLC, Wildcat (original operator: Texaco, Inc.), SWD
• 20049, 54 (no typo), Oasis, Charlie 5603 43-19H, Bull Butte (Kalil Field), t10/11; cum 73K 9/16; middle Bakken; closed hole frack; 2.3 million pounds sand frack; from the well file: four days to KOP; two days to complete the curve; difficulties with the horizontal, about 12 days to complete the lateral; highest gas concentration was 1,539 units; it has been speculated that the lack of gas shows in the False Bakken and the Upper Bakken Shale may be due to seepage upwards in tot he Lodgepole fracture zone. Open hole e-logs bolstered this assumption with a noticeable fracture zone ... in the Lodgepole formation. Throughout the lateral side track, a 1 - 5; intermittent flare was observed. Eighteen days total drilling despite some difficulties during hz drilling; off-line in early 2016; cum 114K 8/23;
  
• 11216, 143/SWD, QC Environmental Services/RM Resources, Eidsvoog 1-28H, Church; was a Madison; now a SWD

Rigs off site; wells being completed:

• 18623, 1,656, Oasis, Odin Jorgenson 5502 44-8H, wildcat/Squires, t2/11; cum 194K 9/16; cum 260K 8/23;
  
• 18799, 1,642, Oasis, Stowers 5502 43-8H, Squires; t2/11; cum 202K 9/16; cum 267K 8/23;
  
• 20018, 1,043, Oasis, Wales 5602 42-33H, Bull Butte (Kalil Field), t8/11; cum 136K 9/16; cum 184K 8/23;
  
• 19832, 1,262, Oasis, Traill 5502 31-4H, Squires, t7/11; cum 128K 9/16; cum 166K 8/23; cum 166K 8/23;
  
• 19529, 1,054, Grayson Mill / EOG, Round Prairie 5-0904H, Painted Woods, t5/11; cum 161K 12/14; cum 248K 8/23;
  
• 19414, 1,060, Oasis, Drumond 5501 44-21H, Wildcat/Missouri, t5/11; cum 161K 12/14; cum 300K 8/23;
  
• 19482, 464, Oasis, Twobins 5501 42-20H, Wildcat/Missouri, t5/11; cum 160K 12/14; cum 282K 8/23;
  
• 19307, 1,033, Oasis, Devon 5601 12-17H, Wildcat/Tyrone, t7/11; cum 129K 12/14; cum 224K 8/23;
  
• ***19308, 1,235, Oasis, Glover 5601 12-17H, Wildcat/Tyrone, t6/11; cum 137K 12/14; cum 230K 8/23;
• 19418, 1,030, Oasis, Baffin 5601 12-18H, Wildcat/Tyrone, t6/11; cum 141K 12/14; cum 226K 8/23;
  
• 19736, 653, Oasis, Lynn 5502 11-10H, Squires, t12/11; cum 98K 12/14; cum 174K 8/23;
  
• 19611, 1,211, Oasis, Hendricks 5602 42-36H, Wildcat/Tyrone, t4/11; cum 122K 12/14;  cum 192K 8/23;
• 19952, 1,596, Oasis, Jensen 5501 42-7H, Wildcat/Missouri, t6/11; cum 145K 12/14; cum 262K 8/23;
  
• 19615, 1,752, Oasis, Cowden 5404 13-35H, Painted Woods, t3/11; cum 153K 12/14; cum 244K 8/23;
  
• 19413, 1,260, Oasis, Moore 5304 13-1H, Painted Woods, t9/12; cum 183K 9/16; cum 267K 8/23;