Two (2) New Permits in North Dakota, USA -- Enerplus, Sinclair With Nice Wells

Produers: Hess and CLR.

Fields: Big Butte (see below) and Hamlet.

On the other hand, eighteen wells came off the confidential list. Results are reported elsewhere. However, of the eighteen, four were canceled or expired permits; two targeted the Madison; Enerplus had a great well (3,424 bopd, IP); and, Sinclair had a nice well (1,039, IP).  The others were unremarkable Bakken wells.

I neglected to include the names of these two wells in the original post. Here they are:

• 18546, 3,424, Enerplus, Ethan Hall 6B-31-30-1H, McGregory Buttes, Bakken (50K in  one month)
• 18888, 1,039, Sinclair, Martens 1-5H, Sanish, Bakken

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The Hess permit in Big Butte was the fifth of five permits for vertical wells on either side of horizontal #17117, EN-Person-156-94-1102H-1, a long lateral starting in section 11 and ending in section 2, T156N-R94W.  With this permit, there are now five permits/wells along this lateral. They do not have the "H" designation, and this, as well as their name (Person Observation) suggests these vertical wells are monitoring the activity of the horizontal and probably the formations above and below this lateral. [Update, on the March 14, 2011, daily activity report, there is now another permit for another well next to #17117. This permits is 20599, EN-Person Observation 2-43.]

The six permits along the horizontal #17117:

• 20500, SI, EN-Person Observation 11-33, Three Forks,
• 20315, SI, EN-Person Observation 11-22, Duperow,
• 20442, SI, EN-Person Observation 2-24, Three Forks,
• 20361, SI, EN-Person Observation 11-31, Three Forks,
• 20539, SI, EN-Person Observation 2-32, Three Forks,
• 20599, SI, EN-Person Observation 2-43, Three Forks, 

The folks over at the Bakken Shale Discussion Group noted the same thing, and may have more information going forward.

Comment: simply "observation wells." Never any intent to produce from them. -- May 10, 2014.