Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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:
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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.

7 comments:

  1. What is the name of the Enerplus well?

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  2. Oh, I'm sorry.

    I generally include names; forgot this time.

    The Enerplus well: 18546, 3,424, Enerplus, Ethan Hall 6B-31-30-1H, McGregory Buttes, Bakken (50K in one month)

    I always update new wells at this post:

    http://milliondollarway.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-wells-reporting-first-calendar.html.

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  3. Enerplus is finishing up fracing another well in that same section 6, I believe. Is this correct? It is also called Ethan Hall? Any info on that one?

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  4. Enerplus has three (3) permits/wells, all next to each, in this section. The other two are still confidential and I don't have any other information.

    18546: as above
    18545: Ethan Hall 6B-7-1H, off confidential list, 4/7/11
    19624: Anna G. Baker 6B-30-2HTF, no release date from confidential list, so it probably has not been spudded

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  5. That is exactally what I needed to know. Thanks for your help!

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  6. Will either of these wells include 147 North, Range 83 West Section 6: N1/2 ? I am going to call enerplus in the AM to find out what is what. I am just wanting to know what well this N 1/2 section of 6 will be in before I call them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Nan

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  7. Because they are on the confidential list I would not know, but the nomenclature of 18545, Ethan Hall 6B-7-1H, suggests that 18545 will be going south (which would include section 6, but again, being on the confidential list, I cannot say for sure.

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