Seven (7) New Permits, and Some Nice Wells -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Operators: Hess (2), XTO, Crescent Point, Newfield, Denbury

Fields: Mondak, Hawkeye, Charlson, and two wildcats

Hess' two wells in Hawkeye will be near each other but I don't think on the same pad. Hess already has a well in almost the same location:

• 16694, AB/348, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95-0805H-1, tested 12/07; total as of 1/12: 143K

But much more interesting is an Orion belt less than 3 miles to the northwest in Union Center oil field. The Orion belt consists of six (6) Burlington Resources wells, including one that is producing, and five more on confidential list, all 6 in the same section -- on a couple of abutting pads, or one very long pad:

• 17421, 544, Midnight Run 41-1H, long lateral, tested 11/08, cum 375K 8/14;
• 20323, 3,325, Midnight Run11-1MBH, t12/11; cum 241K 8/14;
• 20324, 1,963, Midnight Run 21-1TFH, t12/11; cum 136K 8/14;
• 20325, 2,846, Midnight Run 21-1MBH, t12/11; cum 210K 8/14;
• 20326, 2,083, Midnight Run 31-1TFH, t12/11; cum 204K 8/14;
• 20327, 2,443, Midnight Run 41-1TFH, t12/11; cum 169K 8/14;

Nice wells on today's daily activity report:

• 19091, 882, Oasis, Home 5603 44-9H, Williams County, Bakken, t2/11; cum 116K 8/14;
• 19150, 895, WPX/Zenergy, 3 FBIR 13-24H, Mountrail County, Bakken, t2/11; cum 280K 8/14;
• 19157, 1,476, EOG, Bear Den 4-20H, McKenzie County, Bakken, t3/11; cum 226K 8/14;
• 19578, 749, CLR, Missoula 1-21H, McKenzie, Bakken, t3/11; cum 255K 8/14;