Trivial Chatter -- Painted Woods Oil Field -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

This evening I took the opportunity to see the flooding of the Missouri around Williston, North Dakota. It is quite remarkable.

On the way back home I drove through Painted Woods oil field, and was amazed at all the activity. It is one thing to post about the Bakken based on what I read, but it's quite another thing to actually drive through it. I didn't have much time so it was a quick look, but here are some of the wells in the Painted Woods oil field. Talk in Williston is that this field has turned out to be quite a good field.

Again, for newbies, I use 100,000 bbls of cumulative oil as a significant milestone. Once a well hits 100,000 bbls (in my mind), it's free and clear for the rest of its producing history. 

This is a "cut and paste" from the Painted Woods field update:

New wells posted at second update (May 28, 2011) following original post:

• 18906, BEXP, 2,640, Michael Owan 26-35 1-H; IP 7/10; 75K as of 3/11
• 18992, Slawson, 826, Stampede 1-36-25H; IP 11/10; 33K as of 3/11
• 18796, BEXP, 2,213, Abe Owan 21-16 1-H; IP 9/10; 62K as of 3/11
• 18955, BEXP, 2,278, Weisz 11-14 1-H; IP 8/10; 72K as of 3/11
• 19031, BEXP, 1,773, Boots 13-24 1-H; IP 9/10; 41K as of 3/11
• 19085, BEXP, TD, Brad Olson 9-16 3H; IP 4/11;
• 19086, BEXP, 2,472, Brad Olson 9-16 2H; IP 11/10;47K as of 3/11
• 19389, BEXP, 1,936, M. Olson 20-29 1-H; IP 12/10; 48K as of 3/11

Five new wells posted at first update following original post:

• 18791, BEXP, 1,578, Abe 30-31 1H, spudded 4/10; 75K as of 3/11
• 18443, BEXP, 1,976, Owan 29-32 1H, spudded 4/10; 76K as of 3/11
• 18771, Zenergy, 683, Johnson 29-30H, spudded 4/10; 55K as of 3/11 (Squires field)
• 18793, EOG, 274, Mont 100-28H, spudded 3/10; 25K as of 3/11 (Squires field)
• 18622, EOG, 680, Mont 1-28H, spudded 3/10; 30K as of 3/11 (Squires field)

The Squires wells were listed because they are so close to the Painted Woods field.