Glass Bluff Oil Field Update -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

June 3, 2013: KOG acquires Liberty Resources acreage.

April 27, 2012: It looks like Liberty Resources picked up its new acreage in Glass Bluff oil field.

Permits

Here is the most current update as of June 7, 2012 (please feel free to tell me if I've missed a permit). Some years in which permits were said to have been issued, could be wrong.

Permits issued in 2015:

• 32044, loc, Whiting, Gullikson 44-34H,
• 32043, loc, Whiting, Gullikson 44-34HU,
• 32042, loc, Whiting, Gullikson 14-35H,

Permits issued in 2014 (the list is complete):

• 30202, loc, Whiting, Klose 21-27-1H,
• 30201, loc, Whiting, Klose 21-27-3H,
• 30200, loc, Whiting, Klose 21-27-4H,
• 29506, PNC, Whiting, Oakland 31-29-4H, middle Bakken, NOT conf on permit;
• 29505, PNC, Whiting, Oakland 31-29-3H, middle Bakken, NOT conf on permit;
• 29504, PNC, Whiting, Oakland 31-29-1H, middle Bakken, NOT conf on permit;
• 29303, 331, CLR, Frisco 2-31H1, t4/15; cum 14K 7/15;
• 29302, 688, CLR, Frisco 3-31H, t5/15; cum 30K 7/15;

Permits issued in 2013 (the list is complete):

• 25077, 320, Oasis, Martell 36-25HTF2, Three Forks 1st bench (TF1), 36 stages; 3.7 million lbs all ceramic, t2/14; cum 48K 7/15;
• 25032, 2,244, Whiting/KOG, Erickson 152-103-26-35-2H, t813; cum 145K 7/15;
• 24894, 718, Whiting/KOG/Liberty Resources, Dobias 152-103-32-29-11TFH, 35 stages, 4.1 million lbs sand, t7/13; cum 81K 7/15;

Permits issued in 2012:

• 24458, 1,573, Whiting/KOG, Erickson 152-103-23-14-1H, t8/13; cum 140K 7/15;
• 24457, 1,662, Whiting/KOG, Erickson 152-103-26-35-1H, t8/13; cum 152K 7/15;
• 24394, 399, Whiting/KOG, Anderson 152-103-28-33-1H, t5/13; cum 143K 7/15;
• 24303, 554, Whiting/KOG, Anderson 152-103-21-16-1H, t4/13; cum 150K 7/15;
• 24097, 681, Whiting/KOG, Dobias 152-103-32-29-1H, t7/13; cum 155K 7/15;
• 23398, 673, Whiting/KOG, Lassey 152-103-22-15-1H, t10/12; cum 242K 7/15;
• 23201, 1,029, Whiting/KOG, Lassey 152-103-27-34-1H, t11/12; cum 207K 7/15;
• 22905, 764, CLR, Frisco 1-31H, Frisco 1-31H, t10/12; cum 119K 7/15;
• 22709, 733, Whiting/KOG/Liberty Resources, Gullikson 152-103-31-30-1H, t10/12; cum 162K 7/15;

Permits issued in 2011:

• 20301: 868, Murex, Amy Michelle 16-21H; s3/11; t6/11; cum 111K 7/15; 18-port frac; 2 mill lbs sand
• 20381, 566, Murex, Daron William 28-33H, Glass Bluff, t11/11; cum 93K 7/15;
• 20386, 999, Murex, David Roger 18-19H, Glass Bluff, t11/11; cum 104K 7/15;
• 20590, 493, Zavanna, Skogen 17-20 1H, Glass Bluff, t7/12; cum 165K 7/15;
• 20666, 1,097, Oasis/Zenergy, Snowshoe 30-31H, t4/13; cum 103K 7/15;
• 20830, 95, Murex, Kimberly Dawn 30-31H, t10/11; cum 122K 7/15;
• 21200, 1,051, Denbury, Erickson 41-25SWH, Glass Bluff, t3/12; cum 88K 7/15;
• 21201, 1,145, XTO/Denbury, Erickson 41-25NWH, Glass Bluff, t2/12; cum 146K 7/15;
• 21316, 684, XTO/Denbury, Iverson 34-19NWH, Glass Bluff, t4/12; cum 135K 7/15;
• 21739, 633, Zavanna Kepner 9-4 1H, Glass Bluff, t7/12; cum 160K 7/15;

Permits issued in 2010:

• 18653: 2,803, BEXP, Tjelde 29-32 1H, t5/10;  cum 189K 7/15; Bakken; frac report without number of stages; 1.6 million pounds sand; 2.3 million pounds ceramic; BEXP typically does 28 - 36-stage fracs
• 19761, 1,074, Oasis/Zenergy, Martell 36-25H, t6/11; cum 105K 7/15;
• 19281, 1,474, EOG, Hardscrabble 13-2526H; t6/11; cum 104K 7/15;
• 19813, 977, Zavanna, Olson 8-5H, Glass Bluff, t12/11; cum 195K 7/15;
• 19849, PNC, Zavanna, Kepner 9-4 1H; Glass Bluff;
• 19895, PNC, Zavanna, Lassey 16-21 1H,
• 20000, 573, Zavanna, CDK 15-22 1H, Glass Bluff; t6/12; cum 150K 7/15;
• 20093, 638, Zavanna, Skorpil 11-2 1H, Glass Bluff; t5/12; cum 171K 7/15;
• 20094, 867, Zavanna, Wang 10-3H 1H; Glass Bluff, t3/12; cum 189K 7/15;
• 20105: 737, Zavanna, Crescent Farm 7-61H, Glass Bluff, t3/12; cum 221K 7/15;
• 20136, 644, Hess, Iverson Trust 1-1H, Glass Bluff, t6/11; cum 167K 7/15;
• 20144, 751, Petro-Hunt, Klose 151-103-26B-35-1H, Glass Bluff, t3/12; cum 131K 7/15;
• 20185, 607, Petro-Hunt, Oakland 151-103-29B-32-1H, Glass Bluff, t4/12; cum 122K 7/15;
• 20201, 302, Petro-Hunt, Klose 151-103-27B-34-1H, Glass Bluff, t8/11; cum 129K 7/15;
• 20224: 535, Hess, Klose 24-1H, Glass Bluff, t5/11; cum 166K 7/15;

Permits issued prior to 2010: to be continued

Original Post

Back in February, 2010, someone asked me about Glass Bluff oil field. This was my answer then:

Glass Bluff is south of the river and southwest of Williston. Stony Creek is northeast of Williston, north of the river.

There were a lot of conventional wells (vertical wells) drilled in Glass Bluff over the years, but there has not been much activity in Glass Bluff in the current horizontal boom. One exception: BEXP just reported a big well one township east, still in Glass Bluff: Tjelde 29-32 1-H with an IP of 2,800.

Other than the Tjelda, there are no permits pending in Glass Bluff at this time. Based on the big well by Tjelda and based on all the conventional wells in this oil field in the past, I think this field will do just fine. But it may be awhile. 

Wow, that didn't take long. There are no less than 17 wells on the confidential list in Glass Bluff, and there are currently two rigs on site.