Hot Spot: McGregory Buttes/South Fork Inside The Reservation -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Update

September 10, 2014: there are two wells with same legal description, different file numbers at the GIS map; this may be quite common with HRC buying Petro-Hunt acreage in this area:

• 22928, PNC, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-33C-28-3H,
• 25534, conf, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-3C-28-3H,

August 14, 2011: update on some South Fork wells

Permits

2015
31085, loc, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-35C-26-6H,
31084,
31083,
31082,
31081,
31080,
31079,
31078,
31077,
31076,
30866, conf, Enerplus, Barn 147-94-13A-24H,
30865,
30864,
30863,
30779, conf, BR, CCU Gopher 1-2-15TFH,
30680, loc, HRC, Fort Berthold 149-94-1A-12-9H

2014 (list is complete)

29849, drl, HRC, Fort Berthold 147-94-3A-10-12H,
29848, loc, HRC,
29847,
29572, loc, HRC,
29571,
29137, loc, HRC,   

29136, loc, HRC, 

29135, loc, HRC,  

29134, loc, HRC,  

28693, loc, HRC,  

28692, loc, HRC,  

28691, loc, HRC,  

28629, loc, HRC,  

28628, loc, HRC,  

27839, 1,634, MRO, Bears Ghost USA 11-4TFH, t12/14, cum 22K 2/15;

27838, 2,229, MRO, Bears Ghost USA 11-4H, t12/14; cum 59K 2/15;

27837, 1,679, MRO, Bears Ghose USA 21-5TFH, t1/15; cum 25K 2/15;

27836, 1,415, MRO, Richanda USA 21-4H, t12/14; cum 21K 2/15;

2013

27107, SI/IA, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-27C-22-4H, 

27106, SI/IA, HRC, 

27105, SI/IA, HRC, 

27103, SI/IA, HRC, 

27102, loc, HRC, 

26868, PNC, HRC, 

26867, 1,564, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-33C-28-10H, t9/14; cum 94K 2/15;

26866, 1,726, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-33C-28-9H, t9/14; cum 81K 2/15;

26865, 1,604, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-33C-28-8H, t9/14; cum 78K 2/15;

26671, conf, HRC, 

26295, 3,569, HRC, t8/14; cum 234K 2/15;

26294, 2,567, HRC, t8/14; cum 120K 2/15;

26293, 2,769, HRC, t8/14; cum 134K 2/15;

26282, conf, HRC, 

26281, conf, HRC, 

26280, conf, HRC, 

26279, conf, HRC, 

25801, 2,404, HRC/G3 Operating, t4/14; cum 176K 2/15;        

25800, conf, HRC/G3 Operating,

25598, 2,919, HRC/G3 Operating, t8/14; cum 165K 2/15;

25597, 2,750, HRC/G3 Operating, t8/14; cum 168K 2/15;

25596, 2,706, HRC/G3 Operating, t8/14 cum 174K 2/15;  

25534, 2,529, HRC/G3 Operating, t9/14; cum 99K 2/15;  

2012 

24648, 362, MRO, Lincoln USA 16-1H, t2/13; cum 366K 2/15;

24427, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

24426, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

24425, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

24424, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

24423, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

24422, PNC Petro-Hunt,

24339, 2,301, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t8/13; cum 273K 2/15;

24338, 2,576, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t8/13; cum 267K 2/15;

24316, 394, MRO, t3/13; cum 58K 2/15;

24315, conf, MRO, 

24314, conf, MRO,

24272, 2,588, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t4/14; cum 171K 2/15;

24271, 2,376, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t4/14; cum 130K 2/15;

24270, 2,452, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t4/14; cum 173K 2/15;

24150, conf, HRC/Petro-Hunt,

24149, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

23802, 1,588, MRO, t1/13; cum 360K 2/15;

23801, conf, MRO,

23383, 2,343, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t5/13; cum 275K 2/15;

23382, 2,710, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t5/13; cum 289K 2/15;

23381, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

23380, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

23379, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

23378, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

23258, 1,681, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t3/13; cum 186K 2/15;

23223, 1,210, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t3/13; cum 144K 2/15;

22928, PNC, Petro-Hunt,

22878, 1,532, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t5/13; cum 189K 2/15;

22313, 1,545, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t4/13; cum 99K 2/15;

22312, 452, HRC/Petro-Hunt, t11/12; cum 155K 2/15;

Original Post

There are several hot spots in the Bakken. One of them is inside the reservation, in the north half of the McGregory Buttes field and the northwest quarter of the South Fork field.

McGregory Buttes is a typical (I guess) size field in the Williston Basin. It is 48 sections located entirely within the reservation. It shares a small part of its border with the Moccasin Creek field which lies immediately to the southeast. The sections are in T147N-94W and T148N-94W.

South Fork is a small field, only 18 sections, nestled in between McGregory Buttes and Heart Butte.

Right now, the most interesting area of the McGregory Buttes field is in the north (T148N-94W). In this area:

• Enerplus (ERF) has eight wells in the same section, placed on two nearly-abutting "smart-pads," in McGregory Buttes.
• One section over, Enerplus (ERF) has another four wells in one section, two wells on two pads each, again in McGregory Buttes.
• Three miles to the east there are two rigs on site: Dakota-3 (WMB) and KOG. The KOG rig is spudding a well on the 2-well pad.

In this area are the following wells, all on the confidential list, and pretty much in line west to east (IPs and production updated periodically):

• 20850, 710, ERF, Jalapeno 148-94 02C-3H, t1/12; cum 138K 2/15;
• 20851, 782, ERF, Forge 148-94 11B-3H; t1/12; cum 152K 2/15;
• 20852, CONF, ERF, Anvil 148-94 11B-4B TF
• 20853, CONF, ERF, Habanero 148-94 02C-4H TF
• 20846, CONF, ERF, Axe 148-94 11A-1H
• 20847, CONF, ERF, Poblano 148-94 02D-1H
• 20848, CONF, ERF, Vise 148-94 11A-2H TF
• 20849, CONF, ERF, Cayenne 148-94 02D-2H TF
• 18129, 359, ERF, Dakota-3 (WMB), Ethan Hall 14HC, t11/11; cum 169K 2/15;
• 20784, 657, ERF, Spruce 148-94 12C-01-2H TF; t2/12; cum 190K 2/15;
• 20785, 633, ERF, Oak 148-94 12C-01-1H, t5/12; cum 232K 2/15;
• 20781, 1,019, ERF, Pine 148-94 12D-01-3H, t10/12; cum 181K 2/15;
• 20782, 577, ERF, Cedar 148-94 12D-01-4H, t4/12; cum 163K 2/15;
• 20365, PNC, ERF, Murphy 6-24H, McGregory Buttes,
• 19818, 2,051, Whiting/KOG, Skunk Creek 4-8-17-14H, t7/14; cum 123K 2/15;
• 19817, 212, Whiting/KOG, Skunk Creek 2-8-17-15H;  t1/12; cum 180K 2/15;
• 20044, 543, WPX/Dakota-3, Dakota-3 Benson 3-9H (South Fork field); 166K 2/15;
• 19780, CONF, KOG, Skunk Creek 4-10-11-8H (South Fork field)
• 19587, 2,655, KOG, Skunk creek 12-10-11-9H (South Fork field); 272K 2/15;
• 20926, 2,682, KOG, Skunk Creek 12-10-119H3 (South Fork field); 206K 2/15;
• 17667, 472, ERF, Woman Creek 4-11H (South Fork field); s2/09; t4/09; 100K 2/15;
• 18103, 915, ERF, Look Out Ridge 4-21H, 9,300 bbls in first 11 days (South Fork field); s 12/10; t 4/11; 154K 2/15;
• 18922, 472, WPX/Dakota-3, Dakota-3 Skunk Creek 1-12H, (South Fork field), 19,354 bbls in first 14 days; s9/10; t6/11; cum 439K 2/15;