Lost Bridge Oil Field Update

Updates

July 12, 2011: BR has an application into the NDIC to unitize the field.

Permits

2016 (not complete; last update, August 12, 2016)
32921, SI/NC, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5AXD,
32920, SI/NC, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5EXH,
32919, SI/NC, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5B,
32918, SI/NC, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5F2,
32917, SI/NC, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5BXC,
32736, 3,031, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-4HLW, Lost Bridge, t2/17; cum 294K 5/18;
32735, 2,600, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-13H, Lost Bridge, t3/17; cum 329K 5/18;
32734, 2,654, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-3H, Lost Bridge, t3/17; cum 322K 5/18;
32733, 2,008, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-12H, Lost Bridge, t5/17; cum 178K 5/18;
32581, 1,836, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-13H, t6/16; cum 269K 5/18;
32518, 2,774, MRO, Struthers USA 41-5H, Lost Bridge, t5/18; cum --
32517, 3,438, MRO, Ryan 42-5TFH, Lost Bridge, t5/18; cum 35K 5/18;
32434, conf, MRO, Stillwell 21-13H,
 
2015 (list is complete)
32092, 1,503, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-12H, t6/16; cum 177K 5/18;
31735, 2,143, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-10H, t9/16; cum 356K 5/18;
31734, conf, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-1H,
31733, conf, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-11H,
31732, conf, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-2H,
31635, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-10H,
31138, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-4HLW,
31137, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-1H,
31136, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-11H,
31966, conf, XTO, George Federal 21X-19F2,
31965, conf, XTO, George Federal 21X-19A,
31964, conf, XTO, George Federal 21X-19E,
31963, conf, XTO, Bang Federal 21X-19AXB,
31962, conf, XTO, Bang Federal 21X-19E2,
31961, conf, XTO, Bang Federal 21X-19A,
31202, conf, XTO, Kaye Federal 13X-3C,
31201, conf, XTO, Kaye Federal 13X-3G,
31200, conf, XTO, Kaye Federal 13X-3D,
31199, conf, XTO, Kaye Federal 13X-3H,
31138, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-4HLW,
31137, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-1H,
31136, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-2H,

2014 (the list is complete)
30043, conf, XTO, Deep Creek Federal 43X-5H,
30042, conf, XTO, Deep Creek Federal 43X-5D,
30041, conf, XTO, Deep Creek Federal 43X-5G,
29858, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-11H,
29857, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-12H,
29856, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 148-96-10-15-3H,
29008, drl, XTO, David Federal 21X-20F,
29007, drl, XTO, David Federal 21X-20B,
29006, drl, XTO, David Federal 21X-20E,
29005, drl, XTO, David Federal 21X-20A,
29004, drl, MRO, Gulbrand USA 44-12TFH,
29003, drl, MRO, Victor USA 34-12TFH,
28286, drl, XTO, Carus 24X-36C,
28285, drl, XTO, Carus 24X-36H,
28284, drl, XTO, Carus 24X-36D,
28263, drl, MRO, Morean USA 34-12H,
28262, drl, MRO, Piper 34-12H,
27557, 2,013, XTO, Kaye Federal 43X-4E, t7/14; cum 119K 3/15;
27556, 3,511, XTO, Kaye Federal 43X-4B, t7/14; cum 131K 3/15;
27449, 2,550, XTO, Tuckerman Federal 11X-11A, t8/14; cum 117K 3/15;
27448, 1,739, XTO, Tuckerman Federal 11X-11F, t8/14; cum 83K 3/15;

2013
26328, 1,916, XTO, Boomer Federal 34X-35D, t9/14; cum 57K 3/15;
26327, 1,042, XTO, Boomer Federal 34X-35H, t9/14; cum 64K 3/15;
26326, 879, XTO, Boomer Federal 24X-35G, t9/14; cum 46K 3/15;

Issued in 2012

24228, conf, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5E,

24145, 2,447, XTO, Esther Federal 34X-28C, t10/13; cum 190K 3/15;

23163, conf-->loc, MRO, Bear Den 42-5H,

23162, 1,339, MRO, Bear Den 42-5TFH, t11/12; cum 200K 3/15;

22248, 1,387, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11B, 24 stages; 2.7 million lbs; t8/12; cum 175K 3/15;

Original Post

Lost Bridge oil field has been popping up in recent NDIC permit action and on message boards elsewhere, and when that happens, it piques my interest.

Lost Bridge oil field is an irregularly shaped field just west of the reservation, and in a fairly non-descript location as far as other oil fields go, about 20 miles southeast of Watford City. No major roads run through this field. It is a relatively small field, only 37 sections, most of them in T148N-R96W. [Update: 45 sections, Oct 3, 2014.]

It appears that XTO (now a subsidiary of XOM) pretty much controls most of the field. XTO has reported some nice wells in this area.

Of interest is the number of multi-well pads: a couple of two-well pads, and another pad with four (4) wells. There is a well with three laterals, also. (For newbies, IPs are in red bold, and total cumulative is in black bold. A well with >100,000 bbls cumulative is well on its way to having paid for itself.)

• 22248, see  above, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11B, Lost Bridge, s6/12;
• 21840, 1,380, MRO, Deep Creek USA 11-13H, Lost Bridge, 4 sections, t2/13; cum 157K 3/15;
• 21839, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 14-12H, Lost Bridge,
• 21838, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 11-13TFH, Lost Bridge,
• 21837, 1,398, MRO, Deep Creek USA 14-12TFH, Lost Bridge, 4 sections, t3/13; cum 172K 3/15;
• 21702, 1,261, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5A, Lost Bridge, t1/13; cum 191K 3/15;
• 21253, 2,616, XTO, Esther Federal 34X-28, Lost Bridge, t9/13; cum 188K 3/15;
• 20520, 1,056, XTO, Bang Federal 21X19, Lost Bridge, t7/12; cum 103K 3/15;
• 20521, 1,412, XTO, George Federal 21X-19, Lost Bridge, t7/12; cum 166K 3/15;
• 19667, 902, MRO, Buffalo 34-12H, Lost Bridge, t9/11; cum 105K 3/15;
• 19566, 1,971, XTO, Deep Creek 43X-5, Lost Bridge; t10/11; cum 272K 3/15;
• 19447, 1,393, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11, cum 224K 3/15;
• 19185, 1,377, XTO, Alwin Federal 12X-19, t5/11, cum 182K 3/15;
• 19187, 510, XTO, Elaine Federal 12X-19, t5/11; cum 128K 3/15;
• 19120, PNC, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 2-4H, Lost Bridge,
• 19121, PNC, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 13-9H, Lost Bridge,
• 18918, 93, XTO/Denbury/Encore, Jorgenson 34-9SWH, Lost Bridge, t9/10; cum 181K 3/15;
• 18917, PNC, Denbury/Encore, Jorgenson 34-9SEH, 
• 18358: 1,037, XTO, Boomer 34X-35, Lost Bridge, t3/10; cum 151K 3/15;
• 18640: IA/878, XTO, Carus Federal 24X-36, Lost Bridge, t5/10; cum 158K 7/14; IA since 4/14;
• 18381, 1,134, XTO, Carol Federal 24X-6, Lost Bridge, t2/10; cum 177K 3/15;
• 18383, 1,768,  XTO, Lois Federal 24X-6, Lost Bridge, t2/10; cum 174K 3/15;
• 18189: 2,441, XTO, Jorgenson 43X-4, Lost Bridge, t9/09; cum 251K 3/15;
• 18039: 1,224, XTO, Jorgenson 43X-5, Lost Bridge, t7/09; cum 213K 3/15;
• 17424 / 17397 / 17407 / 17430: same pad? --  

497, XTO, Robert Federal 11X-20, cum 148K 3/15;
1,290, XTO, Thelma Federal 11X-20, cum 179K 3/15;
1,273, XTO, Fenton Federal 11X-20, cum 163K 3/15;
591, XTO, Jane Federal 11X-20, cum 91K 3/15;

• 17348: 901, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 16-9H, t2/09, cum 257K 3/15;
• 17086: 560, Newfield, Jorgenson 1-15H, t11/08,  cum 175K 3/15;
• 17045: 786, Newfield, Jorgenson 1-10H, t8/09, cum 162K 3/15;
• 7614: AB/IA/712, Deep Creek Adventures Co, Signalness Federal 2-10, cum 278K 2/12 (Duperow) (5/15 -- I don't see the "AB" designation)
• 16837 (three laterals): 591, XTO, Schettler Federal 41X-28, t2/08; cum 229K 3/15;
• 13107: PA/138, Conoco, Lost Bridge Wiser Com. 1, 1,178, permanently abandoned

These XTO wells are very good wells. XTO generally reports IPs of 500 bbls; these wells are consistently more than double what one usually sees with XTO wells.

And look at that Duperow well. That well was spud in 1980 and continues to produce thirty years later. [Went inactive about December, 2014.]