Four (4) New Permits -- Update on EOG Spearfish Wells in Bottineau County -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, July 29, 2011 --

Operators: Slawson, Crescent Point Energy, Hunt Oil, and MBI Oil and Gas

Fields: Gooseneck, Ross, and two wildcats.

I had not heard of MBI before; they do have a small presence in North Dakota, but this is their permit in quite some time.

Slawson and MBI have the two wildcats, one in McKenzie and one in Stark.


EOG / Spearfish Formation / Bottineau County

Fueling more rumors that EOG has thrown in the towel with regard to the Spearfish, the daily activity report listed six EOG permits in Bottineau County that were believed to target the Spearfish. In addition, six additional EOG wells changed operator from EOG to Surge Energy. 

Other permits canceled:

• #18070 – Zavanna, LLC., Leopard 1-20H., SESE 20-155N-100W, Williams Co.
  #18133 – Zavanna, LLC., Panther 1-16H., SESE 16-155N-100W, Williams Co.
• #19234 – OXY USA, Steve Kudrna 1-32-29H-143-95, SWSE 32-143N-95W, Dunn Co.
• #20299 – OXY USA Inc., Tony Kralicek 1-5-8H-142-95. SWSE 32-143N-95W, Dunn Co.
  #20955 – Continental Resources, Inc., Burr 1-19H., SWSE 19-157N-97W, Williams Co.
  #21049 – North Plains Energy, LLC., Miller 4-14-1H., NWNW 14-157N-97W, Williams Co.
  #21144 – Petro Harvester Operating Co, LLC., Rice 13X., NESW 9-161N-82W, Bottineau Co.
  #20557 – EOG Resources, Inc., Liberty 24-2531W., SWNW 25-151N-91W, Mountrail Co.

Of the eleven new wells that are confidential, but plugged or producing, Whiting, CLR, and MRO each had two.