Activity Picks Up In Westberg Oil Field -- Just East of Record-Setting Tarpon -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

June 28, 2012: production and new permits have been updated; note the last line in the original post -- And for investors: this is exactly the area where KOG picked up 30,000 contiguous net acres, as of January, 2012. 

Permits Added In This Area Since Original Post

22914, conf, BR, Sun Notch 44-32TFH, Sand Creek,
22912, conf, BR, Old Hickory 14-33TFH, Sand Creek,
22388, loc, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3-3H, Westberg,

22387, loc, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3-2H, Westberg,
22361, 4,971, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-3H, Twin Valley, 
22360, 1,394, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-1H, Twin Valley, 
20710, 606, CLR, Barkley 1-5H, Twin Valley, t10/11; F;  cum 70K 4/12
20397, 1,001, Zenergy, Wold 34-27H, Sand Creek, t10/11; cum 46K 4/12;
20336, 1,162, BR, Sun Notch 44-32H, Sand Creek, t9/11; F; cum 8K 4/12; (no typo); sporadic;
20266, drl, SM Energy, Wold 15-33H, Banks, s12/11; cum 22K 4/12; no IP yet;
19280, 1,454, XTO, Rolfsrud State 14X-36, Sand Creek, t1/12; cum 63K 4/12; 

Original Post

There has been increased activity in Westberg field lately; this field is immediately east of Twin Valley, where the Tarpon Federal is sited, the well that currently holds the record IP. Here are some wells in the immediate area of the Tarpon; these neighboring wells are in Westberg oil field and Sand Creek:

• 20589, 4,815, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4H, Twin Valley, t10/11; cum 194K 4/12; 
• 19750, long lateral, three (3) miles southeast of Tarpon, 2,338, BR, Devils Backbone 21-14H, Westberg, Bakken, Flowing; t4/11; cum 74K 4/12;
• 17925, short lateral, three (3) east southeast of Tarpon, 1,676, Newfield, Wahus 1-12H, Westberg, Bakken, t7/10; cum 77K 4/12;
• 18662, long lateral, runs east-west, 4.5 miles directly east of Tarpon, 2,145, BR, Old Hickory 43-34H, Sand Creek, Bakken,  t5/10; cum 158K 4/12;
• 18414, long lateral, 4.75 miles east-northeast of Tarpon; Sand Creek; t11/10; cum 116K 4/12;
• 17758, short lateral, 3.3 miles northeast of Tarpon, 617, Newfield, Alice Federal 1-28H, Sand Creek, Bakken, t8/09; cum 60K 4/12;
• 17811, short lateral, 2.3 miles northeast of Tarpon, 2,825, Newfield, Garvey Federal 1-29H, Sand Creek, Bakken, s12/09; t5/10; cum 124K 4/12;-- note this is a short lateral
• 13022, short lateral, runs east-west, 2.7 miles north of Tarpon, DRY, American Hunter, Ahel Et Al West Nesson 42-23, horizontal, but probably not fracked
• 19312, long lateral, 4.6 miles southeast of Tarpon, 849, Hess, HA-Sanford-152-96-1819H-1, Westberg, Bakken, t5/11; cum 110K 4/12; -- this well was completed about four months ago and has already produced 72,000 bbls

What amazes me is how little press this record-setting well, the Tarpon, got in the regular press in North Dakota. Just another example that folks are taking these stories in stride.

By the way, this is exactly where the activity in the Bakken is headed for the summer of 2012: McKenzie County, and perhaps, more specifically, north and northeast of Watford City.

Oh, one more thing. The Wisness Federal is six miles east southeast of the Tarpon:

• 18691, 3,731, Newfield, Wisness Federal 152-96-4-2H  --- 35,849 bbls in first 25 days. Okay. Westberg field, Bakken. One section spacing. Middle Bakken at 10,573 feet.  26 stages. 2.2 million pounds of proppant; no acid. S4/11; T7/11; 61,336 bbls in 53 days (less than 2 months); total depth 16,012 feet; fracked "on time." Sand only. I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E.; F; cum 162K 4/12;

And for investors: this is exactly the area where KOG picked up 30,000 contiguous net acres, as of January, 2012.