Hess Will Be Reporting a Good Well -- The Bakken, North Dakota, SUA

This well is on DRL status:

• 18976, DRL, Hess, Bonnie Divide 16-1H, Bakken, Little Knife; long lateral, s/4/11; no test date yet; produced 17,943 bbls of oil in 24 days in October, 2011

This well would have come off the confidential list on 10/29/11; it must have been fracked in early October. It produced an astounding 17,000 bbls in less than a month. Of course, it will have a steep decline curve.

After reaching total depth, and before fracking, this is what the geologist conclusion was: "It is currently awaiting completion operations and is expected to be a very successful producing Hess property."

Little Knife is a great field.

Bonnie Divide's "sister" well, a long lateral running north:

• 18975, 1,325, Hess, Wing 9-1H, Little Knife, Bakken, s5/10; t9/10; cum 89K 10/11; F;

Less than a mile to the east:

• 18731, 1,434, Hess, Wing 15-1H, Little Knife, Bakken, long lateral, s4/10; t7/10; cum 116K 10/11; 25 stages; 2.34 million lbs sand