Russian Creek Field Update -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Permits

2015

None as of November 24, 2015

 

2014

None. 

2013 (the list is complete)

26366, 143, OXY USA, Keary Kadrmas 2-32-29H-142-96, t12/13; cum 37K 9/15;

24705, 828, OXY USA, Stag 1-35-23H-142-96, ICO, t5/13; cum 91K 9/15;

 

2012 (the list is complete)

22445, 975, OXY USA, Hattie Dvorak 1-33-28H-142-96, t9/12; cum 77K 9/15;

22441, 808, OXY USA, Binstock 1-34-27H-142-96, t2/13; cum 63K 9/15;

Updates

September 14, 2012: No new permits added so far in 2012.

Original Post

In the far southwest corner of Dunn County -- about ten (10) miles north of Dickinson -- sits an almost-rectangular, 17-section field called Russian Creek, straddling the north sections of T141N-R96W and the south sections of T142N-R96W.

OXY USA is active in this field, but October 17, 2011, I posted that Hess had added a prospect they call "Russian Creek."  OXY USA is very active in this following their acquisition of Anschutz.

The much talked-about State Highway 22 runs through the eastern sections of Russian Creek.  There is talk of widening that 2-lane highway into 5 lanes.

Russian Creek abuts several other good fields, including Murphy Creek, Simon Butte, and Manning.

Remember: the OXY USA wells below were  most likely Anschutz wells at one time.

There are currently five active wells (the first two are Madison wells):

• 8403, IA/160, Black Gold Energy/Chaparral Energy, Buresh 1-32, vertical, Madison, Russian Creek, s5/81;t7/81; cum 119K 9/11; still producing 300 - 500 bbls/month, which it has been doing since the 1980s; inactive 11/14;
• 15440, 170, Armstrong Operating, Sadowsky 44-3H, very short lateral, Madison, Russian Creek s6/03; t7/03; cum 108K 9/15; and still producing about 750 bbls/month which is about what it  has doing ever since it started producing in 2003,
• 16178, 215, OXY USA, Dvorak 11-4H, Bakken, Russian Creek, s4/06;t8/06; cum 180K 9/15; two laterals middle Bakken; it appears to have been a single-stage frack; 1 million lbs proppant pumped concurrently into both laterals; both short laterals
• 16255, 45, OXY USA, Kadrmas 11-25H, s5/07/t7/07; cum 35K from the Bakken; the Madison is still producing from this well, and is producing up to 2,500 bbls/month compared to the Bakken at 400 bbls/month; cumulative from the Madison is only 49K, but 2,500 is a huge jump from 200 bbls/month early on; and for a long time it was not producing anything from the Madison; no production since 8/15 from either the Bakken or the Madison;
• 16395,111, OXY USA, Heiser Trust 11-3H, s3/07; t6/07; cum 65K 9/15; a very interesting production history -- back in 2011 producing about 1,000 to 1,500 bbls/month; for most of its life it had been producing much less than 500 bbls/month, but in August, 2010, it jumped to 2,000 bbls/month (only 25 days of production that month, also)
• 19494, 642, OXY USA, Alfred Sadowskky 1-36-1H-141-96, s10/10; t1/11; cum 96K 9/15;
• There is one rig-on-site, almost complete, and one additional permitted location:
• 20416, 489, OXY USA, Dvorak Trust 1-6-31H-142-96, Bakken, Russian Creek, 21 stages, 1.1 million lbs, t1/12; cum 120K 9/15;
• 21844, 140, OXY USA, Keary Kadrmas 1-32-29H-142-96, Russian Creek, t4/12; cum 79K 9/15;

Another rig is on site right at the field line, sitting in St Anthony field, and based on its name will go south into St Anthony

• 20104, 357, OXY USA, Elsie Dvorak 1-8-17H-141-96, Bakken, St Anthony; t2/12; cum 77K 9/15;

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