Friday, November 25, 2011

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;
Comments to follow.

6 comments:

  1. I just got a check for production on #20104 for Feb, Mar, Apr, and May.

    Production numbers started good in Feb and Mar, but went down over 50% in April & May. Is it just not a good well or or are they simply reducing the numbers due to dropping oil prices?

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    1. 20104 is an OXY USA well?

      Regardless, the decline rate for Bakken wells is a well-known phenomenon, and production dropping 50% by the third, fourth, or fifth month from the first full month after fracking is not unusual. But, you are correct: there could be other reasons for the decline in production.

      With regard to OXY wells, I will be interested in their two-year and three-year cumulative production.

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  2. Thank you. I just did not want to get my hopes up. Now at least I can plan on the most recent month which is the lowest of all four months. Hopefully it will hold at that for a while.

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    1. You are welcome. Hopefully we will see some positive news with regard to pricing. Good luck.

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  3. The royalty checks stopped from Oxy at the end of November. I use to get a check at the end of each month. I called and left a VM several times to find out what happened, but have not had a response from Oxy. Not sure what to think about this.

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    1. This is a good question to ask the folks over at the Bakken Shale Discussion Group or the folks over at the "Mineral Rights" tab at the top of the blog, fifth tab from the left.

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