Updates
March 13, 2012: "no" oil in Mercer County -- ND geologist. The link is to a Bismarck Tribune article by Lauren Donovan. Something tells me he wishes he had not driven to Beulah for the presentation. His thoughts were summed up by this line: "...the analysis for Mercer County presented Monday night by State Geologist Ed Murphy was not dazzling." I assume the link will eventually break, but don't go looking for it; you won't be missing anything. I don't know if the local farmers were happy to hear this or not, but based on all the Debbie Downer stories, I assume the Mercer County farmers, in general, were thrilled. "Hot damn."
January 27, 2011: someone recently asked if there was any "new" drilling in Mercer County in 2011. I think the original post (below) answered that question.
Just out of curiosity, I looked permits issued for Mercer County:
The two permits in the original post below, #17623 and #17877 were issued in 2008.
One one permit issued for Mercer County in 2009:
- 17955, PNC, CLR, permit expired
For 2011, I find only one permit
- 21284, DRY (9/26/13), Cirque Resources, Old Engine Oil 16-4H, Wildcat, Mercer, s10/24/11; still on "drl" status as of August 17, 2012.
Original Post
Someone noted two wells being drilled in Mercer County; these are true wildcats. Can't wait to see what they find:
- 17623, TA-->DRY-->PNC, Statoil/BEXP, Wanner 25 1-H, Wildcat, Mercer County; s11/6/11; placed on temporarily abandoned list on February 10, 2012
- 21284, DRY (9/26/13), Cirque Resources, Old Engine Oil 16-4H, Wildcat, Mercer, s10/24/11
From what I can tell, there's nothing in Mercer County, yet. Here's an "old" CLR Mercer County well that appears to be a bust:
- 17877, PA/84, CLR, Traxel 1-31H, Wildcat/Beaver Creek Bay, Mercer County; s8/09; t12/09; cum 12K 12/13; even so, it continues to show up on the NDIC dockets requesting spacing and permission to develop; I don't get it, but if this well ever pans out, .....
