Eight (8) New Permits -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report.

Drillers: Newfield (4), Hess (2), Baytex, and KOG

Fields: Mondak, Alger, East Fork, and one wildcat.

The four Newfield wells will be on two two-well pads.

The two Hess wells will be in the Alger field.

The daily activity report is otherwise pretty benign.

Fewer Posts -- Still On Amtrak

Fewer posts than usual because I am still traveling.

Sundance Announces Results of Wells It Is Participating In -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Sundance Energy Australia Ltd reported the following initial production rates from its developmental drilling campaign in the  Williston Basin, May 13, 2011.

Some of these have been reported elsewhere.

Initial Production Rate (boepd)

• Bear Den 7-17H, 2,290 
• Mandaree 9-4H, 1,442 
• Bear Den 4-20H, 1,809 
• Henderson Fed. 4-26/35, 2,321
• Hodenfield 15-7H,  2,210 
• 1-H Sandhill 25-36H, 1,206  
• Henderson 16-34H, 1,089
• Hodenfield 15-23H, 1,704 
• Twilight 1-24H, 798 
• Reed 3-3H, 715  
• Bergstrom 2-28H, 2,171
• Dahl 15-22H, 1,179 
• Foss Family Trust 15-23H, 2,608

How Bad Is The Backlog? -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Five wells came off the confidential list today: only one reported the IP. The other four: status listed as DRL which generally means they are waiting to be fracked.

The only one reporting an IP, a BEXP well:

• 19532, 1,276, BEXP, Hospital 31-36 1H, Alger, Bakken, 13K in first 16 days

The other four:

• 19477, 435, ERF, Eagles Nest 34-44H, McGregory Buttes, Bakken, 11K in first 8 days
• 17646, 284, OAS, Peters 11-1H, Gros Ventre, Bakken
• 19472, 37, Renegade, A Trout 6H 3-14, Wildcat, Bakken
• 19108, 1,200, Arsenal Energy, Amy Elizabeth 11-2H, Stanley, Bakken

It looks like it's time to update McGregory Buttes oil field. Not only have I seen a lot of activity in this field lately, but that's a pretty good well for ERF: 11,000 bbls in first 8 days (rounded). McGregory Buttes is located in the southwest corner of the reservation, about the size of 1.5 townships (36 sections/township, generally).

The Alger oil field has been an exceptionally good field. One example, posted at the link, last year:

• May 26, 2010: BEXP announced two great wells today. One of them was in the Alger field: Jack Cvancara 19-18 1H, just one mile from BEXP's Sorenson 29-32 1H (see paragraph below).  "Jack" has the second highest IP, 5,035, for a Bakken well in the Williston Basin (to date), second only to his sister well, the Sorenson. The Alger field continues to surprise, continues to excite.

Also, notice how old the OAS well is: permit #17646 -- that was first issued back in 2008 time frame. The Gros Ventre, fairly inactive, is just west of the Cottonwood oil field, an undistinguished oil field to date. 

Renegade's Trout well is very far north, toward the Canadian border, a real wildcat.