Another Whiting Pronghorn Sands Permit -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here for full discussion regarding Whiting's nomenclature for wells in their Pronghorn Sands prospect.

Whiting has a permit for another Pronghorn Sands prospect well:

• 21958, LOC, Whiting, Iver & Minnie 21-14PH, Zenith, Pronghorn Sands

One (1) New Permit -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, November 25, 2011 --

Operator: Petro-Hunt

Field: Eagle Nest

And that was it, nothing else. No wells released from confidential status today. None. Or at least none reported.

Don't Expect Significant Pullback on Price of Oil -- Reuters

Link here.

Despite all the financial and economic gloom, 2011 has been a record year for oil with Brent crude at its highest-ever average above $110 per barrel, and few analysts forecast a big drop in price, even those who expect an economic slowdown.

Rising demand for fuel from China and other emerging economies, declining output from traditional suppliers including the North Sea and interruptions to production in key exporters such as Libya have kept the oil market tight.

And unless the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, slips into a double-dip recession, oil prices are likely to stay strong, at least until the end of the northern-hemisphere winter.

"World oil demand is growing and, if supplies don't increase, either inventories have to fall or prices rise: both have been happening."

Data points:

• Global oil demand probably increased by about 900,000 bopd this year, to more than 89 million bopd
  
• Next year, world demand for oil will rise even faster, by about 1.3 million bopd (China, India, Brazil to use more)

For those folks who have been touting production costs at $5/bbl for Saudi Arabie, Duetsche Bank begs to differ:

This is even more likely given the rising cost of production for OPEC members in the Middle East Gulf, which analysts at Deutsche Bank now estimate as high as $86.50 per barrel.

Also, in the article:

Goldman Sachs, the most accurate oil price forecaster over the last year, now sees Brent at $125 per barrel in 12 months.

I've seen that same number elsewhere, and if the Bakken oil is tanked/piped to Louisiana it can be sold at Louisiana sweet oil prices, which compare favorably with Brent.

If This Is Global Warming, Give Us a Bit More

Bismarck, North Dakota, set a record for high temperature Wednesday: 62 degrees, according to the Williston Herald. This beat the record set in 1890 by one degree.

And that works out just about right. Climatologists have told us that global warming has resulted in global temperatures rising about 0.7 degree in the past century.

It was 53 degrees in downtown Williston -- the heart of the Bakken -- Wednesday afternoon (November 24, 2011) and it felt wonderful; this photo is not time-date stamped, so you will have to trust me.

I don't know what was causing the heat wave back in 1890 but it may have been related to all those wood stoves.

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This winter could be a repeat of last year's winter -- Rigzone.com.

As shown in Exhibit 5, the 2011-2012 winter forecast shows that temperatures should average between 1°C and 1.4°C below normal. The forecast for November called for a 1.4°C lower temperature range, which would seem to be consistent with the cooling that has been experienced since late October. The chart shows a multitude of temperature forecasts generated by computer models, virtually all of them showing negative deviations. If one compares the forecasted temperatures for this winter with the temperatures experienced last winter (the far left side of the chart), they look similar, but the forecasted temperature anomalies don't show the move back to zero as experienced last summer. That would suggest that in the United States we may not experience the extreme heat witnessed last summer.

Sounds like to me, global cooling. But then that's just me. And ImpactWeather, a Houston-based weather forecasting and consulting firm.

Waterflooding -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Update

Not less than fifteen minutes after posting the story below, I run across a story about a new technique for enhanced oil recovery: combined miscible drive (CMD) technology.

NiMin Energy, headquartered in Carpenteria, is applying its patented combined miscible drive (CMD) technology, which involves injecting a pure oxygen and water foam solution into underground oil reservoirs, in turn creating steam and carbon dioxide (CO2) through a wet combustion process. The steam and CO2 reduce the oil's viscosity, allowing it to flow toward horizontal wells.

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"Anon 1" reminded me a story I read awhile ago and I can't remember if I posted it: waterflooding and the Bakken.

Here's an update from Crescent Point Energy which is now in North Dakota; the update was published earlier this year (the Bakken referred to is the Canadian Bakken, which is I believe is similar to our own:

By Crescent Point Energy Corp.'s Viewfield

Bakken waterflood pilot programs are showing positive initial results and could encourage other production to attempt secondary recovery on other tight oil plays.

The prize is a big one as many of western Canada's tighter resource plays have large-in-place volumes but relatively low recovery factors. Secondary recovery has the potential of boosting the amount of oil recovered from the reservoirs while slowing the high decline rate typically encountered with multistage fracturing of tight oil formations.

According the Dundee report, Crescent Point's first Bakken pilot, comprised of four horizontal producers and one injector, began injecting water in the fourth quarter of 2006, with production response identified in the third quarter of 2008.

Wood said the first pilot saw a robust production response through the back part of 2008 and into much of 2009.  Since reaching peak production rates of about 550 bbls per day, production has declined about 25 percent over the past two years.

Again, this is the Canadian Bakken, but with 40,000+ wells yet to be drilled in the Williston Basin Bakken, plenty of time to experiment with waterflooding.

I assume the uninformed will equate waterflooding with another technique using water and will organize to stop it on the grounds it is inhumane.

Same Town, Same Council, Same Developer, Different Outcome -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

June 7, 2012: Dickinson attitude spreading to Springbrook, North Dakota (northwest of Williston); from today's edition of the Williston Herald: "I'd rather have a nice set of neighbors, than some oil roughnecks." In another age, ranchers vs sodbusters.

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Oil workers: no. Construction workers: yes.

October 11, 2011: city council bans man-camps

"Our community just can't support a massive amount of people moving into it," Jacobson said. "It's not that we don't want people moving into our community – we do," she said. "We just don't want to be inundated with oil workers."

"We really don't want a bunch of men living in a building all together."

November 23, 2011: city council okays "man-camp": -- for construction workers

A tiny North Dakota town that banned dormitory-style housing for oilfield workers will allow a Colorado company to lodge homebuilders in an old school house.

Feland says it made no difference to the city or its residents whether it was oil workers or construction workers occupying the building. She said the issue was the number of workers. 

Yup.

"We really don't want a bunch of men living in a building all together."

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So as not to confuse folks: this comment was mine:

Perhaps in the last 30 days or so one of the council members visited Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota, 49.1 miles down the road from Almont where 59 men all live together.

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Wow, I wish this could be embedded.

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Young man

There's no need to feel down.

I said, young man,

Pick yourself off the ground,

I said, young man,

'Cause you're in a new town

There's no need to be unhappy.

You can get yourself clean;

You can have a good meal;

You can do whatever you feel.

Are you listening to me?

What do you want to be?

You can fulfill your dreams.

No man does it by himself.

No man does it by himself.

What's It All About, Alfie? Taking Another Look at The Madison -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

July 23, 2015: see first comment below. In addition, a full update on the Kadrmas 11-25H is provided at this post.  I find it incredibly interesting. A big thank you to the reader who alerted me to this well.

Original Post

 

For a chronology of major oil industry events in North Dakota, click here and scroll to near the bottom of the page.

Oil is the most important hydrocarbon produced in the state, but oil was not discovered until 1951 when Amerada Hess Corporation completed the Clarence Iverson #1 on the Nesson anticline.

Since then, oil exploration has been nearly continuous in the state. The discovery well was completed in the Silurian Interlake Formation but subsequent development on the anticline focused on the Mississippian Madison Group.

The point is this: the oil industry has been producing oil from the Madison formation from almost the very beginning. 

While checking out the Russia Creek oil field as a reader's request, I happened upon a couple of gems.

Look at this "cut and paste" from the Russian Creek oil field update:

• 8403,160, 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
• 15440, 170, Armstrong Operating, Sadowsky 44-3H, very short lateral, Madison, Russian Creek s6/03; t7/03; cum 76K 9/11; and still producing about 750 bbls/month which is about what it  has doing ever since it started producing in 2003
• 16255, 45, OXY USA, Kadrmas 11-25H, s5/07/t7/07; cum 21K 9/11 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

A couple of points:

• Unlike the Bakken, the Madison is not know to have a steep decline rate. A Madison well may come in at 1,000 bbls/first month and then drop to 500 - 750 bbls/month for many years.
• I am starting to notice a slight increase -- a very slight increase -- in the interest in the Madison formation -- new permits, NDIC hearing dockets, etc. (Petro Harvester and Madison seem to come up together more than others)
• Could we start seeing more wells like the Kadrmas 11-25H (16255) in which two pay zones are targeted?

The Kadrmas 11-25H is particularly interesting. It was spud in 2006 as a Bakken well and produced for 17 months; as a Bakken well, it was very unremarkable; I'm not sure it was even financially viable. Then, OXY USA re-entered and drilled into the Madison in 2008. These are the monthly production numbers for this Madison leg:

• 569 bbls/month  (October, 2008)
• 2,671
• 193
• Then no production for ten (10) months
• 408
• 131
• 1,452
• 2,348
• 2,161
• 2,233
• 2,240
• 1,673
• 1,513,
• 2,188
• 2,392,
• 2,658,
• 1,788
• 2,684
• 2,051
• 2,416
• 2,180
• 2,120
• 2,513
• 2,249
• 1,823
• 2,428 (September, 2011)
• Meanwhile the Bakken continues to be a lackluster 300 bbls/ month (and on occasion, significantly less). 

By the way, for mineral owners, the Madison is usually spaced much less than 1280; even at 320-acre spacing, a mineral owner might do a whole lot better with a Madison than with some Bakken wells with 1280-acre spacing (10 acres in 320 acre-spacing is a greater return than 10 acres in 1280-acre spacing).

Warning: irritating glitch/noise at the beginning of this clip; don't play it "loud" at beginning:

What's It All About, Alfie? Dionne Warwick

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

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.

Hydroelectric Power and the Columbia River -- Nothing To Do With The Bakken

One of the best in-depth articles on technology in a business magazine. I am very, very impressed. I have visited the Columbia River and the Bonneville Dam numerous times; the article brings back wonderful memories.

Enjoy.

Sent in by "Red."

The writer calls the Columbia the "west's greatest river."  I would argue that the Missouri-Mississippi is the west's greatest river, except perhaps based on location, the MM is the nation's greatest river. Yeah, I'll go with that: the MM is the nation's greatest river. Actually North America's greatest river.

From the article:

The dams were built to be flexible in balancing out demand. Now, they’re increasingly balancing out supply as well. The installation of 3,500 megawatts of wind capacity—expected to rise to 6,000 megawatts by 2013—in Bonneville’s territory has made load balancing more complex. Most of the wind capacity in the Northwest is concentrated in just a few locations along the Columbia River. When the wind blows there, they generate close to capacity; when the wind stops blowing, they generate close to nothing. And they can go from nothing to full output in as little as a couple of hours.

Renewable energy has reinvigorated the market for ‘flexible dispatch’ electricity that can be produced at a moment’s notice, and hydropower is the biggest source of flexible dispatch available—and is much cheaper to run than the natural-gas turbines that serve that market in other parts of the country. “Hydro is the silver bullet, and we didn’t even know it,” says Julien Dumoulin-Smith, an electric utilities analyst at UBS.

Dickinson To Consider 5-Lane Road -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here.

Town meeting for same; should be a no-brainer.

A public information meeting is from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Dec. 1 at Dickinson City Hall to discuss proposed improvements to Highway 22 from 29th Street in Dickinson to the Stark and Dunn county line.

The project consists of widening the existing two-lane road to a five-lane road, according to a press release.

Frack Sand Specs -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

PDF link here.

It is surprising how many folks have asked about "specs" for fracking sand.

Well, here they are. Good luck to all.

Sent to me by a reader, after noting the link at  Carpe Diem.

And Greg sends another link: fracking sand quarry in Manitoba, Canada.

Epping Oil Field Update -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Permits

2019 (none as of February 3, 2019)

2018 (list is complete)
35788, loc, CLR, Sodbuster
35787,
35786,
35785,
35784,
35783,
35266, loc, CLR, Sefolosha
35265,
35264,
35263,
35262,
35261,
35134, drl, Whiting,
35133,
35132
34933, SI/NC, Whiting, Peterson 41-15-6HU,
34932,
34931, SI/NC, Whiting, Peterson 41-15-5H, no production data,
34810, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken LW 13-24 1TFH, 48K in one month;
34809, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 2H,
34808, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 3TFH,
34807, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 4H,
34806, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 5TFH,
34798, conf, Kraken Operating, 33K in one month;
34797, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 10H,
34796, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 9TFH, 
34795, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 8H,
34794, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 7TFH, 
34793, conf, Kraken Operating, The Kraken 24-13 6H,
34447, 1,626, Whiting, Rennerfeldt 41-3-5TFHU, t9/18; cum 107K 12/18;
34445, 2,114, Whiting, Rennerfeldt 41-3-5HU, t9/18; cum 112K 12/18;

2017 (list is complete)
34144, 1,807, Whiting, Earl 14-34-1HU, t9/18; cum 90K 12/18;
34142, 1,191, Whiting, Earl 14-34-6TFH, t9/18; cum 79K 12/18;
34141, PNC, Whting, Earl ..
34106, 2,051, Whiting, Ellis 24-31-2H, Epping, t7/18; cum 133K 12/18;
33677, 2,107, Whiting, Flint 41-5-6H, Epping, t5/18; cum 148K 12/18;
33675, 1,108, Whiting, Flint 41-5-tTFHU, Epping, t6/18; cum 102K 12/18;
33674, 2,248, Whiting, Flint 41-5-1HU, Epping, t5/18; cum 173K 12/18;


2016 (list if complete)
32622, drl , Whiting, Gilfer 21-15-1HU/Schaffer 21-15-1HU,
32621, SI/NC, Whiting, Gilfer 21-15-1TFHU/Schaffer 21-15-1TFHU, Epping, no production data,
32620, SI/NC, Whiting, Gilfer 21-15-1H/Schaffer 21-15-1H, Epping, no production data,

2015 (the list is complete)
31068, PNC, Whiting, P Ellis
31067, PNC, Whiting, P Ellis31
30849, loc, Whiting, P Lynch
30848, 2,249, Whiting, P Lynch 155-99-14-33-28-3H, t12/15; cum 285K 12/18;
30847, loc, Whiting, P Lynch
30846, 3,017, Whiting, P Lynch 155-99-14-33-28-2H, t12/15; cum 242K 12/18;
30839, 2,135, Whiting, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-2-3-27-2H, t2/16; cum 262K 12/18; off line as of 12/18;

30838, 1,974, Whiting, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-2-3-27-2H3, t2/16; cum 205K 12/18;
30837, PNC, Whiting, P Earl Rennerfeldt
30836, PNC, Whiting, P Earl Rennerfeldt


2014 (the list is complete)
29698, 1,608, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-7-16H3, Stockyard Creek, t9/15; cum 192K 12/18;
29697, 2,581, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-7-16H, Stockyard Creek, t9/15; cum 227K 12/18;
29696, 2,645, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-7-16H3A, Stockyard Creek, t9/15; cum 198K 12/18;
29695, 2,312, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-8-13H, Stockyard Creek, t9/15; cum 276K 12/18;
29694, 2,413, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-30-2H, Epping, Epping, t7/16; cum 310K 12/18;
29693, 2,471, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-30-1H, big well, Epping, t7/16; cum 310K 12/18;
29692, 2,273, Whiting, P Bibler 155-99-16-31-30-1H3, Epping, t7/16; cum 205K 12/18;
29691, PNC, Whiting, P Bibler

28570, 964, Gadeco, Alexander 26-35H, Epping, it looks like this one was just brought on line, 8/16 despite being tested 4/15; t5/15; cum 164K 12/18;
28569, 648, Gadeco, Alexander 26-36 5TFH, it looks like this one was just brought on line, 8/16; despite being tested 4/15; t4/15; cum 77K 12/18;
28542, 2,041, Whiting/KOG, P Dam State 155-99-4-16-21-14H, Epping, t3/15; cum 267K 12/18;
28541, 1,700, Whiting/KOG, P Dam State 155-99-4-16-21-14H3, Epping, t2/15; cum 135K 12/18;
28540, 2,614, Whiting/KOG, P Dam State 155-99-4-16-21-13H, Epping, t2/15; cum 160K 12/18;
28539, 2,271, Whiting/KOG, P Dam State 155-99-4-16-21-13H3, Epping, t2/15; cum 177K 12/18;
27490, 1,905, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-3-4-9-13H, t7/14; cum 236K 12/18;
27489, 1,920, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-3-4-9-13H3, t7/14; cum 110K 12/18; -- needs to be re-fracked;
27488, 1,689, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-3-4-9-14H, t7/14; cum 168K 12/18;
27487, 1,617, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-3-4-9-14H3, t7/14; cum 115K 12/18; -- needs to be re-fracked;

2013
26978, 840, Gadeco, Alexander 26-35 4H, Epping, t4/15; cum 165K 12/18;
26767, 1,398, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-2-4-9-15H3, t7/14; cum 153K 12/18;
26766, 1,931, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-2-4-9-15H, t8/14; cum 200K 12/18;
26765, 1,903, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-2-4-9-15H3A, t8/14; cum 165K 12/18;
26763, 2,215, Whiting/KOG, P Irgens 155-99-2-4-9-14H, t8/14; cum 194K 12/18;
26567, 1,566, Whiting/KOG, P Peterson 155-99-3-15-22-15H, t5/14; cum 180K 12/18;
26566, 1,271, Whiting/KOG, P Peterson 155-99-3-15-22-14H3, t5/14; cum 116K 12/18; -- needs to be re-fracked;
26565, 1,516, Whiting/KOG, P Peterson 155-99-3-15-22-14H, t5/14; cum 140K 12/18;
26564, 1,878, Whiting/KOG, P Peterson 155-99-3-15-22-13H3, t5/14; cum 147K 12/18;
26032, 1,781, Whiting/KOG, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-1-3-27-2H3, t3/14; cum 158K 12/18;
26031, 1,841, Whiting/KOG, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-1-3-10-15H3, t3/14; cum 156K 12/18;

26030, 2,008, Whiting/KOG, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-1-3-27-1H, t3/14; cum 215K 12/18;
26029, 2,492, Whiting/KOG, P Earl Rennerfeldt 154-99-1-3-10-163, t3/14; cum 215K 12/18; nice bump in production 10/18;

2012 (permits previously listed in original post not repeated here)

24197, 2,308, Whiting/KOG, P Evans 154-99-2-4-28-1H, t11/13; cum 300K 12/18; nice bump in production, 10/18;

24195, 1,862, Whiting/KOG, P Evans 154-99-2-4-28-2H3, t8/13; cum 197K 12/18;

24124, 1,248, Gadeco, Alexander 26-35-3H, Epping, t5/15; cum 124K 12/18; off line recently;

23113, 1,896, Whiting/KOG, P Bibler 154-99-1-5-8-15H, Stockyard Creek, t5/13; cum 1319K 12/18;

23111, 1657, Whiting/KOG, P Bibler 154-99-1-5-29-2H, Epping, Epping, t5/13; cum 307K 12/18;

22290, PNC, Gadeco, Knutson 26-35H, Epping,

Updates

May 16, 2012: Daily activity report today details Newfield wells in Epping oil field that were acquired by CLR in late 2011.

The Wells in Epping Oil Field

• 7405, 12, Samson Oil and Gas/Zenergy/Al-Aquitaine Exploration, Brown 1-8, Madison, Epping, s1/80; t6/80; cum 209K as of 7/14; the well has been producing for 363 months (as of September, 2011, most recent month data available; that averages out to 525 bbls/month, and indeed, the well produces about 300 bbls/month now. However, in September, the NDIC reports that the well was on-line/pumping for 16 days and produced 755 bbls. That is at the upper end of the range of what this well produces and it's been producing now for over 30 years, as noted. A new lease on life, production jumped to 1,000 bbls/month in 8/18; then leveled off at 500 bbls/month (12/18);
• 19428, 648, CLR/Newfield, 1H Lila 8-5, Epping, 2-well pad;  t6/12; cum 270K 12/18;
• 19429, 683, CLR/Newfield, 1H Hunter 17-20, Epping, 2-well pad; t6/12; cum 231K 12/18;
• 19576, 1,223, KOG/BTA, 20711 Erickson 3130 1H, Bakken, Epping, s10/10; t5/11; cum 362K 12/18;19
• 19906, 823, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Kreidle 3229 1H, Bakken, Epping, s12/10; t7/11; cum 340K 12/18;
• 20398, 1,313, Gadeco, Golden 25-36H, Bakken, Epping, t6/12; cum 138K 8/16;
• 20507, 827, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Swanson 3328 1H, Bakken, Epping; cum 398K 12/18;
• 20515, 2,462, Whiting/KOG/BTA, P Alice 154-99-4-3-27-4H, Bakken, Epping, t8/12; cum 344K 12/18;
• 20563, PA/1,710, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Peterson 1522 1H, Epping; t6/12; cum 103
  K 7/13
• 20993, 512, CLR/Newfield, Chrome 155-99-18-19-1H, Epping; t4/12; cum 312K 12/18;
• 21041, 1,415, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 State 1621 1H, Epping, 2-well pad; t12/11; cum 218K 12/18; off line as of 9/18;
  
• 21042, 1,204, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Mildred 94 1H, Epping, 2-well pad; t12/11; cum 241K 12/18; off line as of 9/18;
• 21047, 975, CLR/Newfield, Sodbuster 155-99-6-7-1H; t4/12; cum 267K 12/18;
• 21081, 2,053, Whiting/KOG/BTA, P Peterson 155-99-2-15-22-15H3, Bakken, Epping; t6/12; cum 226K 12/18;
• 21173, DRY/46, Gadeco, Golden 25-13H, Epping, t5/12; cum --
• 22597, 459, Gadeco, Alexander 26-35H, Bakken, Epping; s4/12; t6/13; cum 213K 12/18;
• 22660, 1,554, Whiting/KOG, P Bibler 155-99-15-31-30-2H, Bakken, Epping; t1/13; cum 307K 12/18;
• 22661, 1,769, Whiting/KOG, P Bibler 155-99-15-31-30-2H3, Bakken, Epping; t1/13; cum 218K 12/18;
• 22811, 457, CLR, Sefolosha 1-14H, Bakken, Epping; t7/12; cum 230K 12/18;
• 22871, 2,457, Whiting/KOG, P Alice 154-99-4-3-27-4H3, Bakken, Epping; t8/12; cum 280K 12/18;

Original Post

Epping oil field is made up of 30 sections of T155N-R99W; only the northeast six sections of this township are not part of this field.

The field is just a few miles northeast of Williston, the heart of the Bakken, and sits directly between Stony Creek and Brooklyn oil fields.

This field was not particularly active in the early stages of the Bakken boom but is now picking up speed.

There is one old Madison well:

• 7405, 12, Samson Oil and Gas/Zenergy/Al-Aquitaine Exploration, Brown 1-8, Madison, Epping, s1/80; t6/80; cum 225K 12/18; the well has been producing for 372 months (as of July, 2012; that averages out to 525 bbls/month, and indeed, the well produces about 700 bbls/month now, as of 2012; now producing much less, about 200 bbls every other month or so); now in 2018, a new lease on life: production up to 1,000 bbls/month; currently at 500 bbls/ month (12/18);
  

There are two producing wells in the Epping oil field now, the wells all sited just across the section line in Stockyard Creek to the south.

• 19576, 1,223, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Erickson 3130 1H, Bakken, Epping, s10/10; t5/11; cum 362K 12/18;
• 19906, 823, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Kreidle 3229 1H, Bakken, Epping, s12/10; t7/11; cum 340K 12/18; a steady Eddy; a really good well;

In addition to these producing wells, there is a rig on site:

• 21173, DRY/46, Gadeco, Golden 25-13H, Epping, t5/12; cum --

And one well on DRL status:

• 20507, 827, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Swanson 3328 1H, Bakken, Epping, t10/12; cum 398K 12/18; another steady Eddy; a really good well;
  

There are another seven wells on the confidential list sited inside Epping oil field, but some may in fact be horizontals going into other fields:

• 20993, 512, CLR/Newfield, Chrome 155-99-18-19-1H, Epping; t4/12; cum 312K 12/18; a steady Eddy; a really good well;
  
• 19429, 683, CLR/Newfield, 1H Hunter 17-20, Epping, 2-well pad; cum 231K 12/18;
• 19428, 648, CLR/Newfield, 1H Lila 8-5, Epping, 2-well pad; t6/12; cum 270K 12/18;
• 21041, 1,415, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 State 1621 1H, Epping, 2-well pad; t12/11; cum218K 12/18; off line as of 9/18;
  
• 21042, 1,204, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Mildred 94 1H, Epping, 2-well pad; t12/11; cum 241K 12/18; off line as of 10/18;
• 20563, PA/1,710, Whiting/KOG/BTA, 20711 Peterson 1522 1H, Epping; t6/12; cum 103K7/13;
• 21047, 975, CLR/Newfield, Sodbuster 155-99-6-7-1H; t4/12; cum 267K 12/18;

I find the nomenclatures of the various Newfield wells interesting and I think there is a reason for that.

Frac Tech -- "Green" Fracking

[I tried posting this last night but could not get a good wi-fi connection.]

Sent in by "anon 1," Frac Tech.

Locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and ..... Minot, North Dakota:

Minot, ND
3305 45th Avenue Northwest
Minot, ND 58703-2814
(701) 837-1266 

From their site:

Slickwater Green Customizable Powdered Blend uses the latest green chemistry

Slickwater Green is one of the most environmentally responsible stimulation solutions ever created. In addition to being engineered according to the principles of green chemistry, this revolutionary powdered blend is premixed based on job site specifications and delivered in dry form - simplifying logistics and eliminated the risk of freezing. Slickwater Green's powdered form also may eliminate the need for chemical totes and help reduce the operational footprint. Best of all, application of Slickwater Green produces environmentally responsible results that simplify slickwater stimulation treatments.

Again, the Bakken as a technology laboratory. 

Diesel Shortage in the Oil Patch -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here. (This is a regional link which will break soon; it was sent into me by CRC.)

Believe it or not, America’s biggest oil-producing oil patch has been experiencing a fuel shortage for the last four months.

“I haven’t seen it this bad since the ’70s,” states Mike Rud, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association.

While the average consumer may not have been aware, partly because this is mainly a diesel fuel shortage, and partly because of efforts made by Rud and his constituents, Rud does believe that soon, everyone will notice that there is a problem.

According to Rud, the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association has been working overtime to absorb the brunt of this fuel shortage by issuing ‘hours of service’ waivers to drivers bringing in fuel.

“Right now, semis are sitting in lines for three to four hours and sometimes the entire day to wait for fuel.

The ‘hours of service’ waiver gives fuel drivers additional time to bring in fuel,” states Rud.

According to former truck driver, Roger Maki, this is a huge help.

“It takes time to get to Billings or Mandan,” states Maki. “Without the waiver, a driver may only be able to bring in one or two loads of fuel. But, with the waiver, they can bring in an extra load of fuel, which really helps.”

And, with the weather becoming colder, both Maki and Rud state that marketers will be switching from the number two diesel to the number one.

This has been reported earlier, but this article provides more insight to the problem and how it is being managed.

The interesting thing is that if the country was not in a recession (depression in some areas), the country as a whole would be facing a shortage of not only diesel, but also gasoline.