Glenburn Oil Field Update -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

This small field, about 12 sections, is located mostly in the Renville County panhandle between Bottineau County and Ward County, northeast of Minot, North Dakota. A few sections of the oil field are located in Bottineau County.

This is a Madison field. The wells are all vertical wells.

In very general terms, there about 10 wells per section, one-half to three-quarters are abandoned, leaving one-fourth to one-half still producing. The wells range from very low producers to some incredible wells, including the earliest wells:

• 2350, spud 5/59; PNA in 1970; 11 years; cum 81K bbls
• 2453, spud 9/59; WI, 2005; 46 years; cum 197K bbls
• 2513, spud 11/59; still producing; 53 years; cum 595K bbls
• 2603, spud 2/60; PNA, 1985; 25 years; cum 26K bbls
• 2604, spud 3/60; WI, 2007; 47 years; cum 729K bbls
• 2619, spud 3/60; PNA, 1979; 19 years; cum 278K bbls
• 2627, spud 4/60; PNA, 1985; 25 years; cum 168K bbls
• 2660, spud 5/60; still producing; 52 years; cum 543K bbls
• 2663, spud 5/60; PNA, 1989; 29 years; cum 98K bbls
• 2686, spud 7/60; WI, 2007; 47 years; cum 232K bbls

Ballard Petroleum has two new permits for wildcats west of Glenburn, including this one:

• 22051, ROS, Ballard Petroleum Backes 23-4, wildcat, just west of the Glenburn oil field, north of Minot, North Dakota; ROS = rig on site, as of February, 2012