Operators: Petro-Hunt (3), Hunt (3), EOG (2), Whiting
Fields: Sanish, Painted Woods, Eagle Nest, Antelope, Antelope Creek, Bear Butte
Petro-Hunt has a permit for a wildcat in Williams County.
Seven (7) wells on DRL status reported an IP, including:
- 19376, 1,560, XTO, Dakota 42X-36, McKenzie
- 19621, 949, Hess, EN-Weyrauch A 154-93-2017H-2, Mountrail
- 21654, 44 (no typo), Baytex, Johnson 31-30-161-99H 1PB, Divide; Three Forks; can't find completion data
- 21691, 32, Petro Harvester, J Swenson 22-2, Burke, Madison Pool, vertical
An EOG permit in Clarks Creek was canceled (#20602, Clarks Creek 15-0805H, McKenzie)
About forty (40) wells were transferred from North Plains Energy to KOG, including two (2) salt water disposal wells.
A little bit for everyone in this report. Good luck to all.
Now if only someone can explain Baytex' strategy; they consistently get Bakken wells with an IP of about 50 bbls and they keep on drilling in
Bruce - I don't believe that Baytex has drilled any wells in Burke county. Did you mean Divide county?
ReplyDeleteYou are correct.
DeleteI would like to blame it on a "senior moment" but I was actually very conscious of that when I wrote it. I simply blew it. Thank you for catching that.
My hunch is you/your family/your friends are from Burke County and don't want your county "blamed" for low IPs. Smile.
Anyway, I corrected it and checked my database. Except for a rare well in Williams County, Baytex has all its North Dakota wells in Divide County.
Baytex drilled another well in the Ambrose field at 18-19-162-99H called the Hansen well. It had an IP of 28! It has produced over 51,000+ barrels since 1/22/2011. Got this info from my brother Craig.
ReplyDeleteFor a 30-second sound bite, this looks like what Baytex is doing: "targeting relatively shallow wells (8,500 feet), the Three Forks; drilling short laterals; 16-stage fracs (equivalent to 32 stages for long horizontals); 1.5 million lbs sand (equivalent to 3 million lbs for long horizontals); initial 30-day production about 4,500 bbls; dropping off to 1,000 by end of first year; looking for 50,000 bbls for first year cumulative."
DeleteThe key metric will be looking at total production at 3 years and then the annual production after that.