Saturday, March 3, 2012

207: New Record -- Active Drilling Rigs in North Dakota

Updates

March 26, 2012: in the daily activity report this date, another Kalil well reported, which I had already noted in the post below (#21125).  No IP yet.


Original Post

Sometime ago, I honestly thought 200 rigs were about the limit. Some companies have mentioned they are pulling some rigs out of North Dakota (e.g., OXY USA); others have suspended operations temporarily (CHK).

But the drilling goes on despite challenges.

Some of the challenges:
“We’re still out of water, we’re still out of sewage capacity, we’re short of electricity and there’s no room on the highways for anyone else,” Kalil said.
But the drilling goes on; Bull Butte oil field is a particularly active field, and a pretty good field, also:
  • 8048, DRY, Mosbacher Production, W. D. Kalil, 24-156-103; s10/80;
  • 18456, 1,334, BEXP, Kalil 25-36 1561-H, Bull Butte,  25-156-103; s12/09; t2/10; AL; cum 90K 1/12
  • 19412, 1.425, BEXP, Kalil Farms 14-23 1H, Bull Butte, 14-156-103; s9/10; t5/11; AL; cum 54K 1/12
  • 19661, 999, BEXP, shares pad with 19412, Bull Butte, 14-156-103; s10/10; t5/11; AL; cum 56K 1/12
  • 21125, conf, BEXP, Kalil 25-46 2H, Bull Butte, 25-156-103; 10,440 bbls in 1/12 (days of production not given); 10,440 bbls in first month of production (1/12) -- unknown number of days
  • 21126, 1,574, BEXP, KLT 24-13 1H, Bull Butte, 25-156-103; s8/11; 13K in 1/12 (days of production not given)
  • 21626, conf, BEXP, pad 500 feet or so north of terminus of #21126; Bull Butte, 
Even as the county commissioners were a) asking oil companies to slow down; b) complaining that infrastructure could not support additional drilling or additional rigs; and, c) bringing their concerns to the state legislature, the drilling continued, and the rig count increased. Permits/file #'s 21125 and 21126 are most interesting, being drilled during the voiced concerns.

Good news: No mention of the food shortage in Williston at the most recent meeting (at least not reported/quoted), so at least in one respect things seem to be improving. 

As I've noted before: those with wells are among the first to say "slow down"; those waiting for their wells to come in are saying, "go faster."

Five years into this boom and we're still short electricity, sewer, water?

Oh, by the way, I won't be able to find it now, but sometime ago, I noted that in some cases wells were being given less descriptive names (rarely, but notable), and some wells have had original names changed to delete the family name.

10 comments:

  1. There are some highways that he should experience. Not just LA, but SAT, Austin I35, NYC, Chicago, during rush hour. Maybe spending a week driving on those roads would give perspective. Or he could move to Hillsborough which wants immigrants from the patch.

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    1. My thoughts exactly.

      I don't have a lot of time for whining from elected officials. Their job is to look for solutions.

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  2. IIRC, about a year ago Williston decided to study sewage needs. Study for years.

    IIRC, I posted here: Build now. Don't study.

    Sewage needs? Don't blame me.

    anon 1

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    1. Five years into this boom, and they are still "studying" sewer needs? Five years into this boom and they are short on electricity? What has MDU been doing? Or the Rural Electric Cooperative (REC) all this time. Five years into the boom.

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  3. Williams county census

    2000 19761
    2010 22398

    Man camp "beds" approved since 2000 (probably starting in 08-09)
    12,777

    Hello, anybody home ?????

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  4. Hi, can you tell me if there are any Whiting permits planned for this year in the 3-152-92 & 10-152-92 areas of Mountrail County?
    Thank U

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    1. Maybe someone else has that information -- I certainly don't.

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  5. elected officials want control. Or they want a piece of the action. Obama is stalling not for any green votes, although he does have to put up with hix pesky greens,,,,,what he really wants is for his guys to get into an industry they had ignored. Fact, Buddy Buddy GE is buying leases in Pennsylvania marcellus as we talk, If he can move in his friends on the street the permits will fly....and expect it soon as he needs votes also

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  6. Drillers need the capstone mini generators that run off the stuff they pull out of the ground. They also create a lot of heat. They don't wear out, their bearings are air....electrefy the sewerage, keep warm and stay off their precious grid

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