Wow! One Township With Nine (9) Rigs -- Huge Wells -- Alger Field -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

T155N-R92W

One of the nine is right across the south line in the Sanish field, but it's still quite a sight on GIS map server. I can only imagine what it looks like on the ground there.

• 21955, 2,972, Statoil/BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 3H, t9/12; cum 237K 10/16;
• 22007, 2,700, Statoil/BEXP, Panzer 22-23 1H, t6/12; cum 209K 10/16;
• 22037, 2,026, Statoil/BEXP, Strobeck 27-34 5TFH, t7/12; cum 176K 10/16;
• 22063, 1,842, Statoil/BEXP, Anderson 28-33 4TFH, t6/12; cum 174K 10/16;
• 22122, 632, Lime Rock Resources/Fidelity, Emil 14-13H-24, t6/12; cum 154K 10/16;
• 22170, 551, Slawson, Athena 4-36TFH, t5/12; cum 114K 10/16;
• 22317, 1,818, Statoil/BEXP, Arvid Anderson 14-11 4TFH, t6/12; cum 167K 10/16;
• 22599, 289, Sinclair, Martens 3-4TFH, Sanish, t6/12; cum 57K 10/16;

Examples of other wells in the immediate area (these are huge wells):

• 18654, 4,335, Statoil/BEXP, Sorenson 29-32 1-H, s2/10; t4/10; cum 458K 10/16;
• 17355, 3,909, Statoil/BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 1-H, s10/10; t3/11; cum 303K 10/16;
• 19513, 4,661, Statoil/BEXP, Sorenson 29-32-2-H, s10/10; t3/11; cum 394K 10/16;
• 18628, 4,357, Statoil/BEXP, Jack Cvancara 19-18 1-H, s3/10; t5/10; cum427K 10/16;
• 19057, 4,106, Statoil/BEXP, Domaskin 30-31 1-H, s7/10; t10/10; cum 416K 10/16;

Back in February, 2010, Irish Oil and Gas Company acquired 120 acres in the Alger Field for $7,300/acre which works out to $4.7 million/section. The 120 acres are in sections 11, 12 and 13, T155N-92W.