Nine (9) New Permits -- OXY Has a Nice Well -- Newfield Transfers 24 Wells to CLR -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, May 16, 2012 --

Nine new permits --

• Operators: Whiting (5), Hess (2), CLR, True Oil
• Fields: Bully (McKenzie), Bell (Stark), St Demetrius (Billings), Dollar Joe (Williams), Gaylord (Stark) Hoot Owl (Golden Valley)

Four producing wells completed, none particularly remarkable.

Six wells were released from "tight hole" status:

• 19854, 328, EOG, Ross 35-0331H,
• 19945, 158, EOG, Lostwood 19-1324H,
• 20278, 936, OXY, David Kovash 1-12-13H-142-96, notice the nice OXY well;
• 21525, 467, Fidelity, Helen 11-15H-2,
• 21703, 2,112, Petro-Hunt, Miller 157-101-12C-1-1H, Otter field; t2/12; Otter field is northwest of Williston; in Williams County, immediately north of Tyrone oil field;
• 21799, 249, CLR, Brundtland 1-15H

It's been a long time since I've seen all wells released from "tight hole" status report anIP and not go to DRL status.


Transfer of operator from Newfield to CLR, 24 wells, all in Williams County: East Fork, Last Chance, and Epping oil fields; I noted this is an earlier blog: Press release, Oct, 2011: acquired 22,600 net acres from NFX for $275 million (small production; 8 drilled/unfracked wells):

• 09718, 123, Bratlien 5 14-27, Last Chance; t9/83; cum 174K; 3/12; a Madison well;
• 09864, 216, Burdick 3 24-20, Catwalk, t6/83; cum 159K; 3/12; a Madison well;
• 09855, 237, Burdick 1 1-28, Last Chance, t3/83; cum 171K; 3/12; a Madison well;
• 09693, 110, Bratlien 2 22-33, Last Chance; t1/83; cum 173K; 3/12;  a Madison well;
• 09417, 81, Bratlien 1 41-33, Last Chance; t6/11; cum 87K; 3/12; a Madison well;
• 12144, Holdredge 43-33 SWD
• 12108, Backen 42-33 SWD
• 14514, 14, Jackson 1-35H, Last Chance, t1/97; cum 27K 3/12;
• 19428, DRL, Lila  8-5 1H, Epping;
• 19202, 1,010, Manolo 21-16 1H, East Fork, t3/11; cum 50K 3/12;
• 19090, DRL, Osmond 3-10 1H, East Fork,
• 19087, 1,395, Sandhill 25-36 1H, Wildcat, t1/11; cum 69K 3/12;
• 18581, 755, Caliente 1-9H, East Fork, t4/11; cum 40K 3/12;
• 18413, 1,071, Heidi 1-4H, East Fork, t4/10; cum 56K 3/12;
• 19429, DRL, Hunter 1H, Epping,
• 14638, 141, Bratlien 13-24, Last Chance, t8/97; cum 42K 3/12;
• 10194, 66, Bratlien 4 24-33, Last Chance; t8/83; cum 118K 3/12; Madison well;
• 18226, 549, Chanel 1-33H, Last Chance, t4/09; cum 36K 3/12;
• 20944, PNC, Vandeberg 156-99-26-35-3H, East Fork,
• 20993, DRL, Chrome 155-99-18-19-1H, Epping,
• 21047, DRL, Sodbuster 155-99-18-19-1H, Epping,
• 21295, DRL, Peterson 156-99-29-32-1H, East Fork,
• 21845, conf, Bratlien 154-100-33-28-1H, Last Chance,
• 19931, 1,257, Breitling 23 14 1H, East Fork, t9/11; cum 56K 3/12;