St Demetrius Oil Field

St Demetrius is a relatively large oil field in the Williston Basin, located in Billings County, in southwestern North Dakota.  It encompasses approximately three townships (a township has 36 sections). It is irregular in shape, but pretty much rectangular with three townships stacked on top of each other.

It's hard to say exactly whether this field is in Whiting's Lewis & Clark prospect or its Pronghorn prospect. St Demetrius is just north of the Bell field (shared border). Some of the largest lease bonuses were paid for leases in Bell field. The field is just a bit west of a very prolific area including the Fayette, the Cabernet, and the Russian Creek fields.

It's a fairly active field, but the "tea leaves" suggest that it will be much more active going forward.  The southern half of St Demetrius appears to be the most active, which is to be expected, since the Bell field is just to the south.

Permits

2014
28126, loc, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 6-16-21H,
28125, loc, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 5-16-21H,
28124, loc, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 4-16-21H,
28123, drl, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 3-16-21H,
28122, loc, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 2-16-21H,
28121, loc, Emerald, Mary Samsonite 1-16-21H,
27583, conf, CLR, Dunkirk 1-18AH1, producing, albeit not much;

2013 (complete)
None
 
Issued in 2012 (complete)

• 24639, TA, Thunderbird Resources LP/GMXR, see #21947 below;
• 24574, 904, Whiting, Wanner Federal 21-1TFH, t4/14; cum 25K 6/14;
• 23282, PNC, CLR, Dunkirk 1-18H,
• 23272, conf, CLR, Caretan 1-28H,
• 23271, conf, CLR, Yvette 1-4H,
• 22951, 519, CLR, Obriyenitch 1-14H, t11/12; cum 112K 6/14;
• 22936, loc, OXY, Federal Polly Sivak 1-19-18H-143-98, Whitetail oil field;
• 22276, 427, CLR, Epsom 1-31H, t5/12; cum 108K 6/14;
• 22277, 118, CLR, Elizabeth Ann 1-32H, t7/12; cum 60K 6/14;
• 22327, 184, CLR, Natalie 2-2H, t7/12; cum 79K 6/14;
• 22383, 265, CLR, Odessa1-17H, t7/12; cum 58K 6/14;
• 22408, 113, CLR, Proch 1-7H, t9/12; cum 54K 6/14;
• 22749, 575, CLR, Repetowski 1-36H, t8/12; cum 132K 6/14;
• 22909, 703, CLR, Charnwood 1-32H, t9/12; cum 98K 6/14;
• 22936, loc, OXY USA, Federal Polly Siva 1-19-18H-143-98, Whitetail oil field;
• 22951, 519, CLR, Obriyenitch 1-14H, t11/12; cum 112K 6/14;

Issued in 2011

• 21599, 545, CLR, Stuss 1-26H, t4/12; cum 106K 6/14;
• 21690, 607, CLR, Wanner 1-15h, t6/12; cum 85K 6/14;
• 21806, 854, CLR, Burian 1-27H, t3/12; cum 190K 6/14;
• 21859, 85, CLR, Skurupey 1-9H, Saddle Butte oil field,
• 21947, 161/576, Thunderbird Resources LP/GMXR, Fairfield State 21-16-1HRE, a Three Forks, well, 37 stages; 1.2 million lbs sand; re-entered late 2012/early 2013; March, 2014: principal name change from GMXR to Thunderbird Resources LP; t9/12; t1/14; cum 20K 6/14; see first comment below
• 22046, 501, CLR, Jennie 1-8H, t3/12; cum 102K 6/14;

Issued in 2010

• None

Of Interest, issued before 2010:

• 15789, 376, XTO, Paluck 41X-28; t8/05; cum 131K 6/14; two laterals; if fracked, I did not see the data;
• 15928, 483, XTO, Anheluk 44X-23; t1/06; cum 88K 6/14;
• 16100, 255, CLR, Xavier 1-10H, t5/06; cum 105K 6/14; if fracked, I did not see the data;
• 16153, 488, XTO, Krushevsky Logosz 41X-35; t9/06; cum 126K 6/14;
• 16343, 180, CLR, Urban 1-12H, Kessel 1-12H; t5/07; cum 34K 6/14; if fracked, I did not see the data; the Tyler was noted to have "no good show";
• 16479, 171, CLR, Dahle 1-2H, t7/07; cum 62K 6/14;
• 16664, 485, XTO, Basaraba 44X-27, t12/07; 255K 6/14; if fracked, I did not see the data; there was one comment early on: "not yet frac'd"
• 17172, 149, XTO, Jilek 44X-33, t12/8; cum 43K 6/14;
• 17511, 262, XTO, Logosz 44X-22, t3/09; cum 28K 6/14;
• 17768, 594, XTO, Chruszch 43X-29F, t7/12; cum 26K 6/14;
• 17737, 256, CLR, Armstrong 1-24H, t4/09; cum 64K 6/14;

I'm learning as I go along (that's why some well-seasoned oil folks say that what I post in comments/interpretations is "nonsense").  Be that as it may, there is a great graphic in one of the XTO file reports. I'm sure these visuals have always been there but in light of the reasons Slawson/Lower Bakken Shale story, this one jumped out at me: the well bore going through the upper Bakken dolomite, below the lower Bakken shale.

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From wiki:

St Demetrius came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George. St Demetrius is particularly important for those of Russian Orthodox heritage, as well as among Christian Lebanese.

I have blogged a fair number of times on the Syrian-Lebanese in North Dakota, including back in January, 2011.