Foreman Butte Field -- Update

Updates

December 10, 2019: in its 3Q19 corporate presentation, Whiting said it plans to focus on two fields, the Sanish oil field, and the Foreman Butte oil field; since then Whiting has been canceling many permits, 64 so far in 2019, alone. 

September 15, 2013: production data updated.

September 5, 2013: this is why Oasis is in this area now -- Oasis acquired 160,000 net acres from Zenergy.
 

Original Post

This case from the May, 2012, dockets suggested perhaps it would be interesting to look at the Foreman Butte oil field:

Case 17838, Zenergy, Foreman Butte-Bakken, request to establish 16 new 1280-acre units; 8 wells each;  that's 128 wells; McKenzie Count;

The Foreman Butte oil field is approximately 60 sections in size, directly west of Alexander, North Dakota. It is "owned" by Zenergy but Zavanna has gotten all of the permits in this field (except for one by Petro-Hunt) in the past 18 months.  When one quickly glances at the NDIC GIS map server, it looks like there is one short directional lateral in about 75 percent of the sections. These are generally Madison wells drilled back in 2003 - 2007. A quick run through the file reports suggests the average IP was about 150 bbls, with a range from 50 to 300. It looks like many (most?) of the wells have produced about 75,000 bbls of oil, some have produced more than 100,000 bbls.

PERMITS

Permits issued in 2019
36784, loc, Whiting, USA Federal 6A-HU, Foreman Butte,
36585, loc, Whiting, USA Federal 6B-2H, Foreman Butte,
36584, loc, Whiting, USA Federal 6B-1H, Foreman Butte,
36495, 2,256, Whiting, Irwin 41-25-2H, 34 stages; 7 million lbs; Foreman Butte, t10/19; cum 6K 7 days;
36494, 2,472, Whiting, Irwin 41-25H, Foreman Butte, t10/19; 6K over 7 days; 


Permits issued in 2018
35805, 2,084, Whiting, Link 24-12HU, Foreman Butte, t6/19; cum 77K 10/19; 19K one month;
35804, 1,738, Whiting, Link 24-12-3H, Foreman Butte, t6/19; cum 74K 10/19; 22K one month;
35799, 2,517, Whiting, Link 31-14-2H, Foreman Butte, t5/19; cum 102K 10/19; 21K one month;
35798, 2,171, Whiting, Link 31-14HU, Foreman Butte, t4/19 (scout ticket is wrong); cum 87K 10/19; 20K one month;
35791, 2,451, Whiting, Link 21-15-2H, Foreman Butte, t5/19; cum 96K 10/19; 22K one month;
35790, 2,657, Whiting, Link 21-15-3H, Foreman Butte, t5/19; cum 116K 10/19; 23K one month;

Permits issued in 2017
None.

Permits issued in 2016
None.


Permits issued in 2015
31866, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31866, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31864, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31863, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31862, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31861, conf, Zavanna, Hunter
31860, conf , Zavanna, Hunter


Permits issued in 2014

• None issued.
  

Permits issued in 2013 (list is complete)

• 26930, 1,391, Oasis, Monson 18-19H, t3/14; cum 133K 10/19;
• 26717, 1,452, Emerald, Pirate 4-2-11H, t5/14 cum 166K 10/19;
• 26716, 1,212, Emerald, Pirate 3-2-11H, t5/14; cum 61K 6/15;
• 26715, 1,725, Emerald, Pirate 2-2-11H, t5/14; cum 86K 6/15;
• 26451, PNC, Oasis/Zenergy, Ranger 28-34H2,
• 26410, 1,339, OasisZenergy, Prairie USA 1-12H, t2/14; cum 63K 6/15;
• 26271, 1,346, Emerald, Pirate 6-2-11H, t12/13; cum 82K 6/15;
• 26270, 1,332, Emerald, Pirate 5-2-11H, t12/13; cum 92K 6/15;
• 25660, 1,896, Oasis/Zenergy, Safely USA 5-8H, t10/13; cum 96K 6/15;
• 25559, 338, Oasis, Domino 5002 43-11H, t11/13; cum 82K 6/15;
• 25421, 1,597, Oasis/Zenergy, Lnk 14-23H, t10/13; cum 105K 6/15;
• 25353, 872, Oasis/Zenergy, Link 13-24HTF, t11/13; cum 66K 6/15;
• 25112, 2,400, Oasis/Zenergy, Link 15-22H, t7/13; cum 113K 6/15;
• 24741, 3,192, Oasis/Zenergy, State Wolf 16-21H, t10/13; cum 195K 10/19;

Permits issued in 2012:

• 24668, 1,579, Emerald, Pirate 1-2-11H, t3/13; cum 249K 10/19;
• 24302, PNC, Zenergy,
• 24301, PNC, Zenergy,
• 24240, PNC, Zenergy,
• 24239, PNC, Zenergy,
• 24215, 2,448, Oasis/Zenergy, Wolf 9-4H, t10/13; cum 122K 6/15;
• 24214, PNC, Zenergy,
• 24189, 3,192, Oasis/Zenergy, link 10-3H, t7/13; cum 141K 6/15;
• 24188, PNC, Zenergy, Kuykendall 25-36H,
• 23901, 628, Zavanna/Zenergy, Young 31-30 1H, t8/13; cum 113K 6/15;
• 23770, PNC, Zenergy,
• 22760, 412, Zavanna, Rogers 1-12 1H, t6/13; cum 88K 6/15;
• 22759, 594, Zavanna, Martinez 36-25 1H, t2/13; cum 45K 7/13;
• 22458, 454, Zavanna, Witt 34-27 1H, t11/12; cum 60K 7/13;
• 22314, 1,545, Zavanna, Browning 28-33 1H, t2/13; cum 226K 10/19;

Permits issued in 2011: 

• 20414, 682, Zavanna, Larsen 32-29 1H, t6/12; cum 220K 10/19;;
• 20478, 674, Zavanna, Koufax 3-10 1H, t11/11; cum 109K 7/13;
• 20868, PNC, Zavanna, Hunter 2-11 1H,
• 21372, 742, Zavanna, Bunning 35-26 1H, t1/13; cum 55K 7/13;
• 21725, 230, Whiting/Petro-Hunt, USA 150-102-6A-7-1H, t7/13; cum 213K 10/19;
• 21864, 561, Zavanna, Wells 6-7 1H, t7/12; cum 70K 7/13;

Permits issued in 2010: None