Ice Caves -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

For me, the Williston Basin never fails to surprise.

In the June, 2012, dockets, I saw the name of a field I had never seen before: Ice Caves.

Ice Caves is all of four sections, located at the far south of McKenzie County, right on the Billings County border.

There are four wells in this small field. This one is particularly interesting:

• 9888, 819, Williston Industrial Supply Corporation/Cities Service, 9210 JV-P Federal DH 1/Federal DH 1; Ice Caves, Duperow; t1/84; cum 856K 4/12; PNA as of 1996

So, this well produced for about 12 years and came close to producing one million bbls.