Not Much Blogging Today -- A Look Back On Another Williston Basin Formation -- Not the Bakken

If you scroll down a bit, and ignore my rambling at the beginning, you will see a note about North Dakota oil. This is a a look back at some incredibly good wells in the southwest corner of the state (North Dakota). See first comment from Don. These wells were not "artificially" fracked; they were naturally fracked.  Scroll down to skip the first part explaining why I won't be blogging much today.

I was going to answer folks individually -- several have sent me notes -- but it was too many to reply to.

So, for everyone: I won't be doing much blogging during the day; perhaps later tonight.

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Since it is Father's Day, I have been elected to spend the day with the granddaughters (their father will be going into work; yes, on a Sunday; I know). And then later, I have been elected to grill. It's really funny. After all these years, I don't get excited about grilling any more. But, I cannot articulate how much fun the granddaughters have. You should see their big smiles when I say I will be grilling. Kids are absolutely wonderful. They are incredibly accepting, and (generally) show their enthusiasm.

One last comment, about the granddaughters, and then I will get off the subject. They are both still learning to ride. They ride independently, of course, but narrow sidewalks (hedges or telephone poles are a challenge) and crowded areas are a problem. Today, we went exploring on our bikes, and found the "biggest parking" lot in the world, down the street from where we live.

Not more than two minutes unto the parking lot, and they run into each other. I have no idea how two cyclists on the "biggest parking lot in the world" can run into each other, but they can.

By the way, when airplanes were first being flown, proponents suggested that there would never be any mid-air mishaps because the "sky" was so big. Some proponents could not imagine two planes hitting each other... but they did.

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A Look Back on An Incredibly Nice Oil Field in the Southwester Corner of the State
See Don's comment to this post

I feel guilty for not writing about North Dakota oil, so here is something I have had in draft for quite some time. It's not ready for prime time, but it just goes to show how much oil there might be in some payzones in some parts of North Dakota.

Back in 2006 (which isn't that long ago), Burlington Resources drilled a lot of great holes in the far southwest corner of North Dakota. Look at the relatively small IPs of these wells (compared to the Bakken), and look at the cumulative production. I consider a well has paid for itself (or well on its way to paying for itself at 100,000 bbls). The (estimated ultimate recovery) EURs of Bakken wells are estimated to be 300,000 to 1,000,000 bbls, depending on location. The wells below hit those numbers and they were drilled in the last six years (note: there were a lot of wells in the same area that are producing less, but almost no dry holes).  This was before man-made fracturing was well understood and although these wells are horizontal wells (directional wells, they were called, I think; not sure), I don't think they were fractured as I understand fracturing today.

You will probably see these wells again, someday down the road, when I have something more to add.

• 15908, 752, BR, CHSU 33C-10SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool; t2/06; cum 1.02 million; still producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 15939, 773, BR, CHSU 13C-10SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t3/06; cum 716K 4/12;  still producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 15940, 483, BR, CHSU 13C-10NH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; 43/06; cum 498K 4/12;  still producing 3,000 bbls/month
• 15951, 755, BR, CHSU 13C-4SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t4/06; cum 872K 4/12;  still producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 15952, 180, BR, CHSU 13C-4NH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t3/06; cum 736K 4/12; still producing 3,500 bbls/month
• 15953, 347, BR, CHSU 24C-3SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t3/06; cum 720K 4/12;  still producing 4,500 bbls/month
• 15954, 289, BR, CHSU 24c-3NH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t2/06; cum 796K 4/12;
• 15995, 436, BR, CHSU 22C-34NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t4/06; cum 669K 4/12; 
• 15996, 520, BR, CHSU 21D-35SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t4/06; cum 795K 4/12;
• 15998, 147, BR, CHSU 33C-4SH 16, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t3/06; cum 956K 4/12;
• 16008, 329, BR, CHSU 42C-34NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B; t4/06; cum 808K 4/12;
• 16059, 729, Petro-Hunt, USA 2D-3-1H, Charlson, a Three Forks well; t10/06; cum 1.26 million bbls 4/12; still producing 9,000 bbls/month; be sure to read this comment.
• 16120, 383 , BR, CHSU 13-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, t6/06; cum 437K 4/12; producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 16122, 155, BR, CHSU 22C-5SH 16, Cedar Hills, t6/06; cum 533K 4/12; producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 16123, 349, BR, CHSU 22D-5NH 16, Cedar Hills, t6/06; cum 823K 4/12; producing 4,000 bbls/month;
• 16124, 40, Samson Resources, Strom 25-36-163-99H, Ambrose field, Bakken Pool; t7/06; cum 136K 4/12; 4/12; still producing 1,000 bbls/month
• 16149, 410, BR, CHSU 44D-29NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t5/06; cum 501K 4/12; still producing 2,500 bbls/month
• 16150, 316, BR, CHSU 44C-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t5/06; cum 611K 4/12; still producing 5,000 bbls/month
• 16151, 551, BR, CHSU 24C-29NY 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t8/06; cum 495K 4/12; still producing 4,000 bbls/month
• 16152, 37, BR, CHSU 24C-29SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t8/06; cum 460K 4/12; still producing 4,000 bbls/month,
• 16155, 120, BR, CHUS 41-32NH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t7/06; cum 479K 4/12; still producing 4,000 bbls/month
• 16156, 231, BR, CHSU 41D-32SH 26, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t5/06; cum 450K 4/12; still producing 2,500 bbls/month
• 16239, 12, BR, CHSU 31B-6NH 05, Cedar Hills, South Red River B Pool, t8/06; cum 380K 4/12; was producing 4,000 bbls/month in 2011 when taken off-line