Monday, June 11, 2012

Seven (7) New Permits -- OXY Reports Another Well -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, June 11, 2012 --
  • Operators: BEXP (4), G3 Operating, Zavanna, Triangle
  • Fields: Poe (McKenzie), Strandahl (Williams), Buffalo Wallow (McKenzie), East Fork (Williams)
Triangle's new permit is in Buffalo Wallow. Buffalo Wallow oil field is a smallish, long/narrow field just to the east of Red Wing Creek in central McKenzie County. Triangle has picked up some nice acreage in the Bakken. I'm impressed.

The permits for the four BEXP wells will be on one pad in the Poe field.  The Poe field is in the bull's eye of the Bakken, slightly to the west perhaps, in northeastern McKenzie County. These wells will be only 30 feet from each other; extremely close siting; I usually see 50 feet between wells. That walking rig won't have to walk far -- literally a hop, skip, and jump for the three wells after the completing the first. The Poe field is part of KOG's Koala prospect.

 Fifteen wells released from "tight hole" status:
  • 19370, 17, Whiting, BSMU 2905, a Madison (not a Bakken)
  • 19642, 42, OXY USA, Darlene Dvorak 1-27-34H-143-95, Murphy Creek, a Bakken well, Dunn; I don't know how OXY keeps doing it --
  • 19858, 1,349, CLR, Jamestown 1-17H, Banks oil field, t3/12; cum 35K 4/12;
  • 21194, 775, EOG, Wayzetta 157-2835H, Parshall,
  • 21291, 782, Whiting, Froehlich 41-9TFH, Stark, Bell, t12/11; cum 39K 4/12;
  • 21307, DRL, KOG, Koala 15-31-30-3H3,
  • 21311, 490, CLR, Hampton 1-2H, Upland,
  • 21369, 1,737, MRO, Wakelum 41-3H, Reunion Creek, t4/12; cum 24K 4/12;
  • 21376, 900, XTO, Willey 31X-3, West Capa,
  • 21662, DRL, BEXP, Bennett 35-26 1H,
  • 21695, 32, Flatirons Resources, Lunde 32-33, a Madison (not a Bakken)
  • 21731, DRL, Hess, CA-Stangeland-155-95-2128H-2,
  • 21822, DRL, KOG, Thomas 154-98-15-33-28-2H,
  • 21899, 1,592, XTO, Colette 21X-18, Dollar Joe, t3/12; cum 25K 4/12;
  • 21992, DRL, KOG, Koala 15-31-30-2H, 
Permit canceled:
  • 19059, PNC, SM Energy, Koeser 16-10H, 
Note: OXY USA does have a very nice well in this area. The following OXY well is two miles to the west [added after comment below: this well, 18395, was drilled by Anschutz before it sold to OXY. With that in mind, the comparison is even more poignant.]
  • 18395, 2,207, OXY USA, Kathleen Stroh, 1-20-17H-143-95, Murphy Creek, t6/10; cum 158K 4/12;

6 comments:

  1. And they said there would never be an oil well in Jamestown. Ha!

    anon 1

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    1. Thank you. Great opportunity to note something.

      I don't know if others have noted the same thing, but when one posts absolutely every IP that gets reported, after awhile one gets a feeling for what a particular company is going to report (obviously, a range).

      It's my impression that CLR reports in the high 3 digits 750 to 900, so this IP of over 1,250 was a bit of a surprise to me. It turns out it makes sense. This well is in the Banks oil field, right in the heart of the Bakken, northeast McKenzie County. CLR is going to report a lot of nice wells in this area -- at least that's my hunch. Watch for some Eco-Pads, perhaps.

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  2. http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=77170

    Big deal, it seems.

    anon 1

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    1. Incredible link, thank you.

      I really appreciate all the links I get from readers. I have a list of sites to go to, but they are similar in nature. It's great to get stories that affect the Bakken, other oil and gas plays, but from a lightly different angle.

      I will post this link as a stand-alone post. Thank you.

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  3. Remember 18395 was an Anshutz well sold in the sale, so you can't count as a OXY developed well.

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  4. Thank you. I even blogged that earlier when I compared the Anschutz well before they sold to OXY USA. That was my mistake. Thank you very much for taking time to point out my error. I will note that in the body of the blog.

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