Thirteen Wells Come Off Confidential List Today -- An Important GMXR Well; The "Williston Oasis" Well a Gusher; OXY USA Surprises

Updates

Later, 7:00 p.m.: Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (3), Sinclair, Whiting
• Fields: North Creek (Stark), Stoneview (Divide), Long Creek (Williams), Parshall (Mountrail)

In addition, one permit was canceled:

• 21512, PNC, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-1C-7-3H, McKenzie,

Two producing wells completed, both unremarkable

Later, 2:10 p.m.: See 3rd comment below (I believe it will be the third comment; may change over time), but the comment regarding the Sharon well below:

• 21235, 0, BTA Oil, Sharon 1, Winnipeg pool, wildcat, t2/12; cum 0 4/12. 

This was a vertical well drilled as a natural gas well. That speaks volumes, as far as I'm concerned, considering all that I have posted regarding natural gas the last few days, and the price of natural gas, dry and wet. I will have stand-alone post on this. But a huge "thank you" to "anonymous" for providing background regarding this well. At the stand-alone post, I will include the production figures so far provided.

Original Post 

These are the wells that will likely be reported on today's daily activity report. Note: this might be a record -- every well reported an IP/all completed! I am impressed. Oasis has a very nice well, in Todd oil field which includes part of the city of Williston. The Cottonwood oil field continues to show poor to mediocre results.  GMXR reports a nice well based on IP, but likely to be a very good but not great well. And, most surprising: OXY USA reports a nice IP in the Fayette field.

• 19422, 1,536, OXY USA, Beatrice Kubischta 1-15-22H-143-96, Fayette, t12/11; cum 54K 4/12;
• 20617, 1,196, Oasis, Anvers Federal 5602 13-18H, Bull Butte, t2/12; cum 21K 4/12;
• 20942, 32, Baytex, Knudsvig 12-1-160-100H 1PB, Smoky Butte, t12/11; cum 1K 4/12; (no typos)
• 21147, 16, Baytex, Olson 15-22-162-100H 1CN, West Ambrose, t12/11; cum 9K 4/12; (no typos)
• 21150, 3,021, Oasis, Kestrel Federal 5401 43-22H, Todd, t1/12; cum 67K 4/12;
• 21235, 0, BTA Oil, Sharon 1, Winnipeg pool, wildcat, t2/12; cum 0 4/12; (no typos) - more to follow
• 21256, 47, Baytex, Edna 14-23-162-100H 1CN, West Ambrose, t12/11; cum 25K 4/12;
• 21321, 236, Baytex, Johnson 25-36-160-100H-1BP, Smoky Butte, t1/12; cum 16K 4/12;
• 21388, 267, Oasis, Fraser Federal 5300 24-34H, Willow Creek, t3/12; cum 3K 4/12; (no typos)
• 21414, 1,244, Oasis, O M Erickson 55-1 42-19H, Missouri Ridge, t1/12; cum 24K 4/12;
• 21582, 2,285, GMXR, Lange 11-30-1H, Bennett Creek, t4/12; cum 17K 4/12;
• 21633, 291, Hess, LK-State A-145-98-0136H-1, Little Knife, t4/12; cum 11K 4/12;
• 21671, 285, Oasis, R W Clark 6092 43-9H, Cottonwood, t1/12; cum 7K 4/12;

The GMXR well was particularly important, it was a wildcat, about 18 miles ssw of Watford City. This area is almost devoid of any active oil activity, old or new. This is the first horizontal well in this field and in the immediate area even outside the field. I assume the success of this well de-risks this area for drilling. 32-stage frack; 2.7 million lbs sand frack. They reached vertical depth in 15 days; a total of 56 days to reach total depth. The Lodgepole was noted to be severely fractured (tectonic activity) with a gas show of > 1640 units.  Gas show in the False Bakken was 860 units. Gas shows in the upper Bakken was 1500 units (1600 - 1900). With regard to the Lower Bakken Shale: "The shale is also very petroliferous in nature suggesting that it is one of the source rocks for the Middle Bakken/Three Forks oil play of the Williston Basin. Gas shows in the Lower Bakken Shale averaged between 700 - 900 units." Regarding the lateral in the Middle Bakken: "...in this area is at its maximum up to 26' thick, making steering...very difficult." At one point, gas shows spiked to 3,133 units with a trip flare of 15 - 20 feet. A later trip gas was reported at 3,431 units. Later, 2,728 units with a 15 - 25' flare. The photos of the flare accompanying the report are quite spectacular. It must have been quite an exiting well for those involved.

The Oasis Kestrel well is the well that attracted so much attention when it was sited; it is located in the southwest corner of Williston (I'm not sure if it actually sits inside city limits; the GIS map server says it does not). It is on the south side of tracks south of the frontage road along the bypass, just before entering Williston. It is sited in section 22, but I believe the lateral runs south into sections 27 and 34.  From the file report, it looks like they reached vertical depth in about 14 days; they reached total depth in about 31 days. I don't see the frack data yet. Regarding the False Bakken: "Fracture porosity was indicated by a gas spike of up to 4,000 units, which is typical of the False Bakken." Regarding the Middle Bakken: a five-foot porosity  zone. "Toward the end of the lateral, background gas increased to an excess of 3,000 units with shows in excess of 5,000 units. The highest peak value observed was nearly 6,000 units at 19,000 feet measured depth. A noticeable increase in hydrocarbon presence was witnessed upon entry into the porosity zone near 15,100' measured depth. Greenish brown oil was observed....

Oasis Kestrel, 21150, Todd field:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2012	23	8312	7940	5129	8178	0	8178
BAKKEN	3-2012	31	15431	15518	9005	15154	0	15154
BAKKEN	2-2012	29	20107	20646	13585	19746	0	19746
BAKKEN	1-2012	16	22980	22068	27624	27127	0	27127

The daily activity report will be posted about 6:00 p.m. EST this evening (as usual).

CLR has a well (#21933, Plano 1-28H) about one mile southwest of the Oasis Kestrel well and is already producing nicely. It remains on the confidential list.