Hi Bruce, I was wondering do the oil fields have mix of sweet or sour oil, or do they have Sweet oil in one field an sour in another? Hope it's not a stupid question? Also if so what type oil is in the Diamond field? Thank You Blackjack (Bill) P.S. You are GREAT TO HAVE AROUND, Thxs
My understanding is that the type of oil depends on the source or the formation. So, in the Williston Basin, middle Bakken formation is sweet. In the Williston Basin, the Spearfish formation is sour (higher sulfur content). I can't remember which (or both) Red River and/or Madison have high sulfur content. One can tell when one drives out to a pad. If there is a wind socket, the well is producing sour oil, and you want to be ready to go upwind in case of a major leak/concentration of hydrogen sulfide (deadly).
The OXY USA Dimond wells are middle Bakken wells. Generally speaking, new wells in the Williston Basin are Bakken Pool wells (middle Bakken and Three Forks). If I don't designate which pool on my blog, one can generally assume it is a Bakken Pool well. I generally mention if a well is a Red River or a Madison well.
When fields are first "discovered," they are usually associated with a specific formation. I assume the Dimond oil field was something other than a Bakken at one time, but new wells there are now targeting the Bakken Pool.
Hi Bruce,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering do the oil fields have mix of sweet or sour oil, or do they have Sweet oil in one field an sour in another?
Hope it's not a stupid question?
Also if so what type oil is in the Diamond field? Thank You Blackjack (Bill)
P.S. You are GREAT TO HAVE AROUND, Thxs
Not a stupid question at all.
DeleteMy understanding is that the type of oil depends on the source or the formation. So, in the Williston Basin, middle Bakken formation is sweet. In the Williston Basin, the Spearfish formation is sour (higher sulfur content). I can't remember which (or both) Red River and/or Madison have high sulfur content. One can tell when one drives out to a pad. If there is a wind socket, the well is producing sour oil, and you want to be ready to go upwind in case of a major leak/concentration of hydrogen sulfide (deadly).
The OXY USA Dimond wells are middle Bakken wells. Generally speaking, new wells in the Williston Basin are Bakken Pool wells (middle Bakken and Three Forks). If I don't designate which pool on my blog, one can generally assume it is a Bakken Pool well. I generally mention if a well is a Red River or a Madison well.
When fields are first "discovered," they are usually associated with a specific formation. I assume the Dimond oil field was something other than a Bakken at one time, but new wells there are now targeting the Bakken Pool.
Dockets are posted if you don't already know.
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No, I missed that. Thank you for very much for the reminder. I will look at them but may not get to transcribing them until later this evening.
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