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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Nine (9) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- July 12, 2012

New permits:
  • Operators: Hess (3), CLR (3), BEXP (2), Whiting
  • Field: Last Chance (Williams), St Demetrius (Billings), Big Butte (Mountrail), Alger (Mountrail), Antelope (McKenzie)
Whiting has a permit for a wildcat in Golden Valley County.

CLR has a permit for a wildcat in Billings County.

Wells coming off confidential list:
  • 21447, 228, Samson Resources, Dove 19-18-162-96H, Juno field, t5/12; cum 2K 5/12;
  • 21878, DRL, BEXP, Groethe 27-34 1H, Squires field, s1/12; cum 1K 5/12;
  • 22139, DRL, XTO, Christiana 21X-6G, West Capa field, s1/12; cum 16K 5/12;
Two permits were canceled:
  • 19249, PNC, Abraxas, Fedje 3-14, Williams
  • 20568, PNC, Axness Farm 158-101-24D-13-1H, Williams

2 comments:

  1. Bruce,
    Thanks for the excellent blog. I understand the the S and the T but In the XTO Cum 16K 5/12 Does it represent one month of pumping or from the time they tested it. I talked to XTO and they said the well was still not completed. I suspect they did not want to give out any info.

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  2. "cum 16K 5/12": total production as of May, 2012.

    The "t" is the test date (month only) for the well; if not test date is provided, then the spud date ("s").

    Yes, even though the well is not completed, not fracked, it has produced oil and that is how much oil the company has reported to the NDIC that it has produced so far. They spudded that well January, 2012, and yet to complete it, but the well has produced some oil, as noted. They produced 10,230 bbls in April, 2012 (30 days); and, 6,237 bbls in May, 2012 (31 days). Those are significant amounts of oil, so I think the well has been fracked. They are now "completing" the well. They have 30 days until after the last day of the first month in which it was completed to provide the IP. Thus, if they completed the well any time in May (even May 1st), they have until the end of June to report the IP (or July 1st for all practical purposes). At least that's how I understand it.

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