Confidential Wells Coming Off Confidential List; Petro-Hunt With a Straw Into the Tyler; BEXP With A Nice Well; Whiting With a Very Nice Pronghorn Well; OXY USA With A Good Well;

RBN Energy with a nice story on crude-by-rail, part II. 
RBN Energy with a look at the Jones Act: maritime act raising the cost of coastal shipping. 

Bakken Operations

Active rigs in North Dakota: 190, steady.

The following wells came off the confidential list over the long weekend and on Tuesday; Saturday, Sunday, and Monday reported below; Tuesday tomorrow.

21308, drl, KOG, Koala 14-32-29-3H, Banks,
22060, 621, Whiting, Zalesky 31-18PH, North Creek, t/4/12; cum 24K 8/12;
22104, 541, CLR, Morison 1-14H, Bully, t7/12; cum 12K 8/12;
22540, 291, CLR, Jarlsberg 1-25H, Wildrose, t7/12; cum 7K 8/12;
22597, drl, Gadeco, Alexander 25-36H, Epping,
22623, drl, BEXP, Heen 26-35 3TFH, Todd,
20580, 540, OXY USA, Terry Dvorak 1-15-22H-142-95, Murphy Creek, t4/12; cum 12K 8/12;
22081, drl, BEXP, Heen 26-35 2H, Todd,
22166, drl, Samson Resources, Outback 25-36-162-97H, Bluffton,
22167, 1,545, Whiting, Frank 44-7PH, Bell, t4/12; cum 85K 8/12;
22512, drl, BEXP, Lonnie 15-22 2TFH, Ragged Butte,
22545, drl, G3 Operating, J Haugen 1-9-4H, Climax,
21148, 809, CLR, Pasadena 1-11H, Banks, t7/12; cum 38K 8/12;
22291, 2,650, BEXP, Arvid Anderson 14-11 3H, Alger, t9/12; cum --
21981, drl, CLR, Alpha 1-14H, Camp,
22410, drl, Slawson, Ann Nelson [Federal] 3-31-30H, Ross,
22564, 80, Petro-Hunt, Wollan 152-96-27B-1-3, Clear Creek, a Minnelusa well;  t5/12; cum 7K 8/12;
22569, 272, Whiting, Stecker 23-3, Hoot Owl, a Red River well; t7/12; cum 11K 8/12;
20424, 1,156, XTO, FBIR Grinnell 41X-1C, Heart Butte, t7/12; cum 6K 8/12;
21995, drl, Abraxas, Ravin 26-35-3H, North Fork,

COMMENT: Petro-Hunt's Minnelusa Wollan well (from the file report): a vertical well intended to test sand in the lower portion of the Tyler formation that appears to be oil on water. It was spudded April 9, 2012, and reached total depth of 7,857 feet on April 18, 2012." Nine days. Tyler formation.

It looks like the Tyler was about 80 feet thick at this location: top Tyler target - 7,597 feet; base Tyler target - 7,607 feet; base Tyler Sand target - 7,681 feet.

This well was not stimulated (not fracked).

[For archival purposes: Big Snowy/Otter - 7,697 feet, the top of the Lodgepole.]

The Frank 44-7PH well to date:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2012	14200	15270
7-2012	14893	16082
6-2012	15319	18378
5-2012	23160	24653
4-2012	17691	17412

The Pasadena 1-11H well to date:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2012	12597	15774
7-2012	20515	17865
6-2012	4135	1456

Petro-Hunt's Minnelusa Wollan well:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
MINNELUSA	8-2012	31	1502	1322	232	18251	0	18034
MINNELUSA	7-2012	31	1855	2000	335	19545	0	19328
MINNELUSA	6-2012	30	2158	2084	75	17299	0	17088
MINNELUSA	5-2012	18	1639	1186	49	8636	0	8510

Fifteen (15) new permits:

• Operators: Petro-Hunt (9), KOG (3), Fidelity (2), Whiting
• Fields: Charlson (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail), Clear Creek (McKenzie), Moccasin Creek (Dunn)

Comments: I'm watching to see if any new permitting by OXY and/or Newfield; none today