Nineteen (19) More Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; BEXP With Two Nice Wells; Petro-Hunt WIth Another 6-Well Pad

RBN Energy: building out the NGL infrastructure in the northeast. This is an interesting bit of trivia. The Marcellus is growing by leaps and bounds. There is only one natural gas play that is projected to grow faster: the Utica. 

Bakken Operations

Wells coming off confidential list Wednesday:

• 19738, 378, Triangle, Frederick James 149-101-3-10-1H, Antelope Creek, t7/12; cum 22K 8/12;
• 20885, 359, CLR, Christopherson 156-99-2-11-1H, East Fork, t6/12; cum 36K 8/12;
• 21249, drl, CLR, Strid 3-26H, Lindahl,
• 22227, 1,144, XTO, Odegaard State 21X-16B, Midway, t6/12; cum 36K 8/12;

Active rigs: 189, steady (down one)

Nineteen (19) more permits --

• Operators: Petro-Hunt (6), CLR (2), MRO (2), EOG (2), American Eagle (2), Crescent Point (2), Whiting, GMX Resources, Fidelity, and two salt-water disposal wells
• Fields:Bear Creek (Dunn), Ellisville (Williams), Eagle Nest (Dunn), Colgan (Divide), St Anthony (Dunn), Whiskey Joe (Billings), Stanley (Mountrail), Bailey (Dunn), Parshall (Mountrail), Deep Water Creek Bay (McLean)

Petro-Hunt seems to be on a roll; see earlier post. The permits above are for a 6-well pad. Petro-Hunt has a nice-looking 4-well pad just to the northeast if the first two wells are any indication.

Comments: No new Newfield permits; and no OXY USA permits; Crescent Point Energy has a permit for a wildcat in Williams County

Wells coming off the confidential list were reported earlier. See sidebar at the right.

Several producing wells completed, including:

• 18281, 205, ERF, Red Tipped Arrow 33-11H, Spotted Horn, t11/10; cum 45K 8/12;
• 18968, 875, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 148-95-22D-15-1H, Eagle Nest, t9/12; cum --
• 18969, 802, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 148-95-27A-34-1H, Wildcat, t9/12; cum --
• 20520, 1,056, XTO, Bang Federal 21X-19F, Lost Bridge, t7/12; cum 14K 8/12;
• 21266, 494, SM Energy, Dahl 15-11H, Baker, t1/12; cum 36k 8/12/
• 21484, 1,483, BR, Bartlett 31-16TFH, Murphy Creek, t9/12; cum --
• 21485, 1,283, BR, Bartlett 21-16MBH, Murphy Creek, t912; cum --
• 21486, 458, BR, Bartlett 21-16TFH, t9/12; cum --
• 21709, 2,066, BEXP, Borsheim Trust 33-28 3H, Todd, t8/12; cum 9K 8/12;
• 21796, 791, SM Energy, Dahl Federal 2-15H, Baker, t5/12; cum 50K 8/12;
• 21918, 321, Crescent Point, CPEUSC Fantuz 13-4-158N-100W, Wildcat, t8/12; cum 11K 8/12;
• 21919, 629, Crescent Point, CPEUSC DeFrance 12-1-158N-100W, Wildcat, t8/12; cum 12K 8/12;
• 22123, 128, Corinthian Exploration, Corinthian Backman 13-26 1H, North Souris, a Spearfish well; t5/12; cum 9K 8/12;
• 22453, 2,622, BEXP, Marcia 3-10 2TFH, Last Chance, t8/12; cum 7K 8/12;

Something I have not seen before, seven dry holes:

• 18719, dry, Samson Resources, Holm State 16-162-98H, a Lodgepole well;
• 19583, dry, Hess, EN-Reitch-157-94-3229H-3, Pleasant Valley, Bakken;
• 19702, dry, Hess, EN-Charles Wood-157-94 1720H-2, Tioga, Bakken;
• 19703, dry, Hess, EN-Lokken-157-95-0805H-3, Tioga, Bakken,
• 19704, dry, Hess, EN-Charles Wood-157-94 1720H-3, Tioga, Bakken,
• 21160, dry, Hess, GO-Biwer-157-98-2635H-1TA, Oliver, Bakken,
• 22098, dry, Triangle, Larson 149-100-9-4-4H, Ellsworth, Bakken, reading the well file quickly, it sounds like there were four wells on this pad (1H, 2H, 3H, and 4H; the first three drilled to depth; the company asked to plug this well waiting to see if 2H is productive for the Three Forks; 4H is a Three Forks well also);

I looked at just one of the Hess wells that was dry; that one will be re-entered; Hess says their drilling plan changed; so, my hunch is there is yet more to follow regarding these "dry" wells. Follow the discussion at the Bakken Shale Discussion Group. Maybe. 

Twenty-five wells listed as producing or plugged.