Idle Chatter -- Three Rigs In One Section, Blue Buttes -- East Central McKenzie County; Another 100K Well in 6 Months

These are the Grimestad wells southeast of Williston, in the Charlson field, October, 2012, sent in by a reader:

• 22476, 1,179, Denbury Onshore, Grimestad 34-33NWH, t7/12; cum 33K 9/12;
• 22477, 881, Denbury Onshore, Grimestad 34-33NEH, t7/12; cum 25K 9/12;

If you are out and about today in the Bakken and want to visit a busy oil field, consider section 30-150-95 in Blue Buttes, east central McKenzie County. There are three rigs drilling along the northern section line. Here are the permits along that line, all in section 30 (ros = rig on site):

• 23665, ros, BR, Kummer 11-30MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 23666, conf, BR, Kummer 21-30MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 23667, ros, BR, Kummer 21-30TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 23649, ros, BR, Kummer 31-30MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 23650, conf, BR, Kummer 31-30TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 22050, 2,806, BR, Kummer 41-30MBH, Blue Buttes, t5/12; cum 91K 9/12;

Regarding #22050, here are the first three full months of production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2012	30	25062	25012	3652	34151	32398	1753
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	25726	25693	3869	35756	32925	2831
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	25959	25928	3723	26356	0	26356

Notice: the dreaded Bakken decline rate. Unfortunately neither the completion (frack) report nor the geologist's narrative are yet available at the NDIC site.