Slawson Blowout Reported Near Lake Sakakawea: On "The 13th"

Updates

December 14, 2012: The Bismarck Tribune reports the well "blew out" 6:00 p.m last night and by 9:00 a.m. this morning, was "under control." Correctly, the Tribune now reports the location of the well, "southwest" of New Town.  I am absolutely impressed with the roughnecks who control these things. Good on ya.

December 14, 2012: based on a comment received this morning, sounds like it was the Mooka well.  This well is south of New Town, not east as reported in the news media. As noted below, there is a rig on site at the Mooka. I may be premature in this, but it sounds like the EPA will send some folks out in the dead of winter with clipboards to research this, publish a report about two years from now, and life will go on.

Later, 9:41 pm: check this link to see how often mishaps in the Williston Basin occur -- and then this one on "the 13th."

Later, 7:01 pm: video of blowout at KX News (Minot). East of New Town. Five miles east of New Town there is a Slawson well on confidential status:

• 22228, conf, Slawson, Vixen Federal 2-19-30H, Van Hook, east of New Town,

I'm not sure this is the one; on the NDIC GIS map server the well is shown as on confidential status, but no "rig" on site. But there are no other Slawson wells on confidential status "east" of New Town. There is a Slawson well with a "rig on site" south of New Town:

• 20810, conf, Slawson, Mooka 2-29-20TFH, Big Bend, south of New Town

So, we'll see.

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Link here to The Bismarck Tribune.

Again, no permit number, no well name, .... just superb in-depth reporting.