Idle Chatter On Six Old Vertical Sanish Wells in Antelope Field

This is just a random post, some idle chatter for your enjoyment while waiting for another Bakken week to begin.

I am constantly amazed at some of the wells and some of the stories coming out the North Dakota oil patch. I find the old vertical wells very interesting. Some have been very, very good wells.

Here are the results of seven well locations/permits in one section in Antelope oil field (21-152-94); on the reservation:

• 341, 537/PA, Pan American Pet Corp, Woodrow Starr 1, t12/53; cum 279K 7/58; 160 acre-spacing; vertical, Three Forks/Sanish
• 1164, 320/PA, P & P Producing, Ella Many Ribs 1, t9/56; cum 205K 11/86; 160 acres; vertical; Three Forks/Sanish;
• 1306, 165/IA, CLR, Ella Many Ribs A-1, t2/57; cum 131K 10/11; F; vertical; 160 acres; Three Forks/Sanish;
• 1509, 248/A, CLR, Kate Hopkins 1, t12/57; cum 590K 11/12; vertical; 160 acres; Three Forks/Sanish;
• 1987, 150/A, CLR, Woodrow Star "A" 1, t10/58; cum 1.1 million bbls 11/12; vertical; 160 acres; on a pump; Three Forks/Sanish;
• 12284, 290/A, CLR, Ella Many Ribs 2-B, t2/88; cum 138K 11/12; vertical; 160 acres; Three Forks/Sanish
• 12346, PNC, Wessely Energy, Ella Many Ribs 1A-2, Antelope, (Wessely had 8 permits over the years in North Dakota. #12346 was the last permit they were issued. Prior to that permit, they had seven permits: six dry holes and one now permanently abandoned which might as well have been dry: 8,876 bbls over two years.

In summary (numbers rounded), all vertical wells with minimal fracking, 160-acre spacing:

• #341: 280K bbls in five years
• #1164: 200K bbls in 30 years
• #1306: 130K bbls in 56 years; never on a pump
• #1509: 590K bbls in 56 years; still producing on a pump
• #1987: 1.1 million bbls in 55 years; still producing on a pump
• #12284: 138K bbls in 25 years; still producing on a pump

So, this one section with vertical wells only, almost 2.4 million bbls and still producing. There are no new locations permitted in the current Bakken boom.

The best, I would wager, is yet to come.