Whiting Has Another Record-Setting Well In Twin Valley; Twelve (12) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Bakken Operations

Active rigs: 187 (steady, up, if anything)

Twelve (12) new permits --

• Operators: Petro-Hunt (5), Slawson (4), Fidelity (2), BR,
• Fields: Hawkeye (McKenzie), Elk (McKenzie), Zenith (Stark), Stockyard Creek (Williams), Big Bend (Mountrail)
• Comments: Petro-Hunt has two permits in Stockyard Creek, a very interesting field.
  

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

Producing wells completed:

• 22052, 120, Baytex, Randy Olson 17-20-161-98H 1XB, Plumer,
• 22361, 4,971, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-3H, Twin Valley, Middle Bakken "C" facies well; a Pioneer 74 flex rig; spudded 9/11/12; TD on 11/20/12 (40 days from spud); gas averaged 534 units in the False Bakken; gas averaged 534 units also in the Upper Bakken shale; gas averaged 526 units in the middle Bakken; curve sidetrack #1 into the middle Bakken with an average of 658 units; gas in the lateral sidetrack averaged 225 units with spikes to 2,000 units. Fracking data not at the well file yet. 

This IP of 4,971 bbls of oil exceeds the record-setting Tarpon Federal 21-4H noted back in November 3 2011:

• 20589, 4,815, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4H, Twin Valley, Bakken, t10/11; cum 283K 11/12;

There are three wells on this pad: #20589, 22360, and 22361
22360, 1,394, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-1H, t12/12; cum --