Eight (8) New Permits -- Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; QEP With Five Huge Wells On A Single Pad; Fan-Shaped Configuration, Under The River; Whiting With Two Huge Wells

Active rigs: 186 (steady)

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (4), Whiting (2), CLR, Oasis
• Fields: Bear Den (McKenzie), Hamlet (Divide), Cottonwood (Oasis), Estes (McKenzie)
• Comments: XTO certainly seems active; that was predicted by MDW when XOM (deep pockets) bought XTO
  

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

Seven producing wells now completed:

• 22831, 1,095, Whiting, Roggenbuck 34-24TFH, Sanish, 
• 24242, 2,971, Whiting, Fladeland 14-33H, Sanish,
• 23101, 17,777, QEP,  MHA 1-06-32H-150-92, Heart Butte, 1920-acre spacing if approve;
• 23100, 1,922, QEP, MHA 3-06-32H-150-92, Heart Butte,
• 23099, 1,994, QEP, MHA 2-06-32H-150-92, Heart Butte,
• 23098, 1,632, QEP, MHA 4-06-32H-150-92, Heart Butte,
• 23102, 1,966, QEP, MHA 4-06-31H-150-92, Heart Butte,
  

A number of comments regarding the producing wells above:

1. The IP of 17,777 is no doubt an error; probably 1,777.
2. The well file for #23101 did not include the completion or the IP.
3. The five QEP wells are on a single pad; the horizontals fan out in "fan-shaped" configuration; extend under the river; QEP has same configuration with five additional wells two miles to the east
4. I didn't check all five QEP well files, but I assume they will all be 1920-acre spacing if approved by the NDIC