Nine (9) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA -- Several Nice Wells Being Reported

Active rigs: 183 (steady)

Nine (9) new permits --

• Operators: Petro-Hunt (3), Emerald Oil (3), Hunt (2), Oasis,
• Fields: Charlson (McKenzie), Tyrone (Williams), Boxcar Butte (McKenzie), Musta (Divide), Alexandria (Divide)
• Comments:

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

A great example of the "manufacturing" phase in the Bakken: ten (10) producing wells completed:

• 24481, 1,824, BR, CCU Meriwether 24-19TFH, Corral Creek, t7/13; cum --; unitized spacing, 
• 24482, 2,963, BR, CCU Meriwether 24-19MBH, Corral Creek, t7/13; cum -- ; unitized spacing,
• 24357, 724, Hess, EN-Hermanson 154-93-0235H-3, Robinson Lake, t7/13; cum --
• 24505, 659, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-4, Blue Buttes, t8/13; cum --
• 24370, 770, Hess, EN-Weyrauch A-154-93-1720H-5, Robinson Lake, t8/13; cum --
• 22803, 746, Hess, LK-Obrigewitch 146-97-3427H-4, Little Knife, t7/13; cum --
• 24506, 1,065, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-5, Blue Buttes, t7/13; cum --
• 22802, 412, Hess, LK-Dukart 145-97-0310H-3, Little Knife, t7/13; cum --
• 24607, 1,622, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-27-34-14H3, Truax, t7/13; cum --
• 23888, 2,984, Statoil, Gyda 31-6 1H, Briar Creek, t7/13; cum --

Temporarily abandoned:

• 16177, 128/TA, Whiting, Mork 24-8SESW 8-149N-99W, Pleasant Hill, a Red River/Duperow well, t1/07; cum 66K (Red River); last produced 10/11;

From the well files:

• Statoil's Gyda: spud December 2, 2012; TD, December 30, 2012; middle Bakken; target zone ten feet thick; Kinderhook Lime mentioned (just above the Bakken); in the target zone (middle Bakken) gas units as high as 5,054 units
• Hess' Dukart well: spud July 19, 2012; TD, March 21, 2013; Three Forks; targeting a 10-foot target zone. In the target zone, gas averaged around 120 units, but trip gas peaked to 9,800 units.
• KOG's P Wood well: part of the Polar Pilot Project (Williams County) or the Smokey Pilot Project (McKenzie County); all wells in these two projects will have a 28-stage fracture; 4 million lbs ceramic proppant; for a graphic of these wells, click here;
• Hess' State well: middle Bakken; 
• Hess' Weyrauch well: middle Bakken;
• Hess' Obrigewitch well: middle Bakken;
• Hess' Hermanson well: third lateral well on a scheduled five-well pad; middle Bakken;
• BR's Meriwether wells: one middle Bakken; the other Three Forks