Hardscrabble Oil Field

Hardscrabble oil field has pretty much missed the Bakken boom. Until now. CLR will report a nice well in Hardscrabble tomorrow.

Every once in awhile one finds a little bit of the four-county area in the Bakken that is still relatively devoid of recent oil activity. Hardscrabble is one of those areas. It is an 8-section oil field, one of the smaller fields. It's an old field where multiple formations were targeted, located a few miles southwest of Williston, north of the river. It is just west of the Baker field where CLR is putting in that 14-well pad.

A bit of trivia sent in by a reader; I did not know this. President Grant's farm was called "Hardscrabble."

Permits

2013
25017, conf, CLR, Patch 1-11H, 14K in first full month of production; first produced in June, 2013;

2012
None

2011
None

Some older permits/wells:

• 19034, 2000, Statoil, Lippert 1-12 1H, t11/10; cum 160K 7/13;
• 13428, Red River/Stonewall: 324/108 (IA), Rim Operating, Skurdal 6-24, t4/94/t10/97; cum 591K 7/13; cum 114K 7/13;
• 11578, Duperow/Birdbear; 103/155/A, Proven Petroleum, Habermeyer 33-13 1, t12/85/t8/86; cum 161K 7/13; cum 61K 7/13;
• 11459, Birdbear/Madison; 13/48/A, Proven Petroleum, Tofte Federal 1, t8/85/t9/85; cum 45K 7/13; 77K 7/13;
• 11252, Duperow/Madison; 170/109/PA, SM Energy, Metzger 1-9, Indian Hill oil field, directional; t9/85; t1/86; cum 10K 7/13; cum 235K 7/13;
• 11219, Duperow/Birdbear; 82/65/IA; Proven Petroleum, Patch Federal 1, t7/85/t5/93; cum 135K 7/13; cum 67K 7/13;
• 11136, Madison/Birdbear/Duperow; 222/51/26/AB; SM Energy, Skurdal 3-24, t3/85/t10/93/t12/94; cum 146K 7/13; 4K 7/13; 30K 7/13;
• 10681, directional, one section, 339/A, Madison, Rim Operating, Skurdal 2-24HR, t7/84; cum 286K 7/13;