Naming Wells In The Bakken

Just a bit of fun on a Saturday morning. This information came to me via comments. Assuming a lot of folks may not read the comments (and even worse, for me, comments are not "searchable" through google, at least as far as I can tell), so here is the stand-alone post on a very trivial but "fun" subject: names of wells in the Bakken.

It's been my perception, and the perception of others, that Slawson consistently comes up with some of the better names for wells in the Bakken. It turns out that the Australians may be responsible for some of these names, according to a reader. Example: the wells on the Tofte pad, Stockyard Creek, 13-154-99, have four interesting names via Samson Oil & Gas:

• 24793, loc, Slawson, Duckstein 1-13-14HTF,
• 24794, drl, Slawson, Billabong 2-13-14HBK,
• 24795, 556, Slawson, Sail and Anchor 4-13-14HBK,
• 24796, drl, Slawson, Blackdog 3-13-14H, originally to target the Three Forks; sundry form, Oct 2013, requested target to be changed to the Bakken;

This pad: change of operator from Samson Oil & Gas to Slawson, October, 2013.

I was going to let folks ponder the background regarding the names of these wells, but here's a hint. Had they been named by a German oil company, the names might have been: Bitburger, Warsteiner, Beck's, and Paulaner.

And now you know. Prost.