Random Look At The Producing Wells In Williston Field

There are just a handful of producing wells in the Williston oil field; several other wells are on confidential status or "DRL" status (see link).

A reader noted in the December, 2013, NDIC hearing dockets, case 21493:

Application for an order amending the field rules for the Williston-Bakken
Pool, Williams County, ND, to allow the flaring of gas and unrestricted
production of oil from wells not connected to a gas gathering facility until
the same can be connected and such other relief as is appropriate. Statoil
Oil and Gas LP and Triangle USA Petroleum Corp.

I assume the nearest natural gas processing plants are the two ONEOK plants west of Williston, the Stateline I and II.

With all the wells on "DRL" status and confidential status, and the wells below (already producing), it provides some explanation for the request for flaring. The data below is only for the past year; the wells, in several cases, have been producing for several years.

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25459, 784, Triangle, Little Muddy 13H, Williston, t10/13; cum 9K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	14	9119	8428	33378	7363	0	7363

25458, 631, Triangle, Little Muddy 11H, Williston, t10/13; cum 9K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	14	8722	8057	22824	4634	0	4634

24543, 1,533, Zavanna, Bear Cat 33-28 1H, Williston, t4/13; cum 131K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2013	31	13862	13816	8952	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	14501	14682	9600	14904	14218	686
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	14540	13946	9734	14422	14136	286
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	18467	18154	12550	19596	19061	535
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	23100	23273	15605	24646	19310	5336
BAKKEN	5-2013	31	24564	23699	17734	24414	10649	13765
BAKKEN	4-2013	16	21564	20864	33965	19823	0	19823

22384, 2,910, Statoil/BEXP, Mark 4-9 1H, t5/12; cum 155K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	6059	6293	4384	6553	6294	259
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	4418	5715	3989	4279	3869	410
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	5711	5516	4461	5708	5676	32
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	5041	4310	4631	4495	3526	969
BAKKEN	5-2013	18	3314	3085	3300	2725	2100	625
BAKKEN	4-2013	29	5680	5898	3018	4191	19	4172
BAKKEN	3-2013	31	6106	5921	2996	4226	24	4202
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	7446	7304	3517	8793	7205	1588
BAKKEN	1-2013	31	11116	11647	4818	11839	10297	1542

21146, 3,109, Statoil/BEXP, Sjol 5-8 1H, t6/12; cum 153K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	4153	4018	3596	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	4382	5249	3908	3628	0	3628
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	7032	6339	4839	5533	0	5533
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	5587	5961	4164	4563	0	4563
BAKKEN	5-2013	30	5541	5828	4366	19331	0	19331
BAKKEN	4-2013	22	4050	3748	2328	3627	0	3627
BAKKEN	3-2013	30	6247	5620	3221	4730	0	4730
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	7571	7763	4001	6224	0	6224
BAKKEN	1-2013	31	9902	10849	4844	10017	0	10017

20842, 2,743, Statoil/BEXP, Larsen 3-10 2H, t7/11; cum 169K 9/13:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	4123	4289	3407	2762	2586	176
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	4294	4252	3785	2917	1453	1464
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	4791	6164	4369	4181	2477	1704
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	3839	2598	3837	3306	2356	950
BAKKEN	5-2013	23	2238	2173	2540	1592	1272	320
BAKKEN	4-2013	30	2538	2404	1234	1119	781	338
BAKKEN	3-2013	30	3517	3402	1957	2295	1605	690
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	3336	3404	1767	2050	1233	817
BAKKEN	1-2013	30	5073	5076	2774	4804	1713	3091

18891, 2,631, Statoil/BEXP, Larsen 3-10 1H, t9/10; cum 197K 9/13:

ool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	2496	2396	1912	2748	2675	73
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	2726	3552	2252	2867	2857	10
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	2557	2314	2612	2565	1855	710
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	2477	2071	2287	2651	2060	591
BAKKEN	5-2013	30	2833	2786	2676	3444	1784	1660
BAKKEN	4-2013	29	3103	3068	1638	3166	149	3017
BAKKEN	3-2013	28	2613	2590	1167	3362	1094	2268
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	2703	2690	1285	4001	3090	911
BAKKEN	1-2013	30	3194	3196	673	4128	3702	426