Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Active Rigs In North Dakota Plummeting; Ten (10) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Ten (10) Producing Wells Completed; KOG Wildrose Well Falls Short (IP); XTO With Five (5) Huge Wells (High IPs)

Active rigs:


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If you haven't read the story being reported by Crescent Point Energy, you're missing a big story. This will eventually be seen in Divide County, and probably Burke County. Back on February 17, 2010, we discussed the Torquay. In Saskatchewan, Canada:
  • Formations: Bakken, Big Valley, Torquay (the Three Forks group)
Ten (10) new permits --
  • Operators: MRO (4), Hess (2), XTO (2), CLR Whiting
  • Fields: Van Hook (Mountrail), Cherry Creek (McKenzie), Winner (Williams), Charlson (McKenzie), Big Stick (Billings)
  • Comments:
Wells coming off the confidential list were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Ten (10) producing wells completed:
  • 24254, 1,800, HRC, Fort Berthold 152-93-7D-6-3H, Four Bears, t3/14; cum -- 
  • 24253, 1,719, HRC, Fort Berthold 152-93-7D-6-4H, Four Bears, t3/14; cum -
  • 25415, 1,509, XTO, Rolfsrud State 14X-36A, Sand Creek, t3/14; cum --
  • 25261, 2,274, XTO, Bully Federal 44X-20F, Bear Den, t3/14; cum --
  • 25259, 3,112, XTO, Bully Federal 44X-20E, Bear Den, t3/14; cum --
  • 25262, 2,682, XTO, Bully Federal 44X-20B, Bear Den, t3/14; cum --
  • 25260, 2,432, XTO, Bully Federal 44X-20A, Bear Den, t3/14; cum --
  • 26371, 209, KOG, Wildrose 159-98-14-12-1-3H3, Big Stone, t2/14; cum --
  • 27244,  --, Whiting, Anderson 11-7H, Sanish, data pending,
  • 26433, 525, Whiting, Littlefield 41-12-3XH, Sanish, t4/14; cum --
Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:
  • 22994, drl, Abraxas, Jore Federal 2-11-4,  North Fork, no production data,
  • 24662, 1,010, Whiting, Zalesky 11-17PH, North Creek, t10/13; cum 27K 2/14;
  • 25012, drl, WPX, FBIR 13-24HC, Van Hook, no production data,
  • 26174, drl, Hess, SC-5WX-152-99-0310H-1, Banks, no production data, 
Miscellaneous notes from the wells above:
  • 26174: Sundry forms not available. Hess experienced problems prior to beginning the cement job of the 7" casing. While trying to establish circulation prior to cement job, the well packed off and no circulation was achieved. The decision was made to pull out of hold, run WireLine and perforate the casing at 10,652-56'MD, Lodgetpole 10 - Lodgepole 11.
  • 24254: spud Aug 6; cease drilling Nov 22; middle Bakken; TD, 21,680; Lodgepole, False Bakken, Scallion, Upper Bakken, Middle Bakken all identified; no other recent sundry forms.
  • 25261: Three Forks; natural frack; highest gas at 3,226 units; 30 days drilling; no frack data;
  • 25262: middle Bakken; 11,279-foot lateral; natural frack; highest gas value of 1,953 units; 1 - 4' flare; 28 days drilling after re-entering; no frack data;
  • 25259: Three Forks; highest gas value was 3,194 units; 15 - 20' flare; 
  • 25260: middle Bakken, I believe; report only says "Bakken"; no geologist's report filed yet
  • 26371: geologist's report not filed yet;
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