Saturday, April 5, 2014

Week 14: March 30, 2014 -- April 5, 2014

Wow, you have to get to Starbucks early to be the first one here every day. I come close. I'm usually among the first three to drink coffee inside, but by the time I get here, the drive-through is already busy.

Top Story
WSJ third-page story on the Bakken

Should Have Been The Top Story
Oil and gas permits running 30% higher (so far) in 2014 compared to comparable date at height of the boom

Operations
Operator with the most productive wells in the Bakken -- Richard Zeits 
EOG reports another staggering well; 91K in less than three months
Four big Koala Wold wells
Transfer of operator: KOG's wells in Mondak oil field to Emerald Oil
Bakken projections published in Boston Herald
Cumulative production by formation for 2012
Amber Renee is off -line
Summary of permits: February, 2014
Some wildcats to watch, north of Minot
A thousand more Slawson wells?
Hunt is getting busy in the Bakken
Crescent Point is getting active in the Bakken

Tyler Formation
SM Energy interested in the Tyler
Random note on the Tyler

Fracking
The "halo effect" of fracking

Sand
Cold winter weather in Wisconsin results in fracking sand shortage

Natural Gas
Whiting to expand the Robinson Lake natural gas processing plant

Musings
How much is the Bakken capable of producing?
Predicting productivity in the Bakken
Decline rates and the Bakken
Putting the Bakken in perspective; around the globe, $10 million/well is a bargain
The challenges of estimating EURs
Amazing facts from the miracle state of North Dakota -- Carpe Diem
Saturday morning musings on the Bakken

Reminders
Mineral rights handbook by Bakken landman
Re-entry wells 

Non-Bakken
History is made this past week: first BBR unit train all the way to the Gulf Coast