KOG To Drill Madison Wells In Stockyard Creek and Epping Oil Fields; East/Northeast Of Williston

Cases from the June, 2014, NDIC hearings: 

• 22475, KOG, Epping-Madison, an order to establish a zone of stand-up 320-acre units, sections 21,22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 / 155-99; Williams
• 22476, KOG, Stockyard Creek-Madison, an order to establish a zone of stand-up 320-acre units, section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 / 154-99; Williams

Just as I was posting this information, a reader sent in these questions:

I find KOG's request to permit Madison wells in the Epping and Stockyard Creek fields to be interesting. I know there are a bunch of old Madison wells running east to west in that area. It's my understanding that Madison wells now utilize horizontal drilling. Do they need to frac Madison wells, like the Bakken and/or Three Forks wells? How much does it cost to drill a typical Madison well?

I don't know the answers but I'm hoping someone will take the time to tell us or offer an opinion. Postings can be done anonymously. 

Newbies may be interested in scrolling through some of the big Madison wells at my "Monster Well" page. When you get to the link scroll down to the Madison; note some million-bbl wells.

A quick look at these two fields reveal a handful of old Madison wells, some still active, but none were over 400,000 bbls total; most were under 100,000 bbls total, I believe (don't quote me on that; I went through them pretty quickly).

Although it's impossible for me to keep all pages up to date, I do have a link to the Madison on the sidebar at the right.

Please note that the older the original post, the more likely it is to be wrong. I was (and am) learning as I go along. I made a lot of errors in the beginning (and probably still do) but I don't, as a rule, delete earlier posts without really, really good reasons. I correct errors in "original posts" with updates at the same page.