Deciphering Designations Of Twelve (12) New BR Permits; House Of Cards -- September 16, 2014

There may be errors on this page. Early on a lot of locations -- fields -- were inaccurate. They were updated from the NDIC website January 4, 2015. If something seems wrong, it probably is. Go to source if questions or to confirm / check data.

Note: with regard to the wells on this page, see also this link. 

Updates

May 22, 2020: production updated; production data here; 

January 28, 2019: production data updated; see below;

August 5, 2017: 18047, Teton 21-3H, recently taken off-line; also, #29428 also taken off-line recently; re-fracking one or the other?

August 12, 2015: with regard to the Kings Canyon wells, we have some new information -- from an update elsewhere --

#29434, 1,080, BR, Kings Canyon 3-1-27MTFH; 36 stages, 4 million lbs; t7/15; cum 118K 2/21; off line as of 8/19; back on line 2/20; is an important well from standpoint of understanding "legal" names of BR Kings Canyon wells in Camel Butte. In the original post below, written a long time ago, I suggested that the "M" in MTF stood for "middle Three Forks," a new term for me. In the old days, it was simply the upper Three Forks that was targeted whenever we saw "TF" in the legal name. Shortly thereafter, operators starting talking about the four benches in the Three Forks, and the "upper TF" became TF1, the first bench. Now, we see "middle Three Forks. In the application, this is identified as Three Forks B2 (second bench). From the well file, for #29434, "the Middle Three Forks Formation [in this location] is a 20-foot-thick zone (~ 52' below the base of the Lower Bakken Shale)." Later in the report, the target zone lithology was said to have been taken 13 - 30' below the base of the Lower Bakken Shale. Another interesting note: this is a 2560-acre stand-up drilling unit; this well is sited in the northernmost section 339 feet from the north line, and then runs south, as a long lateral. Formation tops:

• KOP: 10,400'
• Carrington State: 10,766'
• Scallion: 10,772'
• Upper Bakken Shale: 10,789'
• Middle Bakken: 10,819'
• Lower Bakken Shale: 10.885'
• Upper Three Forks: 10,936'

September 19, 2014: in today's daily activity report, seven more BR Teton / Kings Canyon wells to be drilled in Camel Butte:

a 4-well pad in the SWSE quadrant of section 10-150-96 (right next to the SESW pad in same section 10):

• 29461, 2,926, BR, RemingTeton 8-8-10MBH ULW, Blue Buttes, t7/15; cum 313K 2/21;
• 29462, 2,565, BR, Teton 8-8-10TFSH, Camel Butte, t7/5; cum 197K 2/21;
• 29463, 2,645, BR, Teton 7-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 293K 2/21; back on line 2/20;
• 29464, 2,525, BR, Teton 6-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 284K 2/21;

a 3-well pad in the NESE quadrant of section 34-151-96:

• 29465, 2,565, BR, Teton 7-1-3TFSH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 205K 2/21;
• 29466, 2,124, BR, Kings Canyon 8-7-8-34MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 258K 2/21;
• 29467, 1,566, BR, Kings Canyon 6-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, t8/15; cum 208K 2/21;

September 18, 2014: from a reader -- see first comment -- There is also a 4-well pad in section 10,  kitty corner, southwest to section 34. Despite the different names, they are all on the same pad, lot 1 section 4-150-96:

• 29048, 2,112, BR, Teton 2-1-MTFH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 162K 2/21; back on line 2/20;
  
• 29049, 1,560, BR, Tetonnorman 1-1-3UTFH, ULW, Johnson Corner, t6/15; cum 272K 2/21;
• 29050, 1,584, BR, Kings Canyon 2-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, 4 sections, KOP - Dec 16; TD - Dec 21, 2015; 17 - 48 feet below the base of the lower Bakken shale; t7/15; cum 237K 2/21; back on line 2/20;
• 29051, 2.064, BR, DeKing 1-8-34MBH-ULW, Camel Butte, t6/15; cum 341K 2/21;

Notice the combined names on permits #29049 and #29051 and the abbreviation ULW. These are overlapping spacing units and the ULW stands for Unit Line Well.

Original Post

 
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Refer to the graphic below.

In today's daily activity report, BR was issued twelve (12) permits in Camel Butte oil field. Four wells will be placed on each of three pads. I noted the designations (which may have been used earlier, but if so, I've missed them, or never paid any attention).

The three pads are designated by the "red rectangles" in the graphic above, in sections 10, 27, and 34. 

The following wells will be placed on each of the three pads, as noted:

SWSE 34-151-96

• 29423, 1,608, BR, Kings Canyon 4-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, 4 sections, pay target 24 feet thick; low background gas, moderately high trip gas; t7/15; cum 184K 2/21;
• 29424, 1,200, Kings Canyon 4-8-34MBH, Camel Butte, t8/15; cum 195K 2/21;
• 29425, 1,608, Kings Canyon 5-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 136K 2/21;
• 29426, 2,040, BR, Teton 5-1-3TFSH, Camel Butte, 4 sections, t7/15; cum 241K 2/21;

NESE 34-151-96

• 29465, 2,565, BR, Teton 7-1-3TFSH, Camel Butte, 4 sections, pay target 18 feet thick, t7/15; cum 205K 2/21;
• 29466, 2,124, Kings Canyon 7-8-34MBH, Camel Butte,  t7/15; cum 258K 2/21;
• 29467, 1,566, Kings Canyon 6-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, t8/15; cum 208K 2/21;
• 29517, 2,669, LaCanyon 8-8-34MBH ULW, Blue Buttes, t8/15; cum 404K 2/21;

SESW 10-150-96

• 29427, 2,766, Teton 2-8-10MBH, Johnson Corner, t7/15; cum 389K 2/21;
• 29428, 1,844, Teton 3-8-10MBH, Johnson Corner, t7/15; cum 272K 2/21;
• 29429, 2,124, Teton 5-8-10MBH, Johnson Corner, t7/15; cum 172K 2/21;
• 29430, 2,044, Teton 6-8-10TFSH, Johnson Corner, t7/15; cum 182K 2/21;

NWNE  27-151-96

• 8873, 83, Murex, George Tank 2, Madison/Devonian/Silurian, t8/88; t6/82; t6/82; cum 339K 2/21; cum 86K TA/88 (Devonian); dry (Silurian); Camel Butte, 
• 18018, 321, BR, Kings Canyon 21-27H, Camel Butte, t12/09; cum 312K 2/21;
  
• 29431, IA/1,848, Kings Canyon 6-1-27MBH, t7/15; cum 176K 2/21;
  
• 29432, 1,560, Kings Canyon 6-1-27MTFH, t8/15; cum 162K 2/21;
• 29433, 1,464, Kings Canyon 4-1-27MTFH, t7/15; cum 127K 12/20; off line;
• 29434, 1,080, Kings Canyon 3-1-27MTFH, t8/15; cum 118K 2/21; was off-line 10/16 - 4/17;

I am assuming the "M" does not stand for monitoring, but of course that's always a possibility.

The usual designation for a horizontal in the middle Bakken is: MBH (sometimes simply "H").

The usual designation for the Three Forks Sanish, also often referred to as the upper Three Forks, has been TFS. I suppose there might be horizontals in the TFS designated as TFSH.

I could be wrong, but I believe what we used to call the TFS, is now the upper Three Forks, and which is now generally referred to as the first bench, TF1.

The underlying benches are TF2, TF3, and TF4. To date, it is accepted that some areas in the Williston Basin are productive in TF2 and TF3, but to the best of my knowledge, TF4 is not yet recognized as a productive target.

But I haven't seen any operator use those designations (TF1, TF2, or TF3) in the names of their permits/wells.

This is, just as one example, how Oasis "sees" the formations in the Bakken Pool, which I believe is the same way that CLR "sees" the formations:

From the September, 2014, Oasis presentation.

So, back to the BR permits above.

We have UTFH, MBH, TFSH, and MTFH in the BR permits above.

Until I'm corrected, I am assuming:

• UTFH: upper Three Forks, but because there is also TFSH, this is most likely TF2;
• MTFH: the middle Three Forks, and for the same reason, this is most likely TF3;
• TFSH: the traditional (legacy) upper Three Forks, or TF1; and,
• MBH: middle Bakken, of course.

Section 27 has all "M" wells: middle Bakken and middle Three Forks (TF3).
Section 34, with the "question mark," has "UTFH" and "TFSH" designations.
Section 10, with "MB, TFS" has the traditional "MBH," as well as the "TFSH" designation.

I could be very wrong; maybe BR had earlier permits which could explain all this and I simply missed them.

KOG has its own system for designating the various formations but I haven't sorted them out, nor have I have sorted out designations used by other operators.

Trivia: #8873 is still flowing, no pump. The Devonian was first drilled in 1982; re-entered the Madison in 1988; total production approaching 400,000 bbls of oil. They also drilled the Silurian in 1982 but it was dry. (Note: factual errors and typographical errors are possible.)

• 8873, 44/83/dry; Madison/Devonian/Silurian; 1988; 1982; 1982; Murex, George Tank 2, t8/88; t6/82; cum 336K 8/20; cum 86K 7/88;

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House of Cards - Real

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And now more unraveling.

CNBC is reporting: "big" Minnesota insurer is leaving ObamaCare site.

The "Blue Ox" of Minnesota Obamacare is calling it quits.

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This will be the first of many across the nation. Slowly, but surely. 

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SPOILER ALERT.

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I've also lost interest in the series because as "incredible" (as in "unbelievable") as it was coming to be with each new episode, it could not keep up with what seems to be occurring in real life.