Random Update On Several Oasis Wells On DRL Status In Alkali Creek -- September 11, 2014

Updates

February 8, 2015: I think I was wrong on these wells. I thought these were going to be very short laterals based on the NDIC map server -- see screen shot below -- but it appears these will be standard long laterals (about 9,300 feet horizontally); the graphic below was apparently taken when the wells were being drilled and not on confidential status; they are back on confidential status and the horizontals are not shown on the NDIC map server
 

Original Post

This is just a reminder to myself to check up on these Oasis wells sometime in the future.

The wells in question (it appears these were were initially on confidential; came off confidential after TD reached; and then placed on DRL status; and before fracking, back on CONF status:

• 28068, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 44-22 5B, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Bakken;
• 28069, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 44-22 6B, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Bakken;
• 28070, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 44-22 7B, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Bakken;

• 28061, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 43-22 16T3, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Three Forks B3,
• 28062, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 43-22 10T, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Three Forks B1,
• 28063, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 43-22 13T2, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; Three Forks B2,
• 28064, conf, Oasis, Helling Trust Federal 5494 43-22 4B, 1280-acre, sections 15/22-154-94; gas shows to 8,322 units in the far end of the lateral; no flare;

 

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Russia And China Keep On Truckin'

Over at "Big Stories" I track the growing Russian-China partnership. Today it was announced that Russia and China will build one of the world's largest seaports:

China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in northeast Asia on Russia's Sea of Japan coast, reports said, in a further sign of the powerhouses' growing alliance.

The seaport is expected to be able to handle some 60 million tonnes of cargo a year, China's state-run People's Daily Online reported late Wednesday -- comparable to Britain's busiest port Immingham or Le Havre in France, according to European Commission statistics.

The new facility will be located in far eastern Russia, just 18 kilometres (11 miles) away from the Chinese border. The region is also close to North Korea.

While our own president dithers on the economy, now focused on a new war, and still playing golf, Russia and China just keep on truckin'. [With regard to the reference to golfing, even The New Yorker Magazine led off with that observation in its September 15, 2014, issue. I can't make this stuff up.]