Ten (10) New Permits; Hess, XTO WIth Nice Wells; Traveling Today -- January 5, 2014; Minimal Blogging

Wells coming off confidential list this past weekend/Monday have been posted.

Active rigs:

	1/5/2015	01/05/2014	01/05/2013	01/05/2012	01/05/2011
Active Rigs	170	184	179	195	163

Ten (10) new permits:

• Operators: SM Energy (3), EOG (3), Whiting, BR, Oasis, Samson Resources
• Fields: West Ambrose (Divide), Parshall (Mountrail), Twin Buttes (Dunn), Haystack Butte (McKenzie), Willow Creek (Williams), Ambrose (Divide)
• Comments:

Despite suspending drilling operations for the time being (or because of suspending drilling operations for the time being), American Eagle Energy renewed three permits in Divide County.

Nine (9) producing wells completed:

• 26757, 531, Hess, GN-Hoehn-158-98-1201H-1, Rainbow, t12/14; cum 2K 11/14;
• 27501, 1,674, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-10, Blue Buttes, t12/14; cum --
• 27502, 1,740, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-9, Blue Buttes, t12/14; cum --
• 27611, 530, Hess, EN-Abrahamson-155-93-3019H-7, Alger, t12/14 cum --
• 27680, 1,110, Hess, EN-Pederson-LW-154-94-0408H-1, Alkali Creek, 4 sections, t12/14; cum --
• 27743, 2,510, XTO, Brandvik Federal 44X-13D, Corral Creek, t11/14 (typo at NDIC); cum 25K 11/4;
• 27926, 844, XTO, Gilbertson 11X-26FXG, Charlson, t11/15; cum 2K 11/14;
• 27973, 663, Hess, EN-Trinity-154--3-2833H-8, Robinson Lake, t12/14; cum 7K 11/14;
• 27974, 900, Hess, EN-Trinity-154-93-2833H-9, Robinson Lake, t12/14; cum --

It's fun to see all those Hess wells. Remember this million-dollar-way subject line:

• Hess Is Getting Very, Very Active In The Bakken -- August 15, 2014

Kinda fun.

Coming off the confidential list Tuesday:

• 23803, 1,301, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-1B-7-3H, Charlson, t11/14; cum 5K 11/14;
• 26850, 1,861, QEP, Otis 4-28-33BHR, Grail, t7/14; cum 146K 11/14;
• 27481, 955, Newfield, Gariety 150-99-36-25-5H, Siverston, t10/14; cum 31K 11/14;
• 27510, 1,201, Newfield, Syverson 150-99-36-25-3H,  Siverston, t9/14 cum 33K 11/14;
• 27657, conf, QEP, Johnson 3-9-4BH, Grail, no production data,
• 28236, dry, CLR, Nygaardsvold 1-32H, Noonan, surface casing problems; will re-drill;
• 28274, 2,485, BR, Lillibridge 11-27MBH NH, Johnson Corner, t10/14; cum 7K 11/14;
• 28321, drl, Abraxas, Stenehjem 27-34-2H, North Fork, no production data,
• 28518, 70, Legacy, Legacy Et Al Wunderlich 5-8 2H, Red Rock, a Spearfish well, t8/14; cum 5K 11/14;
• 28667, conf, QEP, Johnson 8-5-9-4LL, Grail, no production data,

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26850, see below, QEP, Otis 4-28-33BHR, Grail:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2014	26216	32315
10-2014	27483	31291
9-2014	26166	18870
8-2014	33616	23459
7-2014	31804	24096

 

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RBN Energy's top five (5) prognostications for 2015: link here.