Fourteen (14) New Permits -- February 20, 2015; Active Rigs Hold Steady At 127

Five (5) permits canceled: four were Bakken Hunter permits, all in Divide County (Mountaineer, Flamingo, Teal, and Heron; one was a Denbury Onshore permit, a CHSU permit in Bowman County.

Four (4) producing wells completed:

• 26756, 239, Hess, GN-Flaten-158-98-324H-1, Rainbow, t2/15; cum --
• 27440, 284, Hess, GN-Champ-159-98-3229H-1, Big Stone, t2/15; cum --
• 27771, 586, Hess, BL-Iverson B-155-95-0708H, Beaver Lodge, t1/15; cum --
• 28300, 1,818, XTO, Omlid 41X-13D, Siverston, t2/15; cum --

Wells that came off the confidential list today have been posted; daily update here and at the sidebar at the right.

Active rigs:

	2/20/2015	02/20/2014	02/20/2013	02/20/2012	02/20/2011
Active Rigs	127	183	184	200	171

This well came off the confidential list today; it was a wildcat. Based on its location, I thought the Madison would have been the target; in fact, the target was the middle Bakken, and fairly shallow, which makes sense based on its location --

• 28571, drl, Roff Operating Company, Osterberg 2-16 H1, wildcat, far north, and east, about 6 miles northwest of Mohall, near Little Deep Creek oil field, a Madison formation area; if a good well, might extend Little Deep Creek east, , no production data; very, very interesting -- the geologist's report states that the target was the middle Bakken; that the wellbore entered the middle Bakken target at 6,350 feet (shallow); oil present; gas values ranged between 50 and 100; the dipping suggests that anticlinal oil trapping structures could exist and be exploited; awaiting fracture/completion; spud August 20; ceased drilling September 13; total drilling days, 26; short lateral (640 acres);

Fourteen (14) new permits--

• Operators: XTO (7), Slawson (5), Statoil (2),
• Fields: Heart Buttte (Dunn), Haystack Butte (Dunn), Big Bend (Mountrail),  East Fork (Williams), 
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Remember how I said that no matter how bad today is, it will all be offset by Trader Joe's opening in Southlake, TX, today.

I should not have said that.

My hard drive crashed this morning. The computer is currently at the Apple Store (Southlake, TX) and will be ready later today. Fortunately everything was backed up. No loss of data.

I will not be caught up until later today, maybe not until tomorrow, due to family obligations, also.

I'm in a great mood. The hard drive crash turned out not to be a big deal; just time consuming, but I learned a bit and that's the silver lining.

Update: great news! The hard drive is intact. It was the cable to the hard drive. Cable replaced; nothing lost. However, I will not be caught up until late tonight/early tomorrow morning.