Five Of Six Bakken Wells To Go To Drill Status Tuesday, April 20, 2015

Active rigs:

	4/20/2015	04/20/2014	04/20/2013	04/20/2012	04/20/2011
Active Rigs	93	188	185	210	175

Six (6) new oil and gas permits:

• Operators: Hess (3), Samson Resources (3) 
• Fields: Beaver Lodge (Williams), Ambrose (Divide)
• Comments:

In addition to these six new oil and gas permits, there were two permits for salt water disposal wells. Using the slowdown to get caught up with infrastructure?

Eight (8) producing wells completed:

• 28486, 1,241, Hess, HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H, Hawkeye, t3/15; cum --
• 28720, 617, Hess, EN-Neset-196-94-0706H-4, Big Butte, t3/15; cum --
• 28350, 2 (no typo/see below), Anschutz, Jacobson 1-29-134-104, Wildcat, 29-134-104, a Red River well, far southwest corner of state, 9 miles northeast of Marmarth, application to test Icebox Shale, Red River, Tyler, and Lodgepole, looks like plans to plug and abandon this well, t1/15; cum --
• 28180,  1,122, Hess, HA-Rolfsrud-152-96-1720H-4, Westberg, t3/15; cum --
• 28587, 906, Hess, LK-A Qtr CCir-147-96-1807H-4, Big Gulch, t3/15; cum --
• 28586, 914, Hess, LK-A Qtr Cir-147-96-1807H-5, Big Gulch, t3/15; cum --
• 28487, 1,434, Hess, HA-Dahl-LW-152-95-0706H-1, Hawkeye, 4 sections, t3/15; cum --
• 20769, 144, CLR, Pronghorn 41-23H, Cedar Hills, a Red River B well, t4/15; cum --

Wells coming off the confidential list Tuesday:

• 26042, drl, CLR, Patterson Federal 5-13H, Camp, no production data,
• 26620, drl, Petro-Hunt, Glovatsky 145-98-24D-13-2H, Little Knife, no production data,
• 29172, drl, MRO, Berlin 41-25H, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 29435, drl, Slawson, Vixen Federal 1 SLH, Big Bend, no production data,
• 29566, 362, CLR, Odegard 1-20H1, Bluffton, t3/15; cum --
• 29567, drl, SHD, Java 24-30H, Deep Water Creek Bay, no production, data,

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Formation Depths In Southwest North Dakota Based On 

Anschutz #28350, Jacobson 1-29-134-104, Wildcat

TD: 10,794 feet.

Dakota: 5,100

Pine: 6,438

Tyler: 7,341

Otter: 7,494

Lodgepole: 8,627

False Bakken: 9,015

Scallion: 9,179

Three Forks: 9,210

Nisku: 9,279 (I think this is also called Birdbear)

Duperow: 9,310

....

Red River: 10,159

Red River A; 10,170

Red River B: 10,202

Red River C: 10,259

Red River D: 10,338

Roughlock: 10,685

Icebox: 10,707 (which was their primary target (or at least the first target they put on the application)

Black Island: 10,815

Deadwood: 10,885

It is interesting to note that the Middle Bakken was not listed; the Middle Bakken probably does not extend this far southwest.