Twelve (12) New Permits -- North Dakota -- June 2, 2015

Trivia for the day: botanists are fascinated by Euphorbia, a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, due to the diversity or bizarreness of some of the floral structures, and by the range of growth forms and adaptations to such a wide range of habitats. North Dakotans love Euphorbia at Christmas (poinsettas) but otherwise hate it (leafy spurge). Leafy spurge is considered a noxious weed under North Dakota law; landowners are required to eradicate or control the spread of the plant.

I was looking for an excuse to post this song, which flashed across my mind last night, Euphorbia, devil or angel?

Devil or Angel, Bobby Vee
Oh, how can I resist? Bobby Vee is a North Dakota native, born in Fargo, ND, in 1943. From wiki:

Vee's career began amid tragedy. On "The Day the Music Died" (February 3, 1959), the three headline acts in the line-up of the traveling 'Winter Dance Party'—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper—were killed, along with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson, in the crash of a 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza near Clear Lake, Iowa, while en route to the next show on the tour itinerary in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Velline, then aged 15, and a hastily-assembled band of Fargo, North Dakota, schoolboys calling themselves the Shadows volunteered for and were given the unenviable job of filling in for Holly and his band at the Moorhead engagement.

Their performance there was a success, setting in motion a chain of events that led to Vee's career as a popular singer.

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Active rigs:

	6/2/2015	06/02/2014	06/02/2013	06/02/2012	06/02/2011
Active Rigs	81	188	187	215	173

Twelve (12) new permits --

• Operators: Oasis (9), EOG (2), Crescent Point
• Fields: Siverston (McKenzie), Camp (McKenzie), Parshall (Mountrail), West Ambrose (Divide)
• Comments: Oasis permits include permits for a 7-well pad in Siverston oil field -- see graphic below:

Wells coming off confidential list today:

• 22229, 1,051, Slawson, Phoenix 2-18H, Big Bend, t3/15; cum --
• 29272, 733, Hess, EN-Cvancara-155-93-1522H-9, Alger, t4/15; cum 13K 4/15;
• 29423, SI/NC, BR,  Kings Canyon 4-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, no production data,
• 29605, drl/NC, Hess, GO-Kupper-157-96-0508H-2, Ray, no production data,
• 29855, 375, Sedalia, Pratt Madison Unit 2H, Pratt oil field, a Madison well, t12/14; cum 15K 3/15

One (1) producing well completed:

• 28594, 1,676, Zavanna, Simmental 2-11 4TFH, Long Creek, t5/15; cum --

A recent Bakken boom well temporarily abandoned:

• 28417, TA, MRO, Haley USA 24-11H, Chimney Butte was producing -- see below:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
4-2015	16102	0

Five (5) wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 27459, 1,789, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-95-26B-35-4H, Eagle Nest, t1/15; cum 83K 4/14;
• 29424, SI/NC, BR, Kings Canyon 4-8-34MBH, Camel Butte, no production data,
• 29596, drl/NC, MRO, Palmer 31-25TFH, Reunion Bay, this is an interesting one, see below --
• 29789, drl/NC, Enerplus, Euphorbia 149-92-35B-05H, Heart Butte, no production data,
• 29966, drl/NC, XTO, Odegaard State 31X-16D, Midway, no production data,

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This is an interesting well:

• 29596, drl/NC, MRO, Palmer 31-25TFH, Reunion Bay

This well, when it came off the confidential list, was reported as SI/NC -- the "NC" means it was drilled to depth but not completed / not fracked. Vertical depth was reached in 51 drilling hours; the lateral drilled in 66 hours; the entire well was drilled in 139 hours (includes building the curve, numbers rounded). Total depth reached in 15 days.  Background gas averaged 600 units throughout the majority of the lateral, but the highest gas value recorded was a slide gas of 5,665 units at 11,90r feet measured depth. No evidence that this well has been fracked, but:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2015	17	10996	10209	3082	10023	1	8745

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