Eight (8) New Permits; Eight (8) Producing Wells Completed: BR With Three High-IP Bakken Wells; XTO With Three Nice Wells; Statoil, HRC, CLR Each Report A High-IP Well; Three More DUCs -- October 26, 2015

Although eight producing wells reported as completed (see below) is less than three / day (the weekend and Monday), it is still more than I have seen in several weeks. Putting that data point against the narrative in the Wall Street Journal article linked earlier today is quite interesting. 

Active rigs:

	10/26/2015	10/26/2014	10/26/2013	10/26/2012	10/26/2011
Active Rigs	68	194	182	186	199

Wells coming off confidential list Tuesday:

• 27001, 1,428, HRC, Nelson 157-100-25A-26-3H, Marmon; it appears gas averaged about 2,000 units along the lateral; spiked to near 3,000 units; in-zone percentage and footage are 77.7% and 7,780 feet; the target was a 10-foot window between 13' and 23' below the top of the middle Bakken; 34 stages, 4.1 million lbs, t4/15; cum 64K 8/15;
• 29839, 1,033, CLR, Maynor 1-35H, Crazy Man Creek, a 3-well Ecopad; an 11-foot target zone situated between 16' and 27' beneath the base of the upper Bakken shale; alternately, a 14-foot target zone between 15' and 29' feet beneath the upper Bakken shale; ; total gas was static, ranged around 800 units but 2,000 units at the toe; remained in the target zone for 6,009 feet, 64%; 30 stages, 3.5 million lbs, t5/15; cum 61K 8/15;
• 30041, SI/NC, XTO, Deep Creek Federal 43X-5G, Lost Bridge, no production data,
• 30233, SI/NC, BR, Old Hickory 43-32TFH, Sand Creek, no production data,
• 30664, SI/NC, XTO, Smouse 31X-28D, West Capa, no production data,

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (4), Petro-Hunt (3), Hess
• Fields: Banks (McKenzie), Little Knife (Dunn), Capa (Williams)
• Comments: Capa oil field is very, very active lately; the permits for the 4 CLR wells are for the same pad but they have three different names: Chicago, Charlotte, and Akron;

Eight (8) producing wells completed:

• 28284, 1,421, XTO, Carus 24X-36D, Lost Bridge, t6/15; cum 14K 8/15;
• 28285, 1,146, XTO, Carus 24X-36H, Lost Bridge, t7/15; cum 19K 8/15;
• 28286, 1,829, XTO, Carus 24X-36C, Lost Bridge, t7/15; cum 28K 7/15;
• 29231, 1,816, Statoil, Heen 26-35 4TFH, Todd, t9/15; cum --
• 29738, 191, SM energy, Karlberg 14-12HN, Garnet, t10/15; cum --
• 30091, 2,445, BR, CCU Dakotan 7-8-17TFH, Corral Creek, t9/15 cum --
• 30778, 1,844, BR, CCU Red River 8-2-15MBH, Corral Creek, t9/15; cum --
• 30780, 2,525, BR, CCU Gopher 2-2-15MBH, Corral Creek, t9/15; cum --

Evertson Operating abandons a fairly recent well, but it was essentially "dry," producing less than 700 bbls since test date, 5/10:

• 17488, 42, Evertson Operating, Viall 30-1, Ray oil field, a Red River well, Williams County, t5/10; cum 697 bbls

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29839, see above, CLR, Maynor 1-35H, Crazy Man Creek:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2015	12330	12754
7-2015	17322	19455
6-2015	20301	22506
5-2015	8693	10150
4-2015	1895	0

27001, see above, HRC, Nelson 157-100-25A-26-3H, Marmon:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2015	11851	6669
7-2015	10471	7327
6-2015	18656	14968
5-2015	19498	14324
4-2015	3694	0