Thursday, December 31, 2015

Five (5) New Permits -- December 31, 2015; Several Big Wells Reported; Seven (7) More DUCs

Active rigs:


12/31/201512/31/201412/31/201312/31/201212/31/2011
Active Rigs61170187183197

Five (5) new permits --
  • Operators: BR (3), Petro Harvester (2)
  • Fields: Corral Creek (Dunn), Flaxton (Burke)
    Comments: The BR permits were from yesterday, December 30, 2015; I didn't see them yesterday; either I missed them or they were posted later
MRO canceled one permit, for a Blue Butte USA well in McKenzie County.

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Wells coming off the confidential list over the long weekend --

Monday, January 4, 2016
29869, 2,064, Whiting, P Wood 154-98-13-22-16-4H, Truax, t7/15; cum 103K 11/15;
30739, 1,243, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-11H, Sand Creek, t10/15; cum 37K 11/15;
31166, SI/NC, Abraxas, Stenehjem 14H, North Fork, no production data,

Sunday, January 3, 2016
29222, 1,182, Whiting, P Jackman 156-100-2-18-19-15H, East Fork, t7/15; cum 74K 11/15;
29671, 754, CLR, Thronson Federal 6-21H2, Alkali Creek, t8/15; cum 78K 11/15;
30268, 954, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-17D-8-12H, Eagle Nest, t7/15; cum 73K 11/15;
30740, 1,019, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-4H, Sand Creek, t10/15; cum 39K 11/15;
30864, SI/NC, Enerplus, Screech 147-94-13B-24H, McGregory Buttes, no production data,
31305, 408, SM Energy, Burtman 14-23HN, Burg, t11/15; cum 9K 11/15;
31322, SI/NC, EOG, Wayzetta 400-3019H, Parshall, no production data,
31391, SI/NC, XTO, Sara 41X-13HXE, Grinnell, no production data,
 
Saturday, January 2, 2016
29221, 407, Whiting, P Jackman 156-100-2-18-19-15H3A, East Fork, t7/15; cum 32K 11/15;
30612, SI/NC, Sinclair, URan 5-15H, Sanish, no production data,
30741, 1,085, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-12H, Sand Creek, t10/15; cum 31K 11/15;
31167, SI/NC, Abraxas, Stenehjem 15H, North Fork, no production data,

Friday January 1, 2016

24117, 2,078, Whiting, Skunk Creek 4-18-17-8H, Heart Butte, t11/15; cum 25K 11/15;
30269, 1,716, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-17D-8-13H, Eagle Nest, 4 sections, t7/15; cum 112K 11/15;
30742, 1,736, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-5H, Sand Creek, t10/15; cum 34K 11/15;
30865, SI/NC, Enerplus, Snowy 147-94-13A-24H TF, McGregory Buttes, no production data,
31306, 388, SM Energy, Burtman 14-23HS, Burg,t11/15; cum 7K 11/15;

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31306, see above, SM Energy, Burtman 14-23HS, Burg:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
10-20154070

 30742, see above, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-5H, Sand Creek:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151815634372
10-20151486722720

30269, see above, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-17D-8-13H, Eagle Nest:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-2015113929414
10-20151691615821
9-20152350118514
8-20152507421165
7-20153434131591

24117, see above, Whiting, Skunk Creek 4-18-17-8H, Heart Butte:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-2015241450

30741, see above, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-12H, Sand Creek:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151570628307
10-20151477925470

29221, see above, Whiting, P Jackman 156-100-2-18-19-15H3A, East Fork:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151068348
10-2015595412143
9-2015100645455
8-2015114207127
7-201532151758

30740, see above, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-4H, Sand Creek:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151999037584
10-20151809426364

30268, see above, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-17D-8-12H, Eagle Nest:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-201583137063
10-2015132747057
9-2015115276260
8-20151869917186
7-20152079418149

29671, see above, CLR, Thronson Federal 6-21H2, Alkali Creek:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20152203412166
10-20151943028740
9-20151943126534
8-20151550921887
7-20151456666

29222, see above, Whiting, P Jackman 156-100-2-18-19-15H, East Fork:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20152447973
10-20152817614309
9-2015145818717
8-2015116897042
7-2015164239581

29869, see above, Whiting, P Wood 154-98-13-22-16-4H, Truax:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151268926266
10-20151588826422
9-20152273619746
8-20153024319256
7-2015211421899

 30739, see above, Newfield, Skaar Federal 153-96-28-21-11H, Sand Creek:

DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20151705330614
10-20151941627615

Paradigm Shift In Oil & Gas Industry -- The Shale Revolution -- December 31, 2015

Bloomberg is reporting:
Cheniere Energy Inc. began production at what will become the first terminal to export natural gas from America’s shale formations.

The company is receiving about 50 million cubic feet of the fuel a day, chilling it into liquefied natural gas at the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, and storing it in tanks before the first export.

Cheniere has previously said the inaugural cargo will leave the complex in January by tanker and that U.K.-based BG Group Plc is contracted to take the first shipment. Sabine Pass is “on schedule,” Ennis said. “You can’t dock a ship to offtake the LNG, until you have a full ship load of LNG in the tanks, which is planned to happen in January.”

The start at Sabine Pass paves the way for other planned liquefied natural gas terminals that are projected to turn the U.S. into one of the world’s largest suppliers. The country may be capable of exporting 7.76 billion cubic feet of gas a day by 2019.
While the U.S. has been sending gas abroad from Alaska for years, Cheniere’s cargo would mark the first to leave from the lower-48 states, a testament to surging shale supplies that have sent domestic stockpiles to record levels.

Cheniere’s export terminal underscores how dramatically the shale boom has reshaped the natural gas market. Before drillers started pulling the fuel out of tight-rock formations using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, Cheniere was building import terminals in anticipation of a domestic shortage.
Following the onslaught of shale gas, Cheniere started retrofitting terminals for exports.

The U.S. cargoes will mark “a paradigm shift for the industry,” Hadi Hallouche, head of liquefied natural gas trading at Trafigura Beheer BV, said by phone from Geneva.

The supply of natural gas scheduled to arrive at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal from two pipelines for liquefaction has surged to 128,987 dekatherms as of Wednesday from just 6,720 a month ago
Much more at the link.

And there is more to come. This was posted back on October 4, 2015:
Which leads us to this article as reported in USA Today:
Now may not be the best time to unveil plans to export liquefied natural gas from the U.S. But don't tell Charles "Buddy" Roemer.
The former governor of Louisiana will formally announce Monday one of the largest LNG-export proposals in the U.S., at a time when faltering demand for gas in Asia, as well as low prices, threaten the viability of ventures much further along the way than his.
"There may be 40 ahead of us in the world already producing, but there are 30 behind us, and something is happening," said Roemer, chairman of a Baton Rouge-based G2 LNG. "This will be a powerful industry."
The company is assembling a project worth nearly $11 billion, which would make it one of the biggest energy undertakings ever in Louisiana. Over 30 years, G2 LNG would export 672 billion cubic feet of LNG annually to China, Europe, the Caribbean and India.
Note: in the October 4, 2015, the post suggested 672 billion cubic feet/year could be exported. In the article posted above today, the number has risen to almost 3,000 billion cubic feet / year by 2019 -- that's only three years from now, and by then we will have a new president.

Conversion:
  • 1 billion cubic meters NG = 6.29 million barrels of oil equivalent
  • 1,000 billion cubic feet/year = 6,290 million boe = 17 million boe/day 
  • did I make a simple arithmetic error?

Flashback: Wells Permitted Back In July, 2008

Where are they now? These wells were permitted in July, 2008.

Date
Permit
IP
Operator
Name
County
Field
Pool
Test Date
CUM
Date
Comments
1 Jul 08
17432
156
CLR
Curtis 1-4H
McKenzie
North Fork/Wildcat
Bakken
3/09
154
11/15

1 Jul 08
17433
658
CLR
Ole 1-29H
McKenzie
North Fork/Wildcat
Bakken
5/10
188
11/15

1 Jul 08
17434
880
QEP/Questar
MHA 1-18H-150-90
McLean
Deep Water Creek/Wildcat
Bakken
1/09
172
10/15

1 Jul 08
17435

St Mary
Powell 16-24H
Burke
Wildcat
Bakken


4/1
PNC
1 Jul 08
17436

St Mary
Moody 4-18H
Burke
Wildcat
Bakken


4/09
PNC
2 Jul 08
17437
583
OXY USA/Anschutz
Scott 34-7H
Dunn
Murphy Creek
Bakken
8/09
159
11/15

2 Jul 08
17438
500
Murex
Chad Alan 25-36H
Mountrail
Stanley
Bakken
2/09
311
10/15

2 Jul 08
17439
376
XTO/Encore
McCoy 44-36H
McKenzie
Siverston/Wildcat
Bakken
11/08
152
10/15

2 Jul 08
17440
55
Rim Operating/Prima
Mesa 24-2H
Burke
Lakeside
Midale/Nesson
9/08
19
11/15

3 Jul 08
17441

St Mary
Tande 16-23H
Burke
Wildcat



4/1
PNC
3 Jul 08
17442
27
Samson Resources
Rindel 17-162-95H
Divide
Baukol Noonan
Bakken
5/09
21
11/15

3 Jul 08
17443
1663
Whiting
Fladeland 12-18H
Mountrail
Sanish
Bakken
2/09
438
11/15

3 Jul 08
17444
1175
Hunt
Erickson 1-7H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
10/08
286
10/15

7 Jul 08
17445
1155
Statoil/BEXP
Afseth 34-1H
Mountrail
Kittleson Slough/Wildcat
Bakken
4/11
181
10/15

7 Jul 08
17446
49
Zavanna
Leonard 1-23H
Williams
Stockyard Creek
Bakken
12/08
141
11/15

9 Jul 08
17447
308
Oasis
Laumb 11-22H
Burke
Gros Ventre/Wilcat
Bakken
1/09
85
11/15

10 Jul 08
17448
1084
OXY USA/Anschutz
Wittinger 31-5H
Dunn
Murphy Creek
Bakken
11/09
208
11/15

10 Jul 08
17449
128
MRO
Charchenko 14-21H
Dunn
Murphy Creek
Bakken
2/09
93
10/15

10 Jul 08
17450
230
Hess
AV-Wrigley-163-94-0607H
Burke
Forthun/Wildcat
Bakken
11/08
164
11/15

11 Jul 08
17451
275
CLR
Thorvald 1-6H
Dunn
Rattlesnake Point/Wildcat
Bakken
4/09
133
11/15

11 Jul 08
17452
576
CLR
Glasoe 1-18H
Divide
Dolphin
Bakken
11/08
184
11/15

14 Jul 08
17453
225
Zavanna
Puma 1-26H
Williams
Stony Creek/Wildcat
Bakken
2/09
108
11/15

14 Jul 08
17454
676
MRO
Stroh 14-11H
Dunn
Killdeer
Bakken
12/08
310
10/15
Still producing 5K/month
14 Jul 08
17455
368
Hess
RS-Stray-156-91-0405H-1
Mountrail
Ross
Bakken
11/08
140
11/15

15 Jul 08
17456
114
XTO/Encore
Cherry Creek State 44-36H
McKenzie
Siverston/Wildcat
Bakken
2/09
158
10/15

15 Jul 08
17457

Summit
Elkhorn Ranch Federal 3-24H
Billings
Elkhorn Ranch
Birdbear


7/1
EXP
15 Jul 08
17458

St Mary
Powell 4-30H
Burke
Wildcat
Bakken


5/1
EXP
16 Jul 08
17459
403
Slawson
Bandit 1-29H
Mountrail
Van Hook/Wildcat
Bakken
5/1
132
11/15

16 Jul 08
17460
107
CLR
Lowe 44-9SH
Bowman
Cedar Hills
N Red River B
10/08
144
11/15

16 Jul 08
17461
75
Summit
Bicentennial Federal 10-34H
McKenzie
Bicentennial
Bakken
12/10
26
11/15

16 Jul 08
17462
149
CLR
MPHU 24-19H
Bowman
Medicine Pole Hills
Red River
8/10
38
11/15

17 Jul 08
17463
825
EOG
Van Hook 3-25H
Mountrail
Van Hook/Wildcat
Bakken
7/09
361
11/15

17 Jul 08
17464

Encore
Helwig 11-10H
Mountrail
Wildcat
Bakken


8/1
PNC
17 Jul 08
17465

Encore
Rolfsness 41-19H
Bowman
Wildcat
Red River


2/10
PNC
18 Jul 08
17466
0
XTO/Encore
Shipton 44-21H
Ward
Wildcat
Bakken
2/12

2/12

18 Jul 08
17467
0
Eagle 
E-M Flying H 5-9
Renville
Newporte
Cambro/Ordovician
8/08

8/1

18 Jul 08
17568
878
MRO
Hendricks 34-20H
Dunn
Murphy Creek
Bakken
7/11
140
10/15

18 Jul 08
17469
736
EOG
Shell 1-08H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
9/09
268
11/15

18 Jul 08
17470
1334
EOG
Austin 17-20H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
6/09
658
11/15

21 Jul 08
17471
793
CLR
Merton 1-3H
McKenzie
North Fork/Wildcat
Bakken
4/09
215
11/15

21 Jul 08
17472
593
Oasis/Zenergy
Mildred Nelson 4-25H
McKenzie
Elidah/Wildcat
Bakken
6/09
98
9/15

21 Jul 08
17473
299
CLR
Fagerland 1-1H
Divide
Upland/Wildcat
Bakken
2/11
123
11/15

21 Jul 08
17474

Slawson
Sorcerer 1-14H
Mountrail
Kittleson Slough/Wildcat
Bakken


5/11
PNC
21 Jul 08
17475
732
EOG
Austin 11-10H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
7/09
423
11/15

21 Jul 08
17476
80
Oasis
Olson 11-20H
Burke
Leaf Mountain/Wildcat
Bakken
2/09
59
11/15

22 Jul 08
17477
200
Oasis
Mell 44-21H
Mountrail
Alger
Bakken
12/08
90
11/15

22 Jul 08
17478
238
EOG
Wayzetta 20-17H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
9/09
425
11/15
Two IPs
22 Jul 08
17479
217
Slawson
Raven 1-13H
Mountrail
Kittleson Slough/Wildcat
Bakken
2/12
50
11/15

22 Jul 08
17480

Forest Oil
Conley 1-28H
McKenize
Dimmick Lake
Bakken


7/1
PNC
23 Jul 08
17481
802
Statoil/BEXP
Adix 25 1H
Mountrail
Alger
Bakken
10/08
199
10/15

23 Jul 08
17482
216
CLR
JDT 24-10NH
Bowman
Cedar Hills
N Red River B
11/08
387
11/15
Still producing 4K/month
24 Jul 08
17483
217
CLR/Summit
Boxcar Butte South Federal 1-26H
McKenzie
South Boxcar/Wildcat
Bakken
1/11
29
11/15

25 Jul 08
17484
246
Hess
RS-F Armour-156-92-1213H-1
Mountrail
Ross
Bakken
2/09
162
11/15

25 Jul 08
17485
749
EOG
Burke 19-28H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
7/09
254
11/15

25 Jul 08
17486
765
EOG
Burke 18-27H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
8/09
198
11/15

25 Jul 08
17487
977
EOG
Burke 16-22H
Mountrail
Stanley/Wildcat
Bakken
6/09
158
11/15

28 Jul 08
17488
42
Evertson 
Viall 30-1
Williams
Ray
Red River
5/10
0.7
7/11
PA
28 Jul 08
17489
1205
Murex
George Robert 24-13H
Mountrail
Stanley
Bakken
11/08
321
10/15

28 Jul 08
17490
822
EOG
Burke 7-03H
Mountrail
Ross/Wildcat
Bakken
7/09
130
11/15

28 Jul 08
17491
702
XTO
Sakakawea Federal 13X-35R
McKenzie
Charlson
Bakken
2/09
315
10/15

28 Jul 08
17492

Tracker
Dolezal 5-1H
Dunn
Wildcat
Bakken


10/1
PNC
28 Jul 08
17493
104
MRO
David Beck - USA 34-7H
Dunn
Bailey
Bakken
8/09
170
10/15

28 Jul 08
17494
365
Oasis
Van Berkom 44-26H
Mountrail
Sorkness/Wildcat
Bakken
4/09
131
11/15

28 Jul 08
17495

KOG
tall Bear 13-22-21H
Dunn
Wildcat
Bakken


7/09
EXP
28 Jul 08
17496

Oasis
Loki Johnson 11-35H
Mountrail
Alger
Bakken


7/09
EXP
28 Jul 08
17497
194
Hess
RS-Brady-157-91-2223H-1
Mountrail
Ross
Bakken
11/08
110
11/15

29 Jul 08
17498
498
MRO
Chimney Butte 34-11H/Bill Trotter 34-11H
Dunn
Bailey
Bakken
11/08
162
10/15

29 Jul 08
17499
486
MRO
Norton 24-12H
Dunn
Killdeer
Bakken
3/09
182
10/15

29 Jul 08
17500
2162
EOG
Austin 19-30H
Mountrail
Parshall
Bakken
11/08
849
11/15

29 Jul 08
17501
464
MRO
Connie Connolly 21-26H
Dunn
Bailey
Bakken
5/09
154
10/15

30 Jul 08
17502
637
MRO
Mark Sandstrom 14-32H
Mountrail
Reunion Bay/Wildcat
Bakken
12/08
406
10/15

30 Jul 08
17503
5
Petro Harvester/Sagebrush
Lodoen 1
Bottineau
Kuroki
Madison
10/08
0.7
9/09

30 Jul 08
17504
825
Windsor
Holst 1-33H
Mountrail
Van Hook/Wildcat
Bakken
1/09
172
8/14
AB
31 Jul 08
17505
309
Slawson/Windsor
Wolf 1-4H
Mountrail
Van Hook/Wildcat
Bakken
7/09
161
11/15

31 Jul 08
17506
233
Murex
Kayden Cole 9-4H
Williams
West Tioga
Bakken
3/09
159
11/15

31 Jul 08
17507

Hess
ST-Hendrickson-150-89-2920H-1
McLean
Wildcat
Bakken


3/15
TA
31 Jul 08
17508
95
Legacy Reserves/Summit
Boxcar Butte South Federal 11-22H
McKenzie
South Boxcar/Wildcat
Bakken
12/08
19
7/15