North
Dakota’s tax revenues fell short of projections by nearly $49 million
in October, marking the third consecutive month of lower-than-expected
collections and prompting the state budget office to discuss updating
the forecast given to lawmakers in March.
Overall
tax revenues are $112 million, or 7.5 percent, less than projected for
the first four months of the 2015-17 biennium that began July 1.
Depressed crude oil prices and
farm commodity prices continue to put a major dent in sales tax
collections, which came in about $38 million, or 31 percent, below
forecast in October, after being down $23 million in September and $44
million in August.
There are roughly 650 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) plying the seas with a total carrying capacity of around 1.3 billion barrels of crude oil. If roughly half are filled with crude, while the other half are in ballast on the return journey, that would imply another 650 million barrels of crude in transit.
Hundreds of millions more barrels of crude are in transit in smaller Suezmax and Aframax vessels plus millions of barrels of refined fuels in transit by tanker.
November 15, 2018: the Woodrow Star "A" (#1987) must be someone's pet project. After being off-line most of 2018 and looking like we were coming to the end, all of sudden, production perked up:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
SANISH
9-2018
30
458
452
338
886
0
481
SANISH
8-2018
31
408
232
315
863
0
475
SANISH
7-2018
31
413
450
395
696
0
296
SANISH
6-2018
27
446
216
272
351
0
0
SANISH
5-2018
9
62
0
125
33
0
0
SANISH
4-2018
18
88
0
170
141
0
0
SANISH
3-2018
6
252
0
105
48
0
0
SANISH
2-2018
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
1-2018
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
12-2017
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
11-2017
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
10-2017
23
41
458
30
186
0
82
SANISH
9-2017
30
665
449
100
812
0
580
July 10, 2018: "they've" managed to squeeze another two years out of this well! Cumulative is now 1,103,122 bbls; producing only a few days each month; producing less than a 100 bbls/month. Sixty years old.
March 11, 2016: a reader sent me some photographs of Woodrow Star "A" 1 this past week. I've also updated the production profile:
November 22, 2015: a reader provided a most interesting backstory to the Woodrow Star "A" well -- the original note is in the comment section below, but I brought it up here so that it can be searched by Google, for example:
Here is some more history on the Woodrow Starr wells. The original
well at this location was drilled in 1953 by Pan American. It was
targeted to test the Devonian and Silurian formations but these proved
to be dry.
Pan American did find good oil shows in an unnamed zone at
the top of the Devonian. They cased the well and it flowed oil from
this section which they called the "Sanish Sand".
Later this zone
became known as the Bakken.
Between 1953 and 1958 the Woodrow Starr #1
produced 279,254 barrels of oil (and just 98 bbls of water). Then
casing collapsed in the well so Pan American drilled a replacement well
just 300 feet to the north. These two wells have a combined production
of 1.3 million barrels of oil and all from 20 to 30 feet vertical
section.
They perforated both what we now know as the Middle Bakken and
top bench of the Three Forks. There is obviously natural fractures in
this area with the northwest/southeast trending Antelope Fault line
just east of these two wells. Also, note that the recently permitted
EOG 32 well spacing unit is just a short distance to the west of the
Starr wells.
The spelling of the "last name" of the well is of interest. The first well was #341, Woodrow Starr 1 (with two "r's"). Except on a couple of documents in the file report, Star/Starr is generally spelled Star (with one "r"). A Google search of the internet suggests the correct spelling is with one "r."
The second well, 300 to the north was #1987, Woodrow Star "A" 1.
November 22, 2015: on November 3, 2015, I posted several graphics with the 30+ EOG permits/wells in the area. In those graphics, I did not post where these EOG permits/wells were in relationship to the "original" Woodrow Star(r) wells. This graphic shows their relationship:
The west-east separation of 2.4 miles is shown in the graphic.
Original Post
This million-barrel well recently celebrated its 57th birthday:
1987, 150, CLR/Pan American/Prima, Woodrow Star "A" 1, Antelope field; Sanish; t10/58; cum 1.099568 million bbls5/17;
It is a vertical well in Antelope oil field.
It was spud in August, 1958, before many of my readers were born. It was tested in October, 1958, and produced 1,400 bbls in the first six days of production. It produced close to 6,000 bbls / month in the early months, but then declined to 2,000 to 3,000 bbls monthly through the early 1970s. It had some rough periods in the late 1970's and then again from 1994 - 2014. But this year, it's back up to about 1,000 bbls per month, as much as three times as much oil compared to many years between 1994 and 2014.
It had record production in July 1964, producing 7,500 bbls of oil that month. Early on it produced no water and no gas, but is now producing a very small amount of water - very small amount, and a bit of gas.
In 1995, the operator "elected to designate this well as a stripper well."
I assume Harold Hamm sent a birthday card to Mr Woodrow Star "A" wishing the well another 57 great years of production. Production for the past year:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
SANISH
9-2015
30
1034
1361
2
1249
0
1009
SANISH
8-2015
31
933
432
2
1418
0
1201
SANISH
7-2015
31
954
1118
18
1031
230
576
SANISH
6-2015
29
832
1109
7
930
697
21
SANISH
5-2015
31
1113
1112
23
1109
861
0
SANISH
4-2015
30
896
912
13
806
608
0
SANISH
3-2015
31
1069
887
30
906
673
0
SANISH
2-2015
25
788
713
73
656
468
0
SANISH
1-2015
31
1181
1166
17
1029
781
0
SANISH
12-2014
31
814
919
22
698
457
0
SANISH
11-2014
30
762
677
17
765
525
0
SANISH
10-2014
31
687
871
223
880
632
0
SANISH
9-2014
30
681
696
33
772
533
0
Production in calendar year, 2009:
SANISH
12-2009
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
11-2009
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
10-2009
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
9-2009
4
44
0
0
3
3
0
SANISH
8-2009
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
7-2009
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
6-2009
1
22
0
0
6
6
0
SANISH
5-2009
1
3
168
10
2
2
0
SANISH
4-2009
3
10
0
224
5
5
0
SANISH
3-2009
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
SANISH
2-2009
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
SANISH
1-2009
1
2
0
17
0
0
0
Production in its first year, 1958 - 1959:
SANISH
10-1959
12
2334
0
10
0
0
0
SANISH
9-1959
26
3540
0
12
0
0
0
SANISH
8-1959
17
2488
0
10
0
0
0
SANISH
7-1959
16
2431
0
12
0
0
0
SANISH
6-1959
28
3823
0
7
0
0
0
SANISH
5-1959
17
3280
0
6
0
0
0
SANISH
4-1959
27
3863
0
6
0
0
0
SANISH
3-1959
28
4664
0
6
0
0
0
SANISH
2-1959
24
3651
0
5
0
0
0
SANISH
1-1959
28
5555
0
6
0
0
0
SANISH
12-1958
28
5523
0
4
0
0
0
SANISH
11-1958
22
5118
0
4
0
0
0
SANISH
10-1958
6
1382
0
0
0
0
0
In November, 1958, the #1 song in America: "It's Only Make Believe," Conway Twitty. From wiki:
"It's Only Make Believe" is a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, and produced by MGM Records' Jim Vienneau, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958.
The single topped both U.S. and the UK Singles Chart, and was Twitty's only number-one single on the pop charts of either country.
On a segment of Pop Goes The Country, Twitty states the single was a hit in 22 different countries and sold over 8 million copies.
It is believed that Twitty wrote his part of the song while sitting on a fire escape outside his hotel room, to escape the summer heat, in Hamilton, Ontario. Twitty had come to Canada at the request of another American singer, Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins, due to Hawkins saying to Twitty that Canada was the 'promised land' for music.
It's Only Make Believe, Conway Twitty
So incredibly perfect on so many levels to accompany this post.
What I learned from comments at YouTube regarding this song and Mr Conway Twitty:
this song has a full two octave range which is what opera singers need...and Conway nailed every note
yet another talent from the poor shacks of the Arkansas Delta...picking
cotton and singing is all they had to do...J.R. Cash, Levon, Helm, Glen
Campbell, Al Green, Charlie Rich, and on and on
tell me this ain't Elvis
1958: when the chrome was thick and the women were straight
the best hair of all time
Conway went on to found Twitter
little known facts: Charted #17 in Zimbabwe, #8 in Gondwana, and even
more impressively, on the dark side of the moon it remains in the top
100 to this day
Conway died at the age of 59 -- about the same age as the Woodrow Star well is now -- which is still going strong
EOG advised the state that it was going to plug and abandon four Parshall oil field wells. The explanation:
Parshall 157-2127H, EOG is no longer planning to drill this Three Forks well due to recent test results on TF wells in the Parshall field;
Fertile 66-0410H, dropped from EOG drilling plans to accommodate larger inner-well spacing;
29822, dry, Fertile 75-0905H, dropped from EOG drilling plans to accommodate larger inner-well spacing;
31085, dry, Fertile 78-0905H, dropped from EOG drilling plans to accommodate larger inner-well spacing;
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Monster Wells
These three wells were added to the list of "monster wells" in the Williston Basin. Note that these three wells have gone over the half-million bbl threshold in less than two years:
25646, 607, EOG, Wayzetta 30-3230H, 57 stages, 17.1 million lbs, t11/13; cum 557K 9/15;
25647, 110,EOG, Wayzetta 31-3230H, 54 stages, 16.3 million lbs, t10/13; cum 526K 9/15;
26028, 1,142, EOG, Wayzetta 41-2117H, 47 stages, 18.7 million lbs , t12/13; cum 584K 9/15;
Note the amount of proppant used by EOG in these wells. For newbies, when the Bakken boom began, 1 million lbs of proppant was the "norm." BEXP (not Statoil) raised the bar early on by using 4 million lbs of proppant. When operator started using upwards of 10 million lbs about a year ago or so, it seemed more than incredible, now EOG is using nearly 20 million lbs in a single well. And it doesn't even get a headline in the local newspapers. Ho-hum.
27520,6,002, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4TFH, TF1, Twin Valley, up to 9,900 gas units; 97 stages; 4.2 million lbs sand/ceramic; t10/14; cum 418K 9/15;
This well had some routine pad work done in July, 2015. The well was not re-worked; only taken off-line for awhile. Note production profile:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
BAKKEN
9-2015
11
12391
13521
2691
30454
30375
0
BAKKEN
8-2015
5
7877
6370
1733
13217
13134
33
BAKKEN
7-2015
0
0
184
0
0
0
0
BAKKEN
6-2015
28
21677
21968
1440
57929
57690
190
BAKKEN
5-2015
27
28754
29152
3567
130024
129332
640
BAKKEN
4-2015
30
36976
37084
4012
146518
145911
547
BAKKEN
3-2015
31
46708
46286
4808
181103
180141
900
BAKKEN
2-2015
28
46881
47420
4187
146103
143797
2250
BAKKEN
1-2015
31
52430
52198
4093
141901
128516
13323
BAKKEN
12-2014
31
52103
51904
3664
123971
115165
8744
BAKKEN
11-2014
30
50823
51268
4155
112069
42428
69581
BAKKEN
10-2014
31
61727
60615
12213
117291
11381
105860
BAKKEN
9-2014
27
0
0
0
44
0
0
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Two Big Wells Back On-Line
This well was taken off-line earlier this year, and is now back on line. A survey report is dated September, 2015, but I do not the reason this well was taken off-line last spring.
26990, 3,102, Enerplus, Hognose 152-94-18B-19H-TF, Sanish, specifically Three Forks 2nd bench, three laterals; 60 days (533 hours) drilling, 41 stages; 9.7 million lbs sand; t4/14; cum 387K 9/15;
Note production profile:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
SANISH
9-2015
30
14419
14248
6866
28026
26117
0
SANISH
8-2015
30
17182
17155
8205
32645
27413
2980
SANISH
7-2015
31
19321
19654
14431
36709
29231
4945
SANISH
6-2015
1
591
278
340
1123
457
591
SANISH
5-2015
1
0
77
0
221
129
0
SANISH
4-2015
22
16422
16536
3490
33472
31440
0
SANISH
3-2015
22
20045
19782
3634
34286
31872
0
SANISH
2-2015
1
0
41
0
0
0
0
SANISH
1-2015
18
12501
12540
2086
18814
16611
0
SANISH
12-2014
11
5070
6132
1839
6844
1299
4642
SANISH
11-2014
30
22813
22932
4807
30798
3270
27528
SANISH
10-2014
31
30782
31256
6112
49251
0
49251
SANISH
9-2014
30
28476
27871
4633
45562
0
45562
SANISH
8-2014
31
33600
33524
5497
53760
0
53760
SANISH
7-2014
31
32785
33397
5371
19673
0
19673
SANISH
6-2014
27
29042
27347
4996
17425
0
17425
SANISH
5-2014
30
53840
54247
10845
32304
0
32304
SANISH
4-2014
22
50409
49664
28180
30245
0
30245
The sister well was also taken off-line about that time. A sundry report says that two temporary fresh water tanks were placed ont eh Snakes Pad location in April, 2015, time frame; also a request to place temporary NGL units on the pad was submitted earlier; it appears these wells were taken off-line for general pad-associated work:
26737, 3,374,
Enerplus, Ribbon 152-94-18B-19H,
Sanish, again, much of the paperwork
says "Bakken," and the target was clearly the middle Bakken (middle
Bakken "C") but the scout ticket says the Sanish pool; 42 days (316
hours) of
drilling; 42 stages; 10.0 million lbs sand; t4/14; cum 448K 9/15;
