New Post-Boom Record Low: 53 Active Rigs -- January 13, 2016

Active rigs:

	1/13/2016	01/13/2015	01/13/2014	01/13/2013	01/13/2012
Active Rigs	53	156	193	182	199

From Tuesday's daily activity report. Note: when you go to the daily activity report index, and click on 1/12/16, you get a report dated January 12, 2015 -- I assume that's a typographical error. If so, there were --
Five (5) new permits --

• Operators: Whiting (2), SM Energy (2), Hess
• Fields: Bell (Stark), Ambrose (Divide), Hawkeye (McKenzie)
• Comments:

Three (3) producing wells completed:

• 27627, 599, Hess, EN-Farhart-156-93-0409H-2, Baskin, t12/15; cum --
• 30080, 888, Triangle, Arnegard 150-100-23-14-4H, Timber Creek, t1/16; cum --
• 30079, 251, Triangle, Arnegard 150-100-23-14-10TFH, Timber Creek, t1/16; cum --

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Temporarily Abandoned in the Charlson

This well was placed on the "temporarily abandoned" list, and the geologist's narrative at the file report says it is "awaiting re-entry" by the operator.

• 28018, TA, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-22D-15-4H, Charlson, SESE 22-153-95, API 33-053-05785, spud 8/14.

This well has not been fracked. While drilling the horizontal, an initial trip gas of 3,283 units was recorded which was accompanied by a 20-foot flare. On a later trip, a maximum trip gas of 3,029 units was noted, accompanied by a 25 - 30' flare. Again, on a third trip, 4,103 gas units were recorded with another 25 - 30' flare. A fourth trip yielded an even bigger flare, 30 - 35 feet, with a trip gas of 4,333 units. Not to be outdone, the roughnecks were not going to quit: at a measured depth of 16,595' -- another motor failure -- trip gas was measured at 6,858 units with a 35 - 40' flare. Total measured depth: 20,237 feet reached on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2014.

This is what that area currently looks like:

The index well, #28018, is on a five well pad. Only one well is active; three of the wells are "TA" and one well is a DUC (SI/NC).

• 28015, TA, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-23C-14-2HS,
• 28016, 912, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-22D-15-1HS, a middle Bakken well, 37 stages, perf and plug, 4.7 million lbs, t11/15; cum 31K 11/15; first full month of production  - 30,000 bbls
• 28017, TA, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-22D-15-5H,
• 28018, TA, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-22D-15-4H,
• 30183, SI/NC, Petro-Hunt, Sherven Trust 153-95-27A-7HS,

Petro-Hunt's monster well in the Charlson, is located 3.2 miles to the north-northeast:

• 16059, 729, Petro-Hunt, USA 2D-3-1H, Charlson field, t10/06; cum 1.53 million 10/15; still producing 5,000 bbls/month; a short lateral; no fracked; no acid, nothing, according to the sundry form, a Three Forks well; API 33-053-02682;