Two (2) New Permits; Triangle Reports A Nice Well; 3/4 Bakken Wells To DUC Status -- January 6, 2015

Miscellaneous:

• 18575, 1,007, Slawson, Hunter 1-8-17H, Big Bend, t6/11; cum 426K 11/15; this well went off-line 11/15; nothing in the file report and nothing in the area to suggest why; this is one of six wells on the Hunter pad; it is the original; the other five are all "new."
• 18576, 1,190, BR, Concord 24-10H, Little Knife, t2/11; cum 166K 11/15; only 18 days in 11/15; nothing in the file report to suggest why; lots of activity in the area of this well, but nothing that would explain why this well was on-line only 18 days in 11/15;

Wells coming off confidential Wednesday:

• 28967, SI/NC, Hess, LK-Quilliam-147-97-1323H-3, Little Knife, no production data,
• 30203, SI/NC, BR, Lovass 8-1-1MBH, Blue Buttes, no production data,
• 30219, 622, Triangle Petroleum, Eckert Foundation 152-102-22-15-10TFH, Elk, 45 stages, 4.6 million lbs (?); relatively log gas units; no flare; t7/15; cum 41K 11/15;
• 31373,  SI/NC, XTO, Sara 31X-13D, Grinnell, no production data,

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30219, see above, Triangle Petroleum, Eckert Foundation 152-102-22-15-10TFH, Elk, production,

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2015	5922	0
10-2015	7502	6390
9-2015	9785	12309
8-2015	6778	7315
7-2015	10688	0

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Active rigs:

	1/5/2016	01/05/2015	01/05/2014	01/05/2013	01/05/2012
Active Rigs	58	170	184	179	195

Two (2) new permits --

• Operator: Petro Harvester
• Fields: Lignite (Burke)
• Comments:

Producing wells completed:

• 26676, 630, Zavanna, Nelson 3-10 3TFH, Long Creek, t12/15; cum --
• 26677, 470, Zavanna, Nelson 3-10 2TFH, Long Creek, t12/15; cum --
• 29797, 2,084, BR, Morgan 24-21MBH, Pershing, 4 sections, t12/15; cum --
• 29874, 2,004, BR, Morgan 41-28MBH, Pershing, 4 sections, t12/15 cum --
• 29875, 1,483, BR, Morgan 31-28TFH, Johnson Corner, 4 sections, t11/15; cum 7K over 7 days;
• 30164, 1,113, Hess, AN-Prosser-152-95-1102H-7, Antelope, Sanish, t12/15; cum 8K over 4 days;
• 30165, 1,376, Hess, AN-Prosser-152-95-1102H-8, Antelope, Sanish, t12/15; cum --
• 30681, 1,827, MRO, Marjorie 14-10H, Reunion Bay, t12/15; cum --
• 30683, 1,529, MRO, JL Shobe 24-10TFH, Reunion Bay, t12/15; cum --
• 30684, 1,005, MRO, Charlie 24-10H, Reunion Bay, t12/15; cum -- 
• 31098, 444, Hess, BL-Iverson C-155-96-1423H-2, Beaver Lodge, Devonian Pool, t12/15; cum --; it appears this well was drilled just to vertical depth, but the lateral has not yet been drilled (or at least at the time the last sundry form was filed; there is always a lag between what goes on in the field and what is reported at NDIC).

Comment: Look at #31098 above. I will bet that the "Devonian Pool" will turn out to be a Three Forks well.  See this earlier post. This is kind of fun. In that earlier post I wrote:

This is not a hard-and-fast rule, and I'm not seeing it everywhere but it seems to me there me be a subtle change in the way the geologists are recording their observations. I first noticed it two days ago when a scout ticket said the target pool was the "Devonian."

When I looked at the geologist's narrative/permit application, the target was the upper Three Forks (the first bench). [I won't be able to find the original post, but years ago I made the observation and posted it that it appeared that at one time -- long ago -- some geologists were routinely labeling wells that were targeting the Bakken as "Devonian" wells. I think one can go back and find old Devonian wells that we would now be calling middle Bakken wells. My hunch is that when geologists in Williston sit down to lunch they interchange Mississippian and middle Bakken, and Devonian and Three Forks.]

So, let's check the file report. Yup! It's a Three Forks! Neat.

Anything else on today's daily activity report? Nope, not much. Samson Resources renews a permit for a Strom well in Divide County, but that was about it.