BR WIth Another Huge Merton Well -- September 27, 2016

Updates

September 29, 2016: see comments below. A reader has provided an excellent comment that helps explain what another reader noted. Comment brought up here for easier googling:

Rig counts are a little "dicey". Todays report shows Nabors X10 and Nabors X-10. I believe this one and the same rig. The White Mt. 252 is a "spuder" rig just drilling and setting 2000 ft surface casing. 

The OneOK gas plant is likely a factor in Dunn County. Also some of the more difficult Badlands locations are drilled in summer and fall when road conditions are better. Come winter and early spring, rigs are more common in more accessible locations in Mountrail, Williams and McKenzie Counties. It appears to me the actual deep-drilling rig count is 30. There is also a Key Drilling rig (146-100) in McKenzie County which might be drilling a vertical Madison formation test in the Rough Rider Field (or drilling surface hole only?)

Later, 9:47 p.m. Central Time: a reader noted there are 12 rigs in Dunn County an 10 rigs in McKenzie -- wondering why more rigs in Dunn County -- if it had anything to do with new ONEOK gas processing plant coming on-line soon? See first comment. 

Original Post

Wells coming off confidential list Wednesday:

• 31359, SI/NC, Statoil, Samson 29-32 1H-R, Banks, no production data,
• 32281, SI/NC, XTO, FBIR Blackmedicine 24X-21H, Heart Butte, no production data

One new permit:

• Operator: North Range Resources, LLC
• Field: Rough Rider (McKenzie)
• Comment:

Four permits renewed:

• Newfield (3): three Sturgeon permits in McKenzie County
• EOG: a Mandaree permit in McKenzie County

Four permits canceled:

• Resource Energy Can-Am (3): a Blanca State, a Jim, and an Ekness permit, all in Divide County
• Slawson: a Pike Federal permit in Mountrail County

Producing wells completed:

• 30280, 3,327, BR, Merton 21-15TFH, North Fork, 4 sections, t9/16; cum --
• 30435, 174, SM Energy, Anne 13B-19HS, Ambrose, t9/16; cum -- 
• 31009, 828, EOG, Shell 44-3229H, Parshall, t9/16; cum --
• 31010, 1,344, EOG, Shell 46-3229H, Parshall, t9/16; cum --
• 31018, 973, EOG, Shell 40-3229H, Parshall, t9/16; cum --
• 31019, 835, EOG, Shell 42-3229H, Parshall, t9/16; cum -- 

Active rigs:

	9/27/2016	09/28/2015	09/28/2014	09/28/2013	09/28/2012
Active Rigs	32	70	190	184	190