July, 2016, Production Data Is Posted

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There may be factual and/or typographical errors in the data below. If this information is important to you, go to the source.

Top sixteen North Dakota oil fields by total production for the month of July, 2016:

Field	July 2016 Production	July Wells	July Oil/Well/Month
Sanish	1,334,131	601	2,220
Parshall	1,219,070	438	2,783
Grail	1,031,304	178	5,794
Corral Creek	856,387	148	5,786
Antelope-Sanish	848,633	167	5,082
Alger	732,454	312	2,348
Blue Buttes	681,982	143	4,769
Spotted Horn	680,174	86	7,909
Banks	666,709	182	3,663
Siverston	625,387	223	2,804
Camp	589,582	132	4,467
Reunion Bay	551,281	149	3,700
Van Hook	541,306	181	2,991
Heart Butte	528,206	179	2,951
Big Bend	526,998	116	4,543
Truax	497,181	171	2,907

 Top twenty North Dakota oil fields ranked by oil production per well in July, 2016:

Field	July 2016 Production	July Wells	July Oil/Well/Month
Spotted Horn	680,174	86	7,909
Long Creek	197,362	27	7,310
Grail	1,031,304	178	5,794
Corral Creek	856,387	148	5,786
Lost Bridge	321,767	57	5,645
Pershing	209,341	39	5,368
Antelope-Sanish	848,633	167	5,082
McGregory Buttes	453,413	95	4,773
Blue Buttes	681,982	143	4,769
Bear Den	202,143	44	4,594
Big Bend	526,998	116	4,543
Camp	589,582	132	4,467
Eagle Nest	339,938	78	4,358
Crazy Man Creek	191,066	44	4,342
Elm Tree	133,359	31	4,302
Camel Butte	142,098	34	4,179
Williston	85,265	21	4,060
Moccasin Creek	234,313	59	3,971
Johnson Corner	121,544	31	3,921
Sand Creek	308,155	79	3,901

Top twenty oil fields ranked by increase/decrease in oil production / well month-over-month (July-over-June). Except in four cases, the number of wells remained the same month-over-month, and in three of those cases, the number of wells increased by a single well. Only in Camp oil field was there an increase of more than one well. I can say with some certainty, that in almost all cases, the wells did not increase in number by old wells being shut in; new wells coming on line:

Field	June 2016 Production	June Wells	June Oil / Well / Month	July 2016 Production	July Wells	July Oil/Well/Month	Percent Change June-to-July
Lost Bridge	265,023	56	4,733	321,767	57	5,645	19.28%
Eagle Nest	289,010	78	3,705	339,938	78	4,358	17.62%
Camp	486,610	127	3,832	589,582	132	4,467	16.57%
Williston	73,551	21	3,502	85,265	21	4,060	15.93%
McGregory Buttes	392,656	95	4,133	453,413	95	4,773	15.47%
Sand Creek	277,379	79	3,511	308,155	79	3,901	11.10%
Spotted Horn	631,226	86	7,340	680,174	86	7,909	7.75%
Moccasin Creek	217,827	59	3,692	234,313	59	3,971	7.57%
Camel Butte	132,773	34	3,905	142,098	34	4,179	7.02%
Blue Buttes	634,427	142	4,468	681,982	143	4,769	6.74%
Grail	972,202	178	5,462	1,031,304	178	5,794	6.08%
Corral Creek	818,170	148	5,528	856,387	148	5,786	4.67%
Big Bend	504,473	116	4,349	526,998	116	4,543	4.47%
Pershing	202,292	39	5,187	209,341	39	5,368	3.48%
Elm Tree	134,308	31	4,333	133,359	31	4,302	-0.71%
Antelope-Sanish	851,088	166	5,127	848,633	167	5,082	-0.89%
Johnson Corner	123,331	31	3,978	121,544	31	3,921	-1.45%
Bear Den	219,894	44	4,998	202,143	44	4,594	-8.07%
Crazy Man Creek	211,571	44	4,808	191,066	44	4,342	-9.69%
Long Creek	228,029	27	8,446	197,362	27	7,310	-13.45%

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Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution

Nathaniel Philbrick

c. 2016

DDS: 973.4 PHI

Chapter 6

Saratoga

Although this chapter is called Saratoga, there are several battles described. Most have to do with Benedict Arnold; not much is said about Geo Washington in this chapter.

In the north, it's the Brits, under Burgoyne, trying to get to Albany; Americans Gates and Arnold
In the south, it's the Brits, under Howe, trying to get to Philadelphia; Geo Washington to defend

Mostly to and fro; stalemate.

Recap:

• Arnold, despite issues with Continental Congress, he was in a good mood; he thought his actions would vindicate him
• Arnold had made a great showing at Battle of Ridgefield in Connecticut
• now, he had just come to the rescue of Americans at Fort Stanwix (without firing a shot)
• he had spent 2 1/2 weeks on the Mohawk (at the headwaters: Fort Stanwix)
• HQ, Army of the North: an island at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, probably Van Schaick Island
• during this time, Army of the North had been transformed; victory at Bennington, VT (just east of Saratoga) boosted morale; steady influx of militiamen from New England; influx of Continental troops from the south, all added up to a new army
• Schuyler vs Gates for undisputed leader of the Army of the North, but Schuyler's humiliating loss of Fort Ticonderoga resulted in being recalled him back to Philadelphia
• Army of the North preparing for, perhaps, the decisive battle of the war
• militiamen: one year commitment -- that's why Washington and Schuyler did not like militiamen; Gates "loved" militiamen
• Arnold and Morgan (Virginia sharpshooters) had the left wing of the Army of the North
• Morgan's riflemen: deadly aim with grooved barrel; but bayonet could not be fixed to rifle

Now:

• British Burgoyne crosses the Hudson on September 14, 1777, near the hamlet of Saratoga, north of Albany, just west of Vermont/Massachusetts; just south of Fort Edward on the Hudson
• Burgoyne "destroyed" by the forests and insect-breeding swamps; one-month's provisions
• Army of the North on Bemis Heights, south of Saratoga
• battle at Freeman's Farm had become a stalemate
• Arnold: mounts, and exclaims, "By God, I will soon put an end to it."
• Americans had to retreat; Burgoyne had "won" -- but at a cost of 700 Brits vs 150 colonists
• Americans still on Bemis Heights

Elsewhere, 250 miles to the south in Pennsylvania, the chapter turns to Geo Washington:

• preparing for second battle at Brandywine
• a few days early he had moved his army across the fast-moving Schuykyll River that Howe would have to cross if he was going to take Philadelphia
• Geo Washington's army: 12,000; Howe's, 18,000; Howe eager to attack
• huge downpour; ended the "Battle of the Clouds," again, with Washington in retreat

Back to the north, Bemis Heights, Battle at Freeman's Farm:

• again, the difference between Gates and Arnold; the former, cautious; the latter, impulsive and a winner
• not much happening except squabbles among Gates' supporters and Arnold's supporters

Back to Howe near Philadelphia:

• Howe out-maneuvers Geo Washington (again) and crosses the Schuylkill River, on way to Philadelphia
• Howe blundered: split his army -- one to take Germantown; one to take Philadelphia
• Geo Washington saw his advantage
• but again, Geo Washington's indecision caused them to lose the battle at Germantown; another loss for Geo Washington; Americans on the run again

Back to the north:

• this time Arnold takes things into his own hands; soundly defeats the Brits
• Arnold injured again in the Light Infantry Redoubt after the Battle of Bemis Heights