The Million Dollar Way (The Bakken Oil Blog): Six New Permits; Sixteen Permits Renewed; Ten DUCs Completed -- December 6, 2017

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Active rigs;

$56.05↓↓↓	12/6/2017	12/06/2016	12/06/2015	12/06/2014	12/06/2013
Active Rigs	53	38	64	188	193

Six new permits:

Operator: XTO
Field: Bear Creek (Dunn County)
Comments: it looks like the permits for the six wells will be on two separate pads (4 + 2) but they will all drill the same drilling unit; they all have the "Bobcat Federal" name

Sixteen permits renewed:

QEP (12): permits for one large 12-well pad, or two 6-well pads, SESW and SWSW-26-149-91, Dunn County
BTA Oil (2): two Audrey permits in Golden Valley County
MRO: a permit for a Regina well in Dunn County
Resource Energy: a Leona permit, Divide County

Ten producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

28461, 1,982, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-96-24C-13-2H, Keene, t11/17; cum --
30696, 3,218, Whiting, Charging Eagle 15-21A-16-4H, Twin Buttes, t11/17; cum --
33147, 379, BR, Croff 22C MBH, Croff, 4 sections, t10/17; cum --
33152, 414, BR, Mathistad 6-8-35 MBH, Croff, 4 sections, t11/17; cum --
33153, 524, BR, Croff 6-1-2 UTFH, Croff, 4 sections, t11/17; cum --
33177, 895, Hess, BL-A Iverson-LE-155-96-1312H-1, Beaver Lodge, 4 sections, t11/17; cum --
33178, 794, Hess, BL-A Iverson-155-96-1312H-7, Beaver Lodge, Devonian, unitized; t11/17; cum --
33179, 853, Hess, BL-A Iverson-155-96-1312H-6, Beaver Lodge, t11/17; cum --
33180, 594, Hess, BL-A Iverson-155-96-1312H-5, Beaver Lodge, Devonian, unitized, t11/17; cum --
33181, 818, Hess, BL-A Iverson-155-96-1312H-4, Beaver Lodge, t11/17; cum --

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The Devonian

For newbies, this was taken from the "Monster Wells" page (note, #2009 will turn 59 years old on December 21, 2017, and is still active):

Devonian

35, 263, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit H-310, Beaver Lodge, t3/60; cum 2.091440 million bls 6/17; still producing 775 bbls/month 6/17;
718, IAW/188, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit F-311, Beaver Lodge, t6/65; cum 1.869286 million bbls 8/15;
1403, 351, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit B-304, Beaver Lodge, t11/57; cum 2.530026 million bbls 6/17; still producing almost 2,000 bbls/month, 6/17;
2009, 179, Enduro, North Dakota C A 2, McGregor, t12/58; cum 1.297038 million bbls; still producing about 650 bbls/month, 10/17; going on 59 years of age;
2150, 387, Amerada/Hess, Herfindahl + Davidson #1, Beaver Lodge, Devonian pool, Beaver Lodge field, s1/59; t4/59; AL; cum 918,970 bbls as of 7/74; last production numbers in 1974: 4,000 bbls/month; still listed as active;
2501, PA/115, Hess, BLDU G-311D, t1/60; cum 1.11 million bbls 4/01; last production in 1997; SWD;
2515, PA/306, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit C-303, t2/60; cum 1.335636 million bbls; last produced 5/09 (55 years of production)
3900, 102, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit D-307, Beaver Lodge, t11/65; cum 1.05724 bbls 10/17; back on active status as of 8/17;
3983, 234, Enduro Operating, North Dakota C A 3, a Devonian well, vertical, 320-acre spacing, t1/66, cum 1.388897 million bbls; 10/17; celebrated its 51st anniversary January, 2017; still producing about 500 bbls/month, 6/17;