Sunday, January 1, 2017

Oasis Hellig Trust Wells In Alkali Creek Have Been Updated -- January 1, 2017

The Oasis Helling Trust wells in Alkali Creek have been updated.

Random Update Of A Recently Drilled Tyler Well -- January 1, 2017

Targeting the Tyler formation in the southwest corner of the state. Note the shallow depth and location (in graphic below the spreadsheet. No production decline.
  • 18216, 30, Williston Exploration, LLC, Vanvig 1, Tracy Mountain oil field, t7/12; cum 52K 11/16;
NDIC File No: 18216     API No: 33-007-01639-00-00     
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 10/23/2011     Wellbore type: Directional
Location: NWSE 28-138-102     Footages: 2100 FSL 1980 FEL     Latitude: 46.736695     Longitude: -103.553664
Current Operator: WILLISTON EXPLORATION, LLC
Current Well Name: VANVIG 1
Elevation(s): 2701 KB   2688 GR   2689 GL     Total Depth: 8068     Field: TRACY MOUNTAIN
Spud Date(s):  7/27/2011
Completion Data
   Pool: TYLER     Perfs: 7938-7942     Comp: 10/23/2011     Status: AL     Date: 7/31/2012
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: TYLER     Cum Oil: 52201     Cum MCF Gas: 4293     Cum Water: 48231
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 7/31/2012     Pool: TYLER     IP Oil: 30     IP MCF:     IP Water: 42

Production profile for only the last year; this well has shown no production decline since being completed. This well is a directional well, not a horizontal, and it was not fracked.


PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN11-20163035783346429058705289344
BAKKEN10-20163147104805436364175978200
BAKKEN9-201628454046923334565354650
BAKKEN8-201631525652084197683365850
BAKKEN7-201631461446354663635661110
BAKKEN6-201630475048864725591756770
BAKKEN5-201631580456616230719869500
BAKKEN4-201629557958145153671864990
BAKKEN3-20163167476953711785718173150
BAKKEN2-20162959245847622768506253365
BAKKEN1-20163166436095890671966698250
BAKKEN12-201516223620894494231822150

Nice Production After Being Returned To Status -- January 1, 2017

Production profile for:
  • 20629, 929, CLR, Patterson 1-13H, Camp, t10/11; cum 278K 1/17; although paperwork is sometimes delayed, the scout ticket shows this well as still flowing on its own; not on a pump;
Production profile for past couple of years:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN1-20173150675088328052724476338
BAKKEN12-201629666266293693734150381887
BAKKEN11-201628800677745605844461411873
BAKKEN10-20160000000
BAKKEN9-20160000000
BAKKEN8-20160000000
BAKKEN7-20160000000
BAKKEN6-20160000000
BAKKEN5-20161000770
BAKKEN4-201621895142272211038390
BAKKEN3-201631199120091565270222210
BAKKEN2-201629259324541837344219371055
BAKKEN1-201631284127911836404810302540
BAKKEN12-201518169714311750208118170
BAKKEN11-201574247021486300
BAKKEN10-2015283450366415188050371
BAKKEN9-2015142004132916813920180
BAKKEN8-20150000000
BAKKEN7-201584439144251161366674
BAKKEN6-201530189716921411411218101837
BAKKEN5-20153121102064163448593690690
BAKKEN4-20153022092339170542385073270
BAKKEN3-20153123802635184143992983620
BAKKEN2-20152822072306164739803763180
BAKKEN1-2015312937268624083832313320

Note increase in production from 2,000 bbls/oil/month back in 2015. It was taken of-line for a number of months while a neighboring well was being fracked.

When it came back on-line in 11/16, production jumped four-fold to over 8,000 bbls oil/ month.

Happy New Year -- January 1, 2017

Active rigs:


1/1/201701/01/201601/01/201501/01/201401/01/2013
Active Rigs3960170185183


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Top Stories

Top stories of 2016

Top stories by month

Top stories of 2015

All top stories (tab at the top)

The Geico Rock Award, 2016.

Chicago homicides (preliminary 2016 totals): 795 

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Others

This is really, really cool. After I posted the above, I did a google search, energy top ten stories 2016.

This was the first hit: energy trends.
#1: Donald Trump wins presidency (this was also my first choice)
#2: OPEC agrees to production cuts (at top of my list also)
#3: DAPL: ditto
#4: coal bankruptcies -- I did not mention coal at all on my long list
#5: oil and natural gas prices bottomed: premature, but probably accurate;
It looks like oilprice.com has not yet posted its top ten list for 2016.

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Parting Shot

It's interesting that no one -- literally no one -- even mentions the "fact" that the Russians "stole" the election from Hillary as a "top story" of 2016. I suppose it's because anyone paying attention already knew back in 2013 that the Russians were capable of asymmetrical warfare (e.g. cyberwar). The WSJ has the story. My hunch: the president missed that intelligence briefing. [By the way, this is another binary factoid: either the US intelligence network (all 17 agencies according to Hillary) knew about Russia's action before the election but failed to act; or, the US intelligence network was not aware of Russia's cyber attack until after the election. I suppose there is a third possibility: President Obama was told but wanted to see how this would all play out, knowing, in his own words, that Hillary would win anyway.]

From Russia With Love, Matt Monro

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Looking Forward ... but a little history first

2017 should be recognized as the 10th year anniversary of the Bakken boom. The boom began with an EOG well in the Parshall oil field in 2006, but I've always "felt" the boom began in 2007. The second "confirmatory" well was perforated/fracked/completed in March, 2007.

History of the early Bakken: 2004 - 2006.
Brief history of oil production from the Bakken.

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Looking Forward

Sure bet: new all-time snowfall record will be set, winter, 2016 - 2017. Bismarck only needs 2 inches to beat all-time record. Forecast today for Bismarck: 7.5 inches. Williston, almost 7".

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Other News

Updates

February 21, 2017: a long essay on New York City's new Second Avenue subway

Original Post 
 
Newest subway in NYC opened today, Sunday, January 1, 2017 -- Second Avenue Subway
nearly a century to build; runs from the Upper East Side in Manhattan to Coney Island in Brooklyn; three new stations opened today