Permits To Re-Enter The Amber Renee; Drill The Sophia Drake -- August 21, 2019

I would be hard pressed to find another well that I've tracked as much as I've tracked the Amber Renee, or posted as many updates. The Amber Renee was an early well, and an incredible well. I was surprised it was taken off line. There was never any explanation. I kept it on my "things to follow up" page for years and then about two months ago finally removed it; it appeared nothing was going to happen.

Then, all of a sudden, it (and the Sophia Drake) show up today on the daily activity report (to be re-entered, #36887 and #36888).

The two wells:

• 18408, 1,945, Murex, Amber Renee 25-36H, Sanish, t2/10; cum 822K 11/13; last full month of production, 11/13 with 7,000 bbls/month;
• 30312, PNC, Sophia Drake 25-36H, Sanish, no indication this well was ever spud;

Offset well, less than a mile away:

• 17263, 3,124, Murex, Chandler James 25-36H, Sanish, t10/08; cum 1.146306 million bbls 6/19; producing about 2,000 bpm as of 6/19;

Previous posts:

Here are just a few of the posts where I've mentioned or updated the Amber Renee.

Earlier notes from elsewhere in the blog regarding the Amber Renee:

• August 1, 2018: #30312; still confidential; sits between two million-bbl wells; Amber Renee was only 800K but it was shut down for some reason; #30312 is Sophia Drake -- eager to see how this one does; remains on conf 6/19;
• December 3, 2014: operator to re-enter; 
• the operator wants to re-enter the Amber Renee (#18408). Noted on January 27, 2016, to be AB (abandoned). Now TA as of 3/16; sundry form March 8, 2016 -- original well bore plugged; "future use of of the wellbore will be to sidetrack and complete new lateral once commodity prices improve." Operator requests Amber Renee 25-36H be granted TA status for one (1) year. 
• September 14, 2017: wells I no longer follow;
• April 18, 2015: TA/Amber Renee, #18408, went inactive 1/14 after huge drop in production; did something happen on a work-over; did putting in a pump cause a problem? TA; October, 2014, file report has sundry forms talking about a re-drill;
• March 27, 2016, wells I no longer follow;
• random update; November 29, 2016 
• random update: July 2, 2016
• simple housekeeping: March 27, 2016
• temporarily abandoned: March 8, 2016
• to follow up: February 3, 2016
• the Sophia Drake: December 24, 2105 -- graphic here;
• every well has a story: November 9, 2015
• off line again: February 24, 2015
• random update: February 6,2 015
• top 20 middle Bakken wells: July 8, 2014
• happy birthday, Ms Amber Renee: April 15, 2013
• inappropriate exuberance: August 1, 2011
• update on three monster wells in the Sanish: February 21, 2011
• some very good wells coming off the confidential list: June 21, 2010

And many, many more minor updates.

Now, today in the daily activity report, permits for both the Amber Renee and the Sophia Drake to be re-entered. Not yet on conf list.

Amber Renee:

Sophia Drake:

Permit to re-enter the Amber Renee: 

Permit to re-enter the Sophia Drake: 

 
Permit to drill the original Amber Renee: