The Clarence Iverson #1 discovery well first produced oil on April 5, 1951. Here's an update of the oldest wells in North Dakota still active.
Recently, the oldest actively producing well, #35, was put on the AB list.
- 35, 503, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian unit H-310, Beaver Lodge, the Madison formation, t4/52; cum 216K 7/17;
- then, the Devonian, March, 1960, cum 2.092 million bbls cumulative
- last production from the Devonian, July, 2017
These Madison wells have each taken 50+ years to produce 500,000 bbls.
The wells:
- 498, AB/292, Hess, Tioga-Madison Unit L-132 HR, Tioga, t7/54; cum 535K 12/19;
- 554, AB/408, Hess, Tioga-Madison Unit L-128 HR, Tioga, t8/54; cum 282K 10/19;
- 629, IA/159, Hess, Tioga-Madison Unit O-151 HR, Tioga, t9/54, cum 788K 6/20;
- 637, 350, Rim Operating, Hofflund 18HR, Hofflund, t12/54; cum 425K 2/21;
- 774, 156, Petro-Hunt, CMSU D0216, Charlson, t6/55; cum 477K 2/12;
- there is a sundry form dated June 1, 2018, asking to "PA" the well, but, then, there follows
- a sundry form saying the well was returned to production 6/19/2018
- the well had been taken off line 3/16 due to low oil prices (per
company's sundry form) but then returned to production 6/18. It has not produced any oil since 1/20. And prior to that, not much.
The other wells:
- #554: after being off line every so often after 1999, it's finally "dead": no production since, 10/19;
- #629 has a similar production profile to #554. No production since 6/20;
- #637 is a much better well recently but was offline for several years, from 12/89 to 5/05 -- by the way, this would be a conventional well that disproves Hubberts peak oil theory; just saying; recent production is very, very good for this old well --
Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare MADISON 2-2021 28 1216 1263 4508 182 0 0 MADISON 1-2021 31 1351 1286 5145 202 0 0 MADISON 12-2020 31 1383 1466 5162 202 0 0 MADISON 11-2020 30 1600 1746 3567 195 0 0 MADISON 10-2020 31 1379 1286 3747 202 0 0 MADISON 9-2020 30 1319 1268 4960 195 0 0 MADISON 8-2020 31 1317 1261 3623 202 0 0 MADISON 7-2020 31 1306 1481 3765 202 0 0 MADISON 6-2020 27 1102 1477 3699 176 0 0 MADISON 5-2020 11 235 0 33 72 0 0 MADISON 4-2020 20 982 643 2562 130 0 0 MADISON 3-2020 31 1332 1295 3593 202 0 0 MADISON 2-2020 29 1230 1295 3520 189 0 0 - #774 has a similar production profile as the first two above; taken off line for six months in 2021, it returned to production 11/20:
Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare MADISON 2-2021 25 160 165 1322 38 0 0 MADISON 1-2021 21 188 246 521 41 0 0 MADISON 12-2020 31 321 267 814 55 0 0 MADISON 11-2020 12 155 130 399 22 0 0 MADISON 10-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 9-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 8-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 7-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 6-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 5-2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MADISON 4-2020 22 136 147 877 120 0 82 MADISON 3-2020 31 96 89 1249 123 0 103 MADISON 2-2020 26 64 64 828 24 0 12
- 1987, 150, CLR/Pan American/Prima, Woodrow Star "A" 1, Antelope field; Sanish; t10/58; cum 1.105586 million bbls 6/19;
Let's see when the next producing well after #637 shows up:
638, PA,
639, PA,
640, PA,
641, 325, Hess, Larson Fresh Water Well 1, Tioga, the Madison; t8/54; cum 320K 1/79;
Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MADISON | 1-1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 7-1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 10-1971 | 31 | 138 | 0 | 2335 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 9-1971 | 30 | 133 | 0 | 1777 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 8-1971 | 30 | 138 | 0 | 1703 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 7-1971 | 27 | 162 | 0 | 2326 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 6-1971 | 30 | 274 | 0 | 2815 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MADISON | 5-1971 | 31 | 229 | 0 | 2667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Oldest Wells Still Producing
But from there, far and few between.
This is what is pretty much looks like until we get to the Denbury Red River wells in southwest North Dakota in the 16500 range:
642, dry; Caroline Hunt Trust Estate, Obed Larson 1, wildcat, Deadwood, 8/9/1954;
643, PA; Amerada Hess, Tioga-Madison Unit P-156, Tioga, t9/54; cum 91K 11/62;
644, dry; Gordon B. Butterfield, Rudolph Trautman 1, wildcat, precambrian, 8/2/1954;
645, dry; Shell Oil Co., Murphy Christensen 1, wildcat, Devonian, 7/10/1954;
646, PA; Flying J Exploration & Production, Inc., Madision, t8/54; cum 144K 8/69;
647, PA; Hess...II, LLC, Beaver Lodge-Madison Unit No-28D, t9/54; cum 204K 3/70;
Tens of thousands of wells like that, until ...
16500, 425, Denbury Onshore, LLC, CHSU 31C-9NH 16 Cedar Hills, t4/06; cum 387K 1/21;
One can scroll through "Monster Wells" to see how old some of the great wells were / are, tracked here.
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