Week 39: September 26, 2021 -- October 2, 2021

Top story of the week:

• Joe Biden is still president.
• The Bakken is back: the core is expanding. and, here;
  

Top international non-energy story;

• Australia's "Great Barrier Reef" is at record high; record levels of coral coverage;
• Triple whammy for Apple;
  

Top international energy story:

• UK, EU energy crisis;
• Update on the Vaca Muerta.
• Bazhenov updated;
• The Beetaloo;

Top national non-energy story:

• Ford announces four new "greenfield" EV, battery factories;

Top national energy story:

• Congress confirms new BLM chief.
• Merck announces "pill" to treat those who test positive for Covid-19.
• WTI hits $76;
• huge east coast natural gas pipeline "axed";
• ConConchCOP;
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

• MRO taking wells off line; asset management; fracking; routine activity;
• MRO continues to drill out the Bailey oil field;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Operators:

Operations: 

Wells:

• QEP reports four very nice MHA wells.
• Enerplus "stringed instrument" wells are updated; and, here;

Fracking; 

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

• The Bakken is back: the core is expanding; and, here;
  

No New Permits; Fourteen Permits Renewed; Two Permits Canceled -- October 1, 2021

Active rigs, daily activity report:

$75.88	10/1/2021	10/01/2020	10/01/2019	10/01/2018	10/01/2017
Active Rigs	27	11	60	63	58

No new permits.

Fourteen permits renewed:

• CLR (8): four Ralph Federal, three Reckitt Federal, and one Foster Federal in SWSW section 22-153-99;
• Petro-Hunt (5): three Mongoose permits and two Arsenal Federal permits, all five in SWSE section 8-149-102
• Resource Energy: an Adeline permit in SWSE section 31-164-101; permit #29441;

Two permits canceled:

• based on name change, it appears CLR canceled two Fuller permits in Dunn County, lot 1 section 2-146-97;

Change of operator, approximately 225 wells

• from Nine Point eNergy to Bowline Energy, LLC

CLR permits renewed (from above)

• #37008 - #37015, inclusive. These wells are tracked here.
  

Traveling -- Blogging Severely Limited -- October 1, 2021

Next post anticipated NET late this evening. 

Good luck to all.

Closer Look At Four QEP MHA Wells Coming Off Confidential List Today -- October 1, 2021

Wells coming off confidential list today.

Friday, October 1, 2021: 4 for the month, 4 for the quarter, 228 for the year:

35456, conf, QEP, MHA 5-29-30H-150-92, Van Hook, huge production, scout ticket not updated;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2021	25537	13784
6-2021	44939	25490
5-2021	48994	21911
4-2021	1433	221

35454, conf, QEP, MHA 5-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, nice production, scout ticket not updated;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2021	24380	12201
6-2021	25400	13481
5-2021	32158	11149
4-2021	3827	689

35451, conf, QEP, MHA 4-29-30H-150-92, huge production, scout ticket not updated;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2021	30929	15876
6-2021	41659	23440
5-2021	43436	20100

35449, conf, QEP, MHA 4-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, nice production, scout ticket not updated;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2021	23293	10762
6-2021	21330	10735
5-2021	30785	11741
4-2021	1393	161

Scout tickets and the GIS map server are no longer being updated by the NDIC so it's hard to tell what's going on.

Of note, two file numbers have nearly identical names:

• 35469, PNC, QEP, MHA 4-27-26H-150-92PNC; lat 47.783721; long -102.453862;
• 35449, conf, QEP, MHA 4-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, nice production, scout ticket not updated;  lat 47.788915, long -102.452259

I assume there are others. I may check later. Graphics below. Two older, active, producing wells in immediate area:

• 35453, runs west to east, 2,518, QEP, MHA 7-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, t7/20; cum 255K 7/21; formation, middle Bakken; 42 stages; 10.0 million lbs proppant;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	10111	10082	40340	8074	5046	3028
BAKKEN	6-2021	30	7389	7371	47207	6307	4657	1650
BAKKEN	5-2021	20	2589	2711	13206	1446	809	634
BAKKEN	4-2021	14	3025	2984	8554	905	630	275
BAKKEN	3-2021	25	15540	15815	15174	11223	9736	1487
BAKKEN	2-2021	28	19247	19211	19724	12618	10968	1650
BAKKEN	1-2021	31	22279	22477	27217	15051	13071	1980
BAKKEN	12-2020	31	23773	23720	29846	17381	14357	3024
BAKKEN	11-2020	30	23599	23776	29147	18865	15159	3706
BAKKEN	10-2020	31	28057	28742	34813	23217	20288	2929
BAKKEN	9-2020	28	26316	25293	45842	21460	11296	10164
BAKKEN	8-2020	31	33396	33865	44184	29753	24450	5303
BAKKEN	7-2020	31	38930	38803	101577	26849	19453	7396
BAKKEN	6-2020	3	655	0	2230	547	0	547

• 35455, runs east to west, 681, QEP, MHA 7-27-30H-150-92, Van Hook, t7/20; cum 376K 7/21; formation: Three Forks 42 stages; 14.5 million lbs proppants;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	19826	19780	45704	18799	11748	7051
BAKKEN	6-2021	29	17218	17171	48456	14273	10539	3734
BAKKEN	5-2021	14	4986	5031	14440	3783	2115	1659
BAKKEN	4-2021	2	1421	1519	957	698	486	212
BAKKEN	3-2021	27	27632	28056	16807	25526	22143	3383
BAKKEN	2-2021	28	30811	30704	19701	24549	21338	3211
BAKKEN	1-2021	31	32315	32593	23571	24968	21684	3284
BAKKEN	12-2020	31	34080	34032	27248	27179	22450	4729
BAKKEN	11-2020	30	35178	35356	31675	26134	21000	5134
BAKKEN	10-2020	31	38179	39274	34610	26523	23176	3347
BAKKEN	9-2020	28	39013	37537	50154	29156	15347	13809
BAKKEN	8-2020	31	53780	54102	53548	36764	30211	6553
BAKKEN	7-2020	19	41144	40318	75857	29158	21126	8032
BAKKEN	6-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Graphics:

Friday, October 1, 2021

Active rigs, NDIC daily active report, from day befofe:

$74.88	10/1/2021	10/01/2020	10/01/2019	10/01/2018	10/01/2017
Active Rigs	26	11	60	63	58

Four wells coming off confidential list:

Friday, October 1, 2021: 4 for the month, 4 for the quarter, 228 for the year:

• 35456, conf, QEP, MHA 5-29-30H-150-92, Van Hook, huge production, scout ticket not updated;
  
• 35454, conf, QEP, MHA 5-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, nice production, scout ticket not updated;
• 35451, conf, QEP, MHA 4-29-30H-150-92, huge production, scout ticket not updated;
• 35449, conf, QEP, MHA 4-27-26H-150-92, Van Hook, nice production, scout ticket not updated;

RBN Energy: wave energy.

One New Permit -- September 30, 2021

Covid-19 vaccine, link here:

• delivered: 474,245,945
• administered: 392,909,995
• at least one dose: 214,332,261 (65% of US population)
• fully vaccinated: 184,601,450 (56% of US population)
• booster dose: 4,031,464 (2.2% of US population)

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs, NDIC daily active report:

$74.88	10/1/2021	10/01/2020	10/01/2019	10/01/2018	10/01/2017
Active Rigs	26	11	60	63	58

One new permit, #38595:

• Operator: Rimrock Oil & Gas
• Field: McGregory Buttes (Dunn)
• Comments: Rimrock has a permit for a Cumulus well in SWSE 33-148-93; it will be sited 683 FSL and 2555 FEL;

Five permits renewed:

• BR (4): two Kermit permits and two Rink permits, all in SWSW section 32-150-96;
• Resource Energy Can-Am: a Pacer permit in section 34-164-99

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