Updating Indian Hill -- December 13, 2024

Locator: 48402B. 

This is simply some housekeeping. Nothing new here except updating the production data in some cases. This is from a very, very old post.

Permits

2016 (none as of October 17)

2015 (the list is complete)
30754, 709, Oasis/SM Energy, Fossum 15-34HR, Indian Hill, t8/15; cum 104K 8/16; cum 268K 10/24; interestingly, this well was taken off line 1/24 and was just brought back on line 10/24;

2014 (the list is complete)
29957, 423, XTO, Eckert 41X-6H,t9/15; cum 26K 8/16; cum 134K 9/24; just went off line;
29734, 208, XTO, Eckert 41X-6D, t8/15; cum 64K 8/16; cum 212K 9/24; just went off line;
29733, 273, XTO, Eckert 41X-6G, t9/15; cum 30K 8/16; cum 118K 9/24; just went off line;
29732, 28, XTO, Eckert 41X-66, t8/15; cum 41K 8/16; cum 213K 9/24; just went off line;
28405, 980, CLR, Harrisburg 1-34H, t10/14; cum 187K 8/16; cum 399K 10/24 -- a great well;
27955, 806, CLR, Scottsdale 2-31H, 4 sections, t6/15; cum 96K 8/16; cum 210K 10/24;
27954, 453, CLR, Scottsdale 3-31H1, 4 sections, t6/15; cum 56K 8/16; cum 120K 10/24;
27953, 248, CLR, Cincinnati 2-30H1, 4 sections, t6/15; cum 103K 8/16; cum 308K 10/24; a nice well;
27952, 1,152, CLR, Cincinnati 3-30H, 4 sections, t6/15; cum 94K 8/16; cum 350K 10/24;


2013
26588, 758, CLR, Honolulu 3-22H3, Three Forks B1, 30 stages; 8.8 millions lbs sand/ceramic; t6/14; cum 72K 8/16; cum 223K 10/24;
26586, 664, CLR, Honolulu 2-22H2, Three Forks B2 (TF2), 30 stages; 8.3 million lbs sand/ceramic;  permit said "middle Bakken; geology report says 2nd bench of Three Forks; t7/14; cum 129K 8/16;
26420, 842, CLR, Montpelier 2-14H, 30 stages; 3.8 million lbs sand/ceramic, t7/14; cum 156K 8/16;
26191, 768, CLR, Montpelier 3-14H1, Indian Hill, 30 stages; 3.7 million lbs sand/ceramic, t7/14; cum 123K 8/16; cum 204K 8/24; just went off line;
26190, 788, CLR, Montpelier 4-14H, Indian Hill, t6/14; cum 158K 8/16; cum 268K 10/24;

2012
24387, 592, Oasis/SM Energy, Behan 2-29H, Indian Hill, t5/13; cum 210K 8/16; cum 367K 10/24;
23762, 1,246/see below, XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33A, Indian Hill, t2/13; cum 153K 8/16;
23761, 825, Oasis/XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33F, Indian Hill, t2/13; cum 56K 8/16; cum 135K 10/24;

2011
21991, 1,134, Zenergy, Schmitz 4-9H, Indian Hill, t4/12; cum 176K 8/16; cum 277K 10/24; a nice well;
21848, AB/IA/567, CLR, Cincinnati 1-30H, Indian Hill, t2/12; cum 146K 815;
21776, 461, CLR, Scottsdale 1-31H, Indian Hill, t4/12; cum 124K 8/15; cum 236K 10/24;
21124, 602, CLR, Tallahassee 1-21H, Indian Hill, t11/11; cum 230K 8/16;
20971, 1,087, Oasis/XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33R, Indian Hill, t9/1; cum 158K 8/16; cum 229K 10/23;
20947, 701, CLR, Honolulu 1-22H, Indian Hill, t9/11; cum 179K 8/16;
20592, 595,Oasis/ SM Energy, Schmitz 3-4H, Indian Hill, t10/11; cum 220K 8/16; cum 328K 10/24;

2010
20118, 934, Oasis/XTO, Dedrick 24X-32, Indian Hill, t7/11; cum 150K 816; cum 291K 10/24;
20066, dry/see below, Nelsen State 24X-33, Indian Hill,
19324, 674, SM Energy, Fossum 15-35H, Indian Hill, t11/10; cum 152K 8/16;
19001, 618, Zenergy, Stpeanek 8-5H, Indian Hill, t12/10; cum 181K 12/14; 
18949, 1,524, XTO, Joseph 11-1H, Indian Hill, t10/10; cum 155K 8/16;
18916, 1,999, Oasis, Missouri Federal 5302 44-35H, Indian Hill, t8/10; cum 252K 8/16; cum 350K 10/24;

Original Post

One of the reasons I quit taking comments was due to the high number of comments from folks who just did not "get it." At some point, it became tedious for me to wade through all those comments. I decided that it was not worth my time; my time could be better spent doing other things than wading through inane comments, generally from folks who stumbled upon my site accidentally, no doubt, and some who would never understand the Bakken. Some folks, like Debbie Downer, will never get it.

A recurring theme on "themilliondollarway" is that there are "no" dry holes in the Bakken. (A lot of folks did not understand the reason for the quotes around "no.")

A few weeks ago someone called me on that: she noticed there actually was a dry hole in the Bakken. She chided me for continually blogging there were no dry holes in the Bakken when, in fact, there are.

I checked the well file: it was permit/file #20066. This is what I wrote :

• 20066, DRY, XTO, Nelson State 24X-33, Indian Hill, Bakken; go the link; this well was plagued from the beginning; 

During drilling, it was hit by the worse blizzard in decades; I have a lot of respect for the roughnecks and the truckers who worked through horrendous weather trying to save this well, and I have even more respect for XTO who finally said it was not worth it (I'm sure the roughnecks had wished that decision came sooner, but knowing roughnecks, some of them probably wanted to prove they could do it); they shut down the well, and said they would come back.

And they did come back. And they came back with a vengeance. A great well. My hat is off to all folks. Good job.

• 20971, 1,087, XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33R , Indian Hill, Bakken, 24 stages; 2.8 sand, [update: unfortunately this well is not playing out so well; being choked back? only 2,000 bbls/month in its fourth month; t9/11; cum 167K 1/17; cum 229K 10/24;

There are "no" dry holes in the Bakken (I'm not saying they are not all great wells; some may not even be financially viable, but ...)

Again, this is not an investment site. See the disclaimer at the top of the sidebar at the right. Make no decisions based on what you read at this blog. If something looks wrong, it probably is. Check fact with the ultra-reliable wiki site.

On another note: Indian Hill is in the Bull's Eye of the Bakken, and this is where the Bakken activity is headed this summer.

Indian Hill is the name of an oil field in the Bakken. It is also a geographical location: a large, "sprawling" butte south of the river, from where you have a great view of Williston. As noted earlier, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Cudd, Hexom, Cal-Frac, Stateline, and 55 of their closest friends are phenomenally well-positioned for this activity, just five or six miles south.

It will be interesting if there is talk of a new, widened bridge across the wide Missouri south of the four-mile corner. [Update, October 3, 2014: a new four-lane bridge across the Missouri is planned in the 2015 - 2016 time frame.]

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Some old legacy wells on Indian Hill. Some of these wells are 30 years old. These are all still producing, all vertical wells; mostly Madison; note the nice Duperow well:

• 10088, 173/TA/PA; Oasis/SM Energy/Gulf,Eckert 2-6, Madison, s8/83; t9/83; cum 208K, 1/12;
• 10335, 157/915; Citation/Cotton, Edna Devitt 1-29, Duperow and Stonewall, s9/83; cum 327K 1/20; and 191K 1/17; cum 191K 10/24 Stonewall; and cum 342K Duperow.
  
• 10645, 341/IA, Scout Energy/Denbury/Superior, Greengard 1, Madison; s1/84; cum 212K 1/16; almost petering out; cum 214K 10/224; petering out;
  
• 10855, 120/IA; Scout Energy/Denbury/Superior, Fossum 14 1, Madison; s7/84; cum 462K 1/20; cum 470K 10/24; keeps on trucking;
• 11140, 503, Citation/Cotton, Edna Devitt 2-23, Madison; s9/84; cum 272K 1/20;; back on line for 6 days in 8/16; cum 282K 10/24;
  
• 11261, 112, Citation/Cotton, Nelsen 2-32, Madison; s11/84; cum 225K 1/20; cum 236K 10/24;
• 11345, PA/IA/243, SM Energy/Superior, Fredrickson 33-33 1; Madison; s1/85; cum 149K 6/14;
• 11475, PA/194, XTO/Columbia, Elk 28-3; Madison; cum 212K 4/18;
• 11575, 94/PA, SM Energy/Texaco, State of North Dakota F 2; Madison; cum 148K 12/12
• 12910, 239, Oasis/XTO/Columbia,Elk 28-4, Duperow, s7/90; cum 479K 1/20; cum 497K 10/24;