Monday, January 12, 2026

Six New Permits; Three Permits Renewed; Two DUCs Reported As Completed; Huge Kellogg Ranch Well Reported By BR -- January 12, 2026

Locator: 49892B.

Sherwood: link here. A "Goldilocks" market today?

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Back to the Bakken 

WTI: $59.78.

Active rigs: 23. At recent record low. 

Six new permits, #42635 - #42640, inclusive:

  • Operators: Phoenix Operating (5); Enerplus;
  • Fields: Grenora (Williams County); Spotted Horn (McKenzie County);
  • Comments:
    • Enerplus has a permit for an MHA Sandhill wells, lot 4, section 4-149, 94, 
      • to be sited 853 FNL and 1022 FWL;
    • Phoenix Operating has permits for five Quarne / Quarne Fed wells, lot 4, seciton 2-159-103, 
      • to be sited 425 FNL and 1225 / 1345 FWL

Three permits renewed:

  • Lime Rock: one State permit; one Kary permit; and, one Emil Veverka permit. The State and Kary permits are for wells in Cabernet oil field; the Emil Veverka permit is for a well in Murphy Creek.

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

  • 40296, 4,704, BR, Kellogg Ranch 2A TFH, McKenzie County; 
  • 40859, 504, BR, Kellogg Ranch 4D-MBH, McKenzie County; 

Well of interest:

  • 37663, loc/A, BR, Kellogg Ranch 1B MBH, t5/25; cum 130K 11/25; full production profile, 40,459 bbls over 16 days extrapolates to 75,861 bbls over 30 days:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN11-2025301855218532131447183871212544
BAKKEN10-2025311735917389114736301462452520
BAKKEN9-2025291939519369126176212361509584
BAKKEN8-2025281767317670165715446553907530
BAKKEN7-2025201654916467153044701446500492
BAKKEN6-2025001450000
BAKKEN5-202516404594031444961233011220321210
BAKKEN4-20250000000
BAKKEN3-20250006654000