CLR's Louisville Federal Wells Starting To Report -- Huge Wells? September 3, 2026

Locator: 51638LOUISVILLE.

The well:

• 42219, drl/A, CLR, Louisville Federal 7-7HSL, Baker oil field, a five-well pad, t7/26; cum 30,404 over 19 days extrapolates to 48K over 30 days. 

A neighboring well, #21696, Vader 1-7H shows a huge halo effect. From 500 bbls/month to 4,600 bbs/month. 

BR Starting To Report Production Of Their "Muri" Wells, Elidah Oil Pad -- August 28, 2026

Locator: 51574MURI.

The well:

• 36698, conf, BR, Sanmuri 4B-UTFH-ULW, Elidah, on a 7 well pad; t6/26; cum 75K 6/26;

A neighboring well with huge jump in production:

• 18472, 364, CLR, Muri 1-27H, Elidah, t3/10; cum 243K 6/26; 

XTO Is Starting To Report Production From The Shoshoni Pad In Hofflund Oil Field -- A Neighboring Well Has Gone Over One Million Bbls Cumulative Oil -- August 28, 2026

Locator: 51573SHOSHONI.

The well:

• 41053, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15H, a huge well; Hofflund, t5/26; cum 112K 6/26; on a 7-well pad; 

Neighboring wells with huge jump in production:

• 17147, 2,101, XTO, HBU Boucher 41X-21, Hofflund, t4/09; cum 1.200560 million bbls 6/26; a standard two-section Bakken well;
• 17148, 1,417, XTO, HBU DeAngelis 41X-21, Hofflund, t4/09; cum 391K bbls 6/26; a standard two-section Bakken well;

A neighboring Madison well:

• 637, 350, Rim Operating, Hofflund 18HR, Hofflund, t12/54; cum 492K 6/26;

Updated Production -- Devon Energy Marvin Well -- Camp Oil Field -- August 26, 2026

Locator: 51556MARVIN. 

The well:

• 20716, 2,983, Devon Energy, Marvin 27-34 1H, Camp, t11/11; cum 537K 4/26; the jump in production occurred 10/25; see below.

We'll come back to this well later. This one interested me because it was put on the confidential list earlier this year even though it was first drilled in 2011. This well is a singleton in the immediate area of a five-well Marvin pad drilled more recently (October 2, 2025): #41641, 41359, 41360, 41361, 41362. 

Huge Wells With Huge Fracking Halo -- XTO -- HBU Baptiste Wells In Hofflund -- August 26, 2026

Locator: 51553BAPTISTE.

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The wells: 

• 40921, conf, XTO, HBU Baptiste 34X-11A, note the TD -- almost 27,000 feet (three-section lateral; three-mile horizontal):

The pad:

• 41549, first full month, 31 days, 68,718 bbls.
• 41550, first full month, 31 days, 68,437 bbls.
• 40921, first month, 28 days, 65,024 bbls extrapolates to 70K over 30 days.
• 41551, first full month, 30 days, 53,703 bbls.
• 41552, first full month, 29 days, 54,706 bbls.
• 41553, first full month, 30 days, 58,833 bbls.
• 41554, first six days of 4,522 bbls extrapolates to 23K over 30 days.

Neighboring affected wells:

• 18510, 1,462, huge jump in production, XTO, HBU Ward 11X-23, Hofflund oil field, t4/10; cum 718K 6/26; jump went from 1,000 bbls / month to 16,000 bbls / month. 

• 17298, 1,151, huge jump in production, XTO, HBU Crowder 41X-21, Hofflund oil field, t1/09; cum 390K 6/26; jump went from 1,000 bbls / month to 16,000 bbls / month.

Updating Some Interesting Petro-Hunt Wells, Charlson Oil Field, Part 2 -- July 14, 2026

Locator: 51171PHUSASECOND.

See this post. 

Spud: 2006 and 2007. The two parent wells, 640-acre spacing, diagonally across one section.

• 16059, 729, Petro-Hunt, USA 2D-3-1H, Charlson field, t10/06; cum 1.727438 million bbls 5/19; still producing 4,000 bbls/month; it appears this well was never fracked (based on two corroborative forms in the file report); cum 2.0366 million bbls 5/26. See full production profile at this post.
• 16424, 700, Petro-Hunt, USA 11B-2-2H, Charlson field, t6/07; cum 1.35531 million bbls 5/19.

Later, three daughter wells, 1280-acre spacing, north-to-south, directly impacting the parents wells. The daughter wells spud late 2020, impacting daughter wells spud in 2006 and 2007.

• 37150, 807, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-2B-11 1H, Charlson field, t4/21; cum 846K 5/26;
• 37151, 437, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-2A-11 2H, Charlson field, t4/21; cum 459K 5/26;
• 37152, 1,059, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-2A-11 3H, Charlson field, t3/21; cum 934K 5/26;

The map:

 Full production profile for one of these wells at this post (same as above).

Updating A Devon Energy Rolla State Well -- July 14, 2026

Locator: 51165ROLLA.

See this post. 

These wells at that post were Ovintiv --> Grayson Mill --> and now acquired by Devon Energy in late 2025.

There was some activity on this family of wells in late 2025 about the time Devon Energy acquired them; there are no sundry forms yet scanned in by NDIC to suggest what might be going on. One of the wells is now inactive; it was a great well and now IA is interesting. Another well showed some increased production, and this well definitely showed increased production:  

• 24452, 999, Devon Energy, Rolla State 152-7-1-12-10H, Westberg, t5/13; cum 320K 5/2026; initial production --  13,410 bbls over 17 days extrapolates to 55,000 bbls over 30 days; 55,000 / 1,000 = 55x jump in production; FracFocus has data for frack in 2013, but no data for a more recent frack. Now, note the jump in production:

BAKKEN	12-2025	31	3891	3859	2137	18960	18810	32
BAKKEN	11-2025	30	4626	4893	1870	16927	15872	939
BAKKEN	10-2025	31	5806	5939	2339	15856	15675	61
BAKKEN	9-2025	27	6374	5737	1137	13329	11808	1415
BAKKEN	8-2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2025	25	264	546	421	4954	3940	916
BAKKEN	5-2025	31	215	0	379	5531	5369	38

Most recent data suggests production has dropped somewhat, in line with the well-known Bakken decline curve.

Random Update Of A Few Nice MRO Wells In Reunion Bay -- July 14, 2026

Updating a nice MRO well in Reunion Bay.

New locator: 10011MRO.
Original locator: 10010MRO. 

Updates

July 14, 2026: the original/parent well --

• 17502, 637, MRO, Mark Sandstrom 14-32H, Reunion Bay, t12/08; cum 638K 5/26; huge well, not fracked in 2008 (or very small open hole frack); then re-frack in 2014, and huge jump in production. At least two more times jump in production when neighboring well drilled; after first re-frack in 2014:

BAKKEN	3-2015	31	10331	10400	3133	9044	57	7707
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	10389	10349	3001	9260	3	7995
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	13106	13103	4055	11737	0	10151
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	16347	16237	5770	14037	0	12104
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	19857	20389	7552	17157	3	14864
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	26140	25993	12023	22191	5	19208
BAKKEN	9-2014	26	14450	14408	11378	12315	0	10620
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	20932	20556	12550	19364	1555	15385
BAKKEN	7-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	1	12	253	2	1	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2014	19	1407	1721	182	1299	0	1038
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	2391	2071	247	3079	1879	759

Original Post 

These wells are tracked here.

The wells:

• 37777, drl/A, MRO, Bulls Eye USA 41-6TFH, Reunion Bay, first production, 8/21; t--; cum 326K 7/22; cum 415K 2/25; was off line for four months; back on line, 2/25;
  
• 37778, drl/A, MRO, Norman USA 11-5H/Norman Eye USA 11-5H, Reunion Bay, first production, 8/21; t--; cum 284K 7/22; cum 391K 2/25;
  
• 37773, drl/NC--> drl/A, MRO, Perry USA 41-6TFH, Reunion Bay, t--; cum 339K 7/22; cum 449K 2/25; cum 471K 4/26. recently off line, now back online;

Production profile:

• 37773:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2022	31	8292	8286	6001	17439	17007	0
BAKKEN	6-2022	30	8736	8948	5655	17700	17275	0
BAKKEN	5-2022	31	9987	9927	6976	18438	17574	330
BAKKEN	4-2022	28	9438	9411	7395	17121	16005	648
BAKKEN	3-2022	31	12503	12421	9369	22709	22161	0
BAKKEN	2-2022	28	11910	12017	8760	19299	18832	0
BAKKEN	1-2022	31	24045	23989	21160	47651	46393	244
BAKKEN	12-2021	31	26703	26849	20435	56878	55742	0
BAKKEN	11-2021	30	46158	46245	23281	85870	84098	0
BAKKEN	10-2021	31	67554	67708	42090	94279	91938	0
BAKKEN	9-2021	29	77734	77433	63132	87303	84475	467
BAKKEN	8-2021	13	36345	35980	34235	39901	37261	548
BAKKEN	7-2021	2	0	0	5	59	0	59

• 37777:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2022	31	6851	7076	7553	22664	21812	0
BAKKEN	6-2022	30	8105	8168	8340	23742	22786	0
BAKKEN	5-2022	31	10009	9904	10140	25133	23863	133
BAKKEN	4-2022	30	9624	9627	10302	21933	18955	1900
BAKKEN	3-2022	31	12526	12492	12420	34329	32929	0
BAKKEN	2-2022	28	14903	15004	13556	40551	38918	0
BAKKEN	1-2022	31	20366	20273	17272	52041	49892	0
BAKKEN	12-2021	31	28289	28124	19762	59662	57332	0
BAKKEN	11-2021	30	36119	36323	26565	56626	53777	0
BAKKEN	10-2021	31	35332	35160	33918	46838	44068	0
BAKKEN	9-2021	26	65731	65988	45266	78881	74045	0
BAKKEN	8-2021	25	78342	77794	64913	86760	81604	593
BAKKEN	7-2021	2	0	0	98	0	0	0

• 37778:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2022	31	8421	8669	5870	22478	21484	0
BAKKEN	6-2022	30	9471	9515	6172	25162	24072	0
BAKKEN	5-2022	31	11177	11094	6059	26395	24996	140
BAKKEN	4-2022	30	11477	11448	6320	25142	21957	1898
BAKKEN	3-2022	31	14024	13915	7326	29367	27857	0
BAKKEN	2-2022	28	14172	14278	7267	26626	25135	0
BAKKEN	1-2022	31	19722	19603	10526	32882	30903	0
BAKKEN	12-2021	31	25478	25404	15083	39254	37205	0
BAKKEN	11-2021	30	42893	43353	19647	63733	60359	0
BAKKEN	10-2021	30	58599	58079	26943	72613	68037	0
BAKKEN	9-2021	30	55876	55720	39318	67540	62949	0
BAKKEN	8-2021	3	13086	12994	7637	14334	13572	0

Eight New Permits; Eighteen Wells Approved For Confidential Status; Three Permits Renewed; Two DUCs Reported As Being Completed -- May 12, 2026

Locator: 50793B. 

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Investing: link here. 

Comment: WTI finished the day at $102.20. This is near the high end of the trading range ($90 - $106) for WTI for 1H26; the top being $106 in the current trading range. 

I pointed this out to Gemini and Gemini added this:

Resistance Levels: While you noted a high of $106, some analysts have identified key overhead resistance levels at $102.54 and higher, with some projections testing the $105 - $108 range as technical resistance. 

Drivers: The upward pressure is heavily influenced by the continued, effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, causing a significant reduction in global oil supply.

Me? The breakout / resistance level is $106, with "a decision point" starting at $105.

• decision point: to either buy or sell equities based on whether WTI will go significantly higher.

So, when tuning into CNBC tomorrow, look for some taking head to suggest the resistance level at $106/bbl WTI.  

Do not confuse this with dated Brent which closed today at $107.77. 

Equities, closing prices today:

• CVX: $185.95, up 0.64% today;
• COP: $117.87, up 2.01% today;
• PSX: $175.43, up 0.04% today;
• OKE: $88.43; up 0.73% today;
• MPC: $251.99; up 11.85% the past month;
• VG: up 4% for the month;
• CAT: up 15% for the month;

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WTI: $102.20.

Active rigs: 23.

Eight new permits, #42927 - #42934, inclusive --

• Operators: Silver Hill Energy (4); Oasis (4); 
• Fields: North Tioga; Burke County;
• Comments:
• Silver Hill Energy has permits for four Jacie W wells, lot 2, section 6-159-93; 
• to be sited 350 / 575 FNL and 1484 / 1704 FWL;
• Oasis has permits for three Tunnock wells and one Jaffa well, lot 2, section 2-153-103; 
• to be sited 759 790 FNL and 2374 /2468 FEL.

Eighteen (18) wells approved for confidential status:

• Phoenix Operating: 11
• Enerplus: 7

Three permits renewed:

• Oasis (2); and, 
• Devon Energy (1). 

One permit canceled:

• a Formentera Operations permit.

Two producing wells (two DUCs) were reported as completed:

• 40966, no ip, XTO, HBU Sakakawea Federal 13X-35A, McKenzie County; 
• 41553, no ip, XTO, HBU Baptiste Federal 34X-11C, Williams County; 
• well of interest: #17298 -- jump in production, halo effect;  

Subtle Halo Effect On New Slawson Wells -- March 15, 2026

Locator: 50231B.

Two wells:

• 40006, drl/A, Slawson, Thor 2-31-30H, Tobacco Garden, t524; cum 1/26: new well.
• 21909, 869, Slawson, Thor 1-31-30H, Tobacco Garden, t2/12; cum 400K 1/26; well with evidence of small halo effect.

Another Small Example Of The Halo Effect In The Bakken -- March 11, 2026

Locator: 50195B.

From today's daily activity report, two DUCs reported as completed, link here:

• 41414, 785, Slawson, Atlas 3-21-16H, McKenzie County;
• 41415, 775, Slawson, Atlas 2-21-16H, McKenzie County;

Well of interest:

• 22331, AL/A, Slawson, Atlas 1-16-2H, Ellsworth, t7/12; cum 248K 1/26; tested 6/20/12; 32 stages; 247155 pounds proppant; 49,243 bbls fluid; recent production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	1-2026	31	3646	3805	18607	7469	4914	2400
BAKKEN	12-2025	31	3973	4009	20258	8136	5428	2553
BAKKEN	11-2025	30	3453	3267	17998	6983	2924	3910
BAKKEN	10-2025	12	2902	2485	10142	5829	19	5751
BAKKEN	9-2025	1	0	0	8	9	9	0
BAKKEN	8-2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2025	15	360	487	447	997	764	158
BAKKEN	5-2025	18	584	488	927	1389	1292	9
BAKKEN	4-2025	30	659	729	785	2036	1880	8
BAKKEN	3-2025	31	771	1033	878	2308	2094	59

 A little farther east, another well of some interest: #29141.

Huge Bakken Well Being Reported -- 39388 -- BR's Watchman Peak 1-8-11MBH -- March 5, 2026

Locator: 50143B. 

 Updates

July 1, 2026:  it appears NDIC has updated their production numbers for this well. Note the slight difference:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2026	31	5643	5654	1806	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2026	30	9921	9939	4711	85043	84039	684
BAKKEN	3-2026	31	14530	14536	6919	85560	84733	716
BAKKEN	2-2026	27	15356	15377	8752	49399	48828	525
BAKKEN	1-2026	31	33471	33505	14612	85595	84760	775
BAKKEN	12-2025	30	41776	41788	22296	127420	126117	1225
BAKKEN	11-2025	30	35701	35723	21478	122026	120831	1117
BAKKEN	10-2025	30	53471	53432	31749	150183	146424	3639
BAKKEN	9-2025	22	23458	23536	17261	57624	56880	690
BAKKEN	8-2025	21	27853	27860	24377	75746	73928	1743
BAKKEN	7-2025	31	28652	28604	19704	75546	74570	869
BAKKEN	6-2025	29	25235	25161	14252	54080	52241	1779
BAKKEN	5-2025	30	26308	26344	14298	64679	63107	1514

Original Note 

WTI: just spiked 5.61%; spiked $4.19 / bbl; now trading at $78.85. 

Just when I thought it was going to be a boring day a reader sends me this! 

A huge thanks to the reader who caught this. I missed it (at least a quick search of the blog I did not see it).

From October 12, 2011: fifteen years ago! Link here.  All these wells are doing incredibly well in early production:

• Watchman wells; and,
• Devils Backbone wells. 

From January 17, 2026:

One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:

• 39388, 954, BR, Watchman Peak 1-8-11MBH, Westberg, t1/25; cum 475K 1/26; McKenzie County; t 1/1/25; 57 stages; volume fluid to frac: 270,934 bbls; lbs proppant: 5,929,692; spacing: 2 / 11 / 14 / 23 - 152 - 97. Halo effect? Yes.

Full production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	1-2026	31	84585	84508	14612	88046	87211	775
BAKKEN	12-2025	30	41776	41788	22296	127325	126117	1130
BAKKEN	11-2025	30	35701	35723	21478	122026	120831	1117
BAKKEN	10-2025	30	53471	53432	31749	150123	146424	3579
BAKKEN	9-2025	22	23458	23536	17261	57624	56880	690
BAKKEN	8-2025	21	27853	27860	24377	75746	73928	1743
BAKKEN	7-2025	31	28652	28604	19704	75546	74570	869
BAKKEN	6-2025	29	25235	25161	14252	54080	52241	1779
BAKKEN	5-2025	30	26308	26344	14298	64679	63107	1514
BAKKEN	4-2025	27	24131	24064	13764	58451	56619	1779
BAKKEN	3-2025	14	11804	11972	7283	29958	27763	2166
BAKKEN	2-2025	27	45076	45090	20487	119452	101335	18034
BAKKEN	1-2025	24	47253	47037	9833	112279	105880	6347
BAKKEN	12-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2024	0	0	0	0	266	0	266

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The Maps

 

 

Darlene Federal -- Devon Energy -- Westberg -- The Bakken -- March 3, 2026

Locator: 50119B.

Well of interest:  

• 23277, 2,000, Devon Energy, Darlene Federal 152-97-13-24-3H, Westberg, t1/13; cum 401K 1/16:

Recent:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	1-2026	31	3952	3572	18014	20705	20601	0
BAKKEN	12-2025	8	531	447	5569	4014	3979	2
BAKKEN	11-2025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2025	0	0	319	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2025	20	2869	2773	6315	12650	12299	273
BAKKEN	8-2025	12	1753	1922	2890	15896	15750	102
BAKKEN	7-2025	30	5578	5683	7666	41103	40378	604
BAKKEN	6-2025	30	6542	6157	8161	36809	36630	59
BAKKEN	5-2025	30	6673	6747	9545	43298	42945	232
BAKKEN	4-2025	30	7147	7322	10277	41364	41206	38
BAKKEN	3-2025	31	7194	7124	10931	44452	44251	79
BAKKEN	2-2025	28	7850	7831	11382	58317	57520	685
BAKKEN	1-2025	30	9285	9344	16719	59511	54869	4522
BAKKEN	12-2024	23	7650	7575	12095	48074	43689	4342
BAKKEN	11-2024	30	10939	10829	18030	70542	69910	632
BAKKEN	10-2024	31	13570	13585	17708	81010	77758	3252
BAKKEN	9-2024	30	16605	16577	32115	88169	83152	5017
BAKKEN	8-2024	31	25163	25231	43158	105099	73309	31790
BAKKEN	7-2024	10	8384	8201	14043	28135	6027	22108
BAKKEN	6-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2023	1	7	246	0	2	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2023	27	598	618	277	2924	2825	0
BAKKEN	10-2023	31	951	905	443	4292	4292	0

Earlier:

BAKKEN	7-2017	31	1838	1886	769	6027	5473	278
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	1942	1812	803	6423	5779	375
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	2281	2379	944	6782	6217	286
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	2480	2449	1100	7277	6648	361
BAKKEN	3-2017	28	2584	2288	1569	5721	5352	162
BAKKEN	2-2017	7	0	0	0	9	0	7
BAKKEN	1-2017	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	8	0	0	1	3	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	28	1354	1632	584	4347	4148	12
BAKKEN	10-2016	31	1974	1983	928	6382	6025	78
BAKKEN	9-2016	30	2070	2284	1011	6631	6363	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	2399	2081	1177	7377	7098	0

Initial: 

BAKKEN	11-2013	30	3714	3504	1128	8598	2235	6363
BAKKEN	10-2013	31	4130	4233	1228	8403	1863	6539
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	4682	4636	1695	9347	3583	5764
BAKKEN	8-2013	27	3465	3673	1102	9166	4015	5151
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	4729	4776	1647	12130	0	12130
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	5712	5434	2687	13955	11789	2167
BAKKEN	5-2013	30	4622	4887	1985	10401	5322	5079
BAKKEN	4-2013	30	7361	7008	2640	17087	12998	4089
BAKKEN	3-2013	31	9745	10022	3345	21561	15774	5786
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	11458	11268	3412	19997	13500	6497
BAKKEN	1-2013	23	15176	14896	7680	24541	13330	11211