A North Dakota Williston Basin Well Drilled In 1996 Goes Over 5 Million Bbls Crude Oil Cumulative -- October 5, 2024

Locator: 48500LODGEPOLE.

The locator number was entirely coincidental! LOL. 

See this post. The lede from that post, May 4, 2019:

Now, one of those wells has gone over the 5 million bbls crude oil cumulative! Not 500,00, but 5,000,000 --- 5 million bbls crude oil:

Lodgepole Revisited -- January 6, 2020

See the comments at this post.

I'm posting this here so that I can find it more easily if I want to expand on this later.

Tag: Lodgepole.

The well:

• 17759, 160, MRO, Darwin 14-35H, Murphy Creek, t2/09; cum 55K 11/19;

I track the Murphy Creek oil field here but it has not been updated in a long, long time.

"New" Operator In North Dakota: Freedom Energy Operating, LLC -- April 5, 2019

Not really "new" but I had forgotten about this company. It turns out it had a dry well back in 2017. 

From "well search," NDIC, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources. Freedom Energy has two permits.

• 33997, dry, Freedom Energy Operating, LLC, Freedom Energy ND 1-15, Heart River, target: Lodgepole, t10/17; this was an Oasis Petroleum well, about 6 miles west of Dickinson; a vertical hole targeting the porous reef of the Lodgepole formation; drilled to a depth of 10,275 feet; targeting the "mound" of the Lodgepole Formation that is located along the base of the Lodgepole to the top of the Bakken formation; spud on October 2, 2017; TD on October 14, 2017; "inconclusive evidence indicating the presence of the reef structure of interest; plugged back and abandon." See this post.

• #36308 is already on confidential status. This well is a mile or so south SSW of Dickinson. The nearest well is 22365.

• #22365, dry, Chimney Sweep Oil & Gas Company, Hondl 21-1, wildcat, Lodgepole, 4/5/12.

This information from my "Bakken operators" page:

Freedom Energy Operating, LLC

• April 5, 2019: second permit; Lodgepole permit about a mile SSW of Dickinson
• see this update regarding dry well, October 23, 2017; 
• first mentioned at this post, September 12, 2017, with its first permit in North Dakota   
• Freedom's website has one "cover page"; absolutely no information, posted November 17, 2017; a lot of companies have "Freedom Energy" or something similar in their name

Lodgepole Monster Wells In The Dickinson Area -- December 2, 2018

Updates

Later, 9:23 p.m. CT: see first comment. A reader writes to say that the well of interest, #34711 was dry. 

Original Post

 
I don't plan to update production numbers on this page. Production data will be updated elsewhere.

A reader noted that this well coming off the confidential list this week might be an interesting one to watch:

• 34711, conf, Armstrong Operating, Harvest States 7-11, Eland, no production data, 

Because it's on the confidential list, I don't know much more about it, but I will bet it's not a Bakken well. LOL. I would be very, very surprised if it's anything but a vertical (or possibly a directional) well targeting the Lodgepole.

For newbies: I talked about "Lodgepole" a long, long time ago (back in 2009). That was in the early days of the blog; I didn't know much about "oil" then so there may be amateurish errors in that post. That entry is linked at the sidebar at the right. I have not read that post lately, and I have not updated it or corrected any typographical or factual errors. 

It's my "belief" that hitting the Lodgepole in the Dickinson area is a hit or miss: if it's a "hit," it's most likely going to be a monster well; but unlike the Bakken, hitting the Lodgepole is a bit tougher. Having said that, looking at the NDIC map, there doesn't appear to be many dry holes in Eland or Patterson Lake.

Over at "monster wells" several Lodgepole wells made the cut. 

Lodgepole

The monster wells;

• 13724, 1,752, Denbury, Ridl 11-1, Lodgepole, Eland; t3/95, cum 1.0743 million bbls 10/18;
• 13745, 2,571, Denbury, Klein 1-23, Lodgepole, Eland; t3/95, cum 4.4112 million bbls 10/18;
• 13755, 2,016, Denbury, Ranchos 1, Lodgepole, Eland; s3/95, t5/95, cum 4.8543 million bbls 10/18;
• 13773, 2,908, Denbury Onshore, Privratsky 12-2, a Lodgepole well, Eland, t5/95; cum 789K 10/18;
• 13788, 398, Debury Onshore, Patterson Lake 41-13, Eland, t4/96; cum 1.30992 million bbls 10/18;
• 13819, 279, Scout Energy Management/Denbury, Privratsky 12A-3, Lodgepole, Eland;  t10/95, cum 2.3294 million 5/18; last produced 6/03;
• 13886, 1,214, Scout Energy/Denbury, Roller 1-24, Lodgepole, Eland, s11/95, t12/95, cum 2.3666 million bbls 10/18;
• 18190, 463, Armstrong Operating, Laurine Engel 1, Patterson Lake, t9/09; F; cum 854K 10/18;
• 18496, 474, Armstrong Operating, Gruman 18-3, Patterson Lake, t3/10; F; cum 885K 10/18;

By the way, look at the production of the Lodgepole well drilled back in 2010; I find this simply incredible:

• 18496, 474, Armstrong Operating, Gruman 18-3, Patterson Lake, t3/10; F; cum 885K 10/18;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
LODGEPOLE	10-2018	31	10487	10373	474	3481	3338	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2018	30	12131	12348	164	5155	5017	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2018	31	13363	13236	14	5193	5050	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2018	31	13106	13040	6	5524	5381	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2018	30	12616	12562	11	2773	2630	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2018	30	12695	12672	6	5141	5003	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2018	30	12136	12216	4	4930	4792	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2018	30	12028	12081	3	4894	4756	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2018	28	11282	11372	3	4588	4459	0
LODGEPOLE	1-2018	31	12187	12124	7	5000	4857	0
LODGEPOLE	12-2017	31	11858	11735	9	4864	4721	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2017	30	11122	11248	8	4661	4523	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2017	31	10652	10612	0	4474	4331	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2017	30	8761	8638	0	3679	3541	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2017	24	6088	6268	0	2576	2466	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2017	31	7899	7716	2	3336	3193	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2017	30	7485	7671	7	3098	2960	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2017	31	7644	7458	7	3050	2907	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2017	30	7392	7468	6	2916	2778	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2017	31	7652	7879	10	2890	2747	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2017	28	6980	6873	11	2674	2545	0
LODGEPOLE	1-2017	31	7864	7851	11	3037	2894	0
LODGEPOLE	12-2016	30	7954	7871	8	3136	2998	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2016	30	7659	7799	6	3053	2915	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2016	31	8027	8023	0	3276	3133	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2016	30	7855	7752	0	1782	1639	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2016	31	8269	8272	0	3479	3336	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2016	31	8301	8331	0	3453	3310	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2016	30	8190	8207	0	3324	3186	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2016	17	4590	4640	0	1817	1739	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2016	14	3578	3525	0	1386	1322	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2016	3	685	741	0	242	228	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2016	14	3145	2955	0	1139	1075	0

Lodgepole Reefs, An Update -- December 5, 2017: Happy 21st Birthday -- Dinsdale 2-4

Disclaimer: in a long note like this, there will be typographical and factual errors. If this information is important to you, go to the source.

With regard to this subject (Lodgeple reefs) I welcome any comments from those in the oil industry who can add more information or correct me where I am wrong. 

Earlier this morning (or overnight) a reader asked what percent of Lodgepole wells are successful in the area southwest of Dickinson, ND?

This had to do with this well:

33997, dry, Freedom Energy Operating, LLC, Freedom Energy ND 1-15, Heart River, pool: Lodgepole; spud 10/2/17; from the permit, estimated TD = 9,950 TVD;

From the geologist's report: this well was targeting a Lodgepole reef:

Oasis Petroleum Freedom ND #1-15 [SE SE Sec. 15, T139N-R97W] is located ~6 miles West of Dickinson, North Dakota. Freedom ND #1-15 is situated within the Heart River Field in Stark County. A vertical hole targeting the porous Reef of the Lodgepole formation.  

It was a steep learning curve for me when I first learned about Lodgepole reefs. I discuss Lodgepole reefs at this post and that's where I will continue to track them. 

I don't know what the percentage is, but anecdotally (based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis), these are my thoughts:

• there is a difference between the Lodgepole formation and Lodgepole reefs
• to date, it appears that operators in North Dakota have only been successful hitting the Lodgepole reefs immediately west, southwest, and south of Dickinson, ND and inside city limits
• the farther one gets from Dickinson, ND, the less likely one will hit a reef
• some operators have targeted the Lodgepole formation north of Williston (I forget now how those have turned out) 
• once you leave the area west and southwest of Dickinson the likelihood of hitting a Lodgepole reef is pretty unlikely
• even in the area of the Lodgepole reefs it appears to be a real "hit or miss" (no pun intended) outcome
• Lodgepole reef wells are vertical (or directional/vertical) wells and are not fracked; very, very low expense to drill
• I am not quite sure what to think about horizontal wells (if there are any) that target the Lodgepole in the Dickinson area
• Looking at the "Lodgepole wells" west and southwest of Dickinson: I have only looked at a few of these wells; I assume they are all Lodgepole reef wells but my assumption could be wrong

One can see a number of Lodgepole wells at my "Monster Wells" link.

As a "case study," I looked at one Lodgepole well in the Dickinson area, #14213. I have blogged about this well on numerous occasions. From this post: "Denbury Onshore, LCC, may have the most productive well in North Dakota," posted March 27, 2011. This Lodgepole reef well is inside Dickinson city limits.

• 14213, 3,357, Denbury, Dinsdale 2-4, Lodgepole, Stadium, t12/96, cum 4.95 million bbls 9/17; it was shut in all of 10/17; full production profile is at this post.

Interestingly, the "most productive well in North Dakota" was just shut in two months ago. In its 21 years of operation, it has never been shut in for a full month, until now.

The scout ticket:

The graphics:

From the NDIC file:

Update: Hess' Lodgepole Well, Short Lateral, One Mile Northeast Of Tioga, North Dakota -- July 3, 2015

Note: this page will not be updated. This well is now tracked here. 

• 26738, 103, Hess, TI-Wao-157-95-14H-1, Tioga, t7/14; cum 16K 1/16.

February 19, 2017: update:

Monthly Production Data:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
LODGEPOLE	12-2016	31	652	462	1338	2001	2001	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2016	30	544	670	1308	1869	1869	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2016	31	785	697	1365	1929	1929	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2016	30	739	674	1583	1903	1903	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2016	29	663	691	1079	2199	2199	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2016	28	600	685	1149	1460	1460	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2016	28	980	875	1411	1349	1349	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2016	21	327	437	1086	1038	1038	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2016	30	761	713	1404	1377	1377	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2016	30	889	936	1451	1415	1415	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2016	26	786	874	1289	1100	1100	0
LODGEPOLE	1-2016	23	675	433	1108	931	931	0
LODGEPOLE	12-2015	31	924	1149	1369	1364	1364	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2015	30	1002	909	1210	1363	1363	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2015	31	1059	902	1244	1357	1357	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2015	30	999	1099	1048	1300	1300	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2015	31	1342	1536	1499	1764	1764	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2015	30	1402	1348	1509	1915	1915	0

September 19, 2015: back on ACTIVE status; production profile most recent few months:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
LODGEPOLE	7-2015	30	1402	1348	1509	1915	1915	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2015	26	1688	1793	1605	1895	1895	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2015	31	3447	3384	2989	5024	5024	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2015	1	60	0	221	199	199	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Update on this well. 

I posted this back on August 17, 2014:

• 26738, IA, Hess, TI-Wao-157-95-14H-1, Tioga, this is a Lodgepole well; Hess will come back to this well on/about May 7, 2014, to drill this well to TD of 13,693 feet; and then complete it with a multi-stage acid frack; the company will core the upper and the middle Lodgepole; the company will also core the upper, middle, and lower Bakken; the company will core the 1st and 2nd benches of the Three Forks, and the upper 30' of the Three Forks third bench; 640-acre spacing for a Lodgepole well. [Updates: 12/14: no production since early September, 2014; Update: actually produced 60 bbls in one day in April, 2015; also noted that well is now IA (previously TA)]

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Update As Of July 3, 2015

This is an important well. 
See notes below the production profile.

Update as of July 3, 2015:

NDIC File No: 26738    
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 7/18/2014     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: NWNW 14-157-95     Latitude: 48.428849     Longitude: -102.923745
Current Operator: HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC
Current Well Name: TI-WAO- 157-95-14H-1
Total Depth: 13625     Field: TIOGA
Spud Date(s):  12/6/2013
Completion Data
   Pool: LODGEPOLE     Comp: 7/18/2014     Status: AL     Date: 8/19/2014     Spacing: ONE SECTION (640 acres)
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: LODGEPOLE     Cum Oil: 7292     Cum MCF Gas: 199     Cum Water: 6520
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 7/18/2014     Pool: LODGEPOLE     IP Oil: 103     IP MCF: 0     IP Water: 148

Monthly Production Data

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
LODGEPOLE	5-2015	31	3447	3384	2989	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2015	1	60	0	221	199	199	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	1-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	12-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2014	10	1789	1786	1167	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2014	7	811	444	1089	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2014	12	1185	1185	1054	0	0	0

Note the well is now active.

There were no new sundry forms after the August, 2014 update. The well was put on a pump o/a August 15, 2014.

The original geologist's summary back when the well was first drilled (the following includes direct quotes and paraphrasing, but mostly direct quotes):

• this is an experimental well testing the production potential of the Middle Lodgepole 
• thirty-foot lagged samples were caught from 9,568 feet through the end of the lateral section at 13,625 feet [short lateral] in the Middle Lodgepole formation
• true vertical depth of the target formation: 9,219 feet
• after the pumps were started gas would peak at 9,568 units (sic) before the gas buster came into use
• "it should also be noted that the command center faced away from the flare stack and rig"
  "Neset personnel would intermittently leave the command center to look for a flare but none was observed"
• saltwater based drilling fluid was used throughout the lateral
• the target window would be ten feet
• the Lodgepole is a massive body of limestone in the Madison group

Pilot hole core (plans):

Middle Lodgepole

• 9110' TVD - 9290' TVD for a total of 180 feet of core
• this core will include 30 feet above the middle Lodgepole, middle Lodgepole, and 30 feet below the middle Lodgepole; all of this core is in the Lodgepole

Bakken-Three Forks

• 9550' TVD - 9780' TVD for a total of 230 feet of core
• 20' above the Upper Bakken Shale, Upper Bakken, Middle Bakken, Lower Bakken, Three Forks 1st Bench, Three Forks 2nd Bench, and 30' of the Three Forks 3rd Bench
• the rat hole for the open hole logs will end up in the Birdbear formation

Drilling

• spud rig: December 6, 2013
• drilling rig: May 13, 2014
• cease drilling: May 16, 2014 (3 days)

Completion: June 27, 2014

• 37 stages
• acid frack; no proppant 

Location:

The only other active well in the immediate area:

• 8257, 176, McRae & Henry, Ltd, Gallagher 43-15, vertical Madison well, t7/81; cum 160K 5/15;

An interesting well in the area:

• 12790, 242/115, Hess, Pederson 14-33, Silurian/Ordovician, the Silurian was drilled in 1991; before it was abandoned at the end of 2008, cum 814K bbls of oil; 1.4 bcf gas

Note: in a long note like this, there will be factual and typographical errors. I have no formal training in oil and gas exploration and I may have missed important points and/or misinterpreted data. If this information is important to you, go to the source.

New Vertical Lodgepole Being Drilled -- South of Dickinson

Chimney Sweep, Hondl 21-1, 160-acre spacing, $2 million budget;  EUR: 1.2 million
Unusual for a Lodgepole well: direction drilling because the mound is below the city of Dickinson
Located about a half-mile of a DRY Armstrong well drilled in 1996 (Dvoark 16-1)
Nearest established Lodgepole: Hondl 21-1; 1.5 miles to the southwest; Armstrong's Gruman 20-1; 1995; cum 578,000 bbls.

RMOJ: March 23, 2012

The Lodgepole Wells -- Staggering Numbers -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

I thought I had posted some of these numbers some time ago, but I was unable to find the post, so here they are  (again?): 

• 13715, 2,707, Denbury, Knopik 1-11, Lodgepole, Eland, s11/94; t12/94; cum 1.15 mill bbls 11/11
• 13724, 1,752, Denbury, Ridl 11-1, Lodgepole, Eland, s2/95; t3/95; cum 1.03 million bbls 11/11
• 13745, 2,571, Denbury, Klein 1-23, Lodgepole, Eland, s1/95; t3/95; cum 4.3 million bbls 11/11
• 13755, 2,016, Denbury, Ranchos 1, Lodgepole, Eland, s3/95; 5/95; cum 4.8 million bbls 11/11
• 13757, 846, Armstrong, Gruman 20-1, Lodgepole, Versippi, s9/95; t10/95; cum 570K bbls 11/11
• 13758, 243, Denbury, K. R. 1-14, Lodgepole, Eland, s7/95; t10/95; cum 2.03 million bbls 11/11
• 13786, 1,615, Whiting, Hondl 15-1, Lodgepole, Hiline, s6/95; t7/95; cum 1.19 million bbls 11/11
• 13794, 723, Denbury, Froehlich 1, Lodgepole, Eland, s6/95; t7/95; cum 4.7 million bbls 11/11
• 13886, 1,214, Denbury, Roller 1-24, Lodgepole, Eland, s11/95; t 12/95; cum 2.2 mill bbls 11/11
• 13896, 362, Whiting, RG 1-10, Lodgepole, Hiline, s11/95; t12/95; cum 306K bbls 11/11
• 13897, 773, Denbury Onsh, Hattie 1, Lodgepole, Eland, s11/95; t12/95; cum 2.3 million bbls 11/11
• 14209, 5,105, Denbury, Dinsdale 1-3, Lodgepole, Stadium, s12/96; t2/97; cum 3.6 mill bbls 11/11
• 14307, 876, Denbury Onsh, HR 1-9, Lodgepole, Stadium, s1/97; t3/97; cum 1.3 mill bbls 11/11
• 14825, 576, Whiting, Meyer 1-15, Lodgepole, Hiline, s4/98; t6/98; cum 242K bbls/ 11/11
• 18190, 463, Armstrong, Laurine Engel 1, Lodgepole, Patterson, s8/09; 9/09; cum 278K bbls 11/11
• 18496, 474, Armstrong, Gruman 18-3, Lodgepole, Patterson, s2/10; t3/10; cum 188K bbls 11/11

The Lodgepole reefs are hard to find, but if successful, incredible. A lot of dry wells for each one listed above.

Relatively New Operator in the Williston Basin -- Chimney Sweep -- The Lodgepole, North Dakota, USA

In the January, 2012, NDIC hearing dockets, an operator that was "new" to me:

• Case 16775, Chimney Sweep, a 160-acre unit, vertical, Lodgepole, Stark

Chimney Sweep has only one other well/file number in North Dakota:

• 16945, TA, Chimney Sweep, Ridl 16-1, wildcat, 16-139-97. This well was southwest of Dickinson, so it was another Lodgepole well, also.

As of March 1, 2011, Chimney Sweep Oil and Gas (US) L.L.L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Enterprise Energy Resources Ltd.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -  Enterprise Energy Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, EERL Energy Limited Partnership has completed its previously announced acquisition of a 50% interest in Chimney Sweep Oil and Gas (US) L.L.L.P.

Concurrent with the closing of the acquisition, the Company completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 16,666,666 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of $0.30 per Unit for gross proceeds of $5,000,000. -- Tuesday, March 1, 2011. 

And then earlier this month, December 5, 2011:

Enterprise Energy Resources Ltd.  (EER.V) is pleased to announce that it has spudded its first well, Archer #1, in Sheridan County, Montana. Enterprise holds a 100% working interest in approximately 30,000 net acres (47 net sections), subject to a 10% back-in right.

The Archer #1 well is located on the northern edge of Enterprise's land package and lies about 40km (25 miles) south west of several successful Bakken wells drilled recently in Montana by one of the area's major operators. The well will evaluate the oil potential of the underlying formations, including the thick Bakken and Three Forks formations within the Williston Basin in North Eastern Montana.

The Archer #1 well, with a TVD of 2,470 m (8,100 ft), is anticipated to take about 14 days to drill, evaluate and case at an estimated cost of approximately US$1.1MM.

Tyrone Field Update -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Permits
 (not including the ones in the original post)

2019 (list in progress)
36127, 3,537, Bruin, Borrud 156-101-1B-12-3H, 60 stages; 16 million lbs, Tryone, t719; cum --; the pay zone was 16' - 26' below the top of the middle Bakken; gas ranged as high as 3,102 units in the lateral;

2018 (list is complete)
35834, 381, Whiting, Moline 31-14-45TFHU, Tyrone, 5/19; cum 15K 6/19;
35833, 1,341, Whiting, Moline 31-14-4H, Tyrone, 5/19; cum 40K 6/19;
35832, 1,331, Whiting, Moline 31-14-4TFH, Tyrone, 5/19; cum 31K 6/19;
35607,
35606,
35605,
35604,
35555,
35210
35209
35208,
35207,
34947,
34946,
34945,
34944,
34943
34762,
34761,
34760,
34759,
34747,


2017 (list is complete)
33336,
33335,

2016 (list is complete)
32776, 3,042, Bruin, Borrud 156-101-1A-12-5H, Tyrone, t7/19; cum --;
32775, 958, Whiting, State 34-36-2TFH, Tyrone, t3/17; cum 191K 6/19;
32774, 2,329, Whiting, State 34-36-1H, Tyrone, t3/17; cum 293K 6/19;
32773, 1,998, Whiting, State 34-36-1TFH, Tyrone, t3/17; cum 253K 6/19;

2015 (list is complete)
30744,748, Oasis,McCauley 5501 14-4 8BX, Tyrone, t11/18; cum 144K 6/19;

2014 (list is complete)
30006, 618, Oasis, Harbour 5501 14-4 7B, Tyrone, t11/18; cum 134K 6/19;
30005, PNC, Oasis, Harbour 5501 14-4 6T,
29787, 3,099, Oasis, Borrud 156-101-1A-12-1TFH, Tyrone, t7/19; cum --;
29539, 4,635, Bruin/HRC, Borrud 156-101-1B-12-2H, Tyrone, t7/19; cum --; ,
29538, PNC, HRC, Borrud 156-101-1B-12-3H,
29240, 1,827, HRC, Borrud 156-101-1B-11-5H, t4/15; cum 102K 1/16;
29239, 1,803, HRC, Borrud 156-101-1B-11-4H, t3/15; cum 107K 1/16;
29238, 1,209, HRC, Borrud 156-101-1B-11-3H, t4/15; cum 82K 1/16;
29042, 914->producing, Oasis, McCauley Logan 5601 11-26 6T, t12/15; cum 174K 6/19;
28905, 1,441, Oasis, Harbour 5601 42-33 2B, t2/15; cum 86K 1/16;
28904, 1,061, Oasis, Harbour 5601 42-33 3T,t2/15; cum 88K 1/16;
28903, 1,384, Oasis, Harbour 5601 42-33 4B, t2/15; cum 119K 1/16;
28902, 622, Oasis, Harbour 5601 42-33 5T, t2/15; cum 26K 1/16; off-line quite a bit;
28127, 787, Oasis, McCauley 5501 13-3 7T2, t21/5; cum 26K 1/16;
28048, 1,049, Oasis, Harbour 5501 14-5 2T, Tyrone, t2/15 cum 11K 5/15;
28046, 1,470, Oasis, Holmes Harbour 5501 14-5 2B, 32 stages, 4 million lbs, t2/15; cum 46K 5/15;
28045, 315, Oasis, Holmes 5501 14-5 6T, t2/15 cum 18K 5/15;
27784, 287, Oasis, McCauley 5501 14-3 2B, Tyrone, t12/14; cum 69K 5/15;
27783, 606, Oasis, McCauley 5501 14-3 3T, Tyrone, t12/14; cum 44K 5/15;
27736, SI/NC Oasis, McCauley 5601 41-34 6B, Tyrone,
27735, 517, Oasis, McCauley 5601 41-34 5T, Tyrone, t2/15; cum 41K 5/15;
27734, 567, Oasis, McCauley 5601 41-34 4B, Tyrone, t2/15; cum 48K 5/15;
27730, 1,867, Oasis, Holmes 5501 12-5 4B, Tyrone, 32 stages; 3.7 million lbs, t12/14; cum 55K 5/15;
27729, 523, Oasis, Holmes 5501 12-5 5T, Tyrone, t11/14; cum 45K 5/15;
27690, 2,300, Oasis, Logan 5601 13-26 5B, Tyrone, t11/15; cum 48K 1/16;
27689, SI/NC--> producing, Oasis, Logan 5601 13-26 4T, Tyrone, a nice well;
27686, SI/N-->producing, Oasis, Logan 5601 11-26 7B, Tyrone, a nice well;
27685, SI/N-->producingC, Oasis, Logan 5601 11-26 8T, Tyrone, a nice well;
27642, 634, Oasis, Holmes 5501 11-5 2T, Tyrone, t12/14; cum 39K 5/15;
27641, 1,488, Oasis, Holmes 5501 11-5 3B, 32 stages, 3.4 million lbs, Tyrone, t11/14; cum 52K 5/15;

2013 (list complete)

26505, 445, Oasis, Hendricks 5602 43-36 5B, t5/14; cum 79K 1/16;

26504, 1,035, Oasis, Hendricks 5602 43-36 4T, t2/14; cum 25K 8/14;

26503, 635, Oasis, Hendricks 5602 43-36 3B, t5/14; cum 18K 8/14;

26502, 582, Oasis, Hendricks 5602 43-36 2T, t5/14; cum 14K 8/14;

26278, 454, Oasis, Johnson 5601 41-24T, Tyrone, t2/14; cum 26K 8/14;

26277, 474, Oasis, Edwin 5601 44-24T, t3/14; cum 22K 8/14;

26264, 627, Oasis, Lydia 5601 43-24T, t2/14; cum 20K 8/14;

25915, 1,049, Oasis, Orcas State 5601 13-16 3T, t10/13; cum 38K 8/14;

25562, 1,208, HRC, Borrud 156-101-2A-11-2H, t8/13; cum 124K 8/14;

2012 (list complete)

24336, 694, Whiting/KOG, Moline 156-101 14-23-1H, t3/13; cum 142K 8/14;

24022, 1,549, Oasis, Autumn Wind State 56-1 14-16B, t3/13; cum 54K 1/14;

23988, 1,209, Oasis, Dale 56-1 14-26B, t1/13; cum 48K 1/14;

22842, 1,979, Oasis, Arlyss 5601 14-26T, t9/12; cum 96K 1/14;

22608, 1,694, Oasis, Tyler T 5601 41-24B, t7/12; cum 123K 8/14;

22607, 1,216, Oasis, Tanner T 5601 42-24B, t9/12; cum 80K 1/14;

22495, 805, HRC/KOG/Liberty, Borrud 156-101-1-12-1H, t8/12; cum 209K 8/14;

2011 (list complete)

22068,  567, KOG, Sylte 156-101-15-22-1H, t6/12; cum 135K 1/14;

22067, 758, KOG, Sylte 156-101-10-3-1H, t6/12; cum 138K 1/14;

21261, 94, Oasis, Clark 5602 12-13H, a Lodgepole well, went inactive 1/14; t1/12; cum 9K 2/14;

21019, 1,339, Oasis, Melville 5601 12-18H, Tyrone, t12/11; cum 111K 1/14;

Updates

March 23, 2012: interesting oil field for two reasons -- follow the Lodgepole story and the Liberty Resources story. Read the first first comment at the link; if it's valid, it speaks volumes about "who" knows about the Bakken and "who's" investing in it.

Original Post

Tyrone oil field has seen increased activity lately. This is a single-township oil field, T156N-101W, 36 sections north of Williston.

Drive straight north on US 2&85 out of Williston, up to the 13-mile corner, and you will be on the east side of this field.

If you were to turn west at the 13-mile corner, you would track a series of wells, running east to west, all the way to the next field, Bonetrail (12 sections) and then to Bull Butte (70 sections to the Montana state line).

Running east to west in Tyrone oil field:

• 19048, 705, Petro-Hunt, Borrud 156-101-11D-2-1H, Tyrone, Bakken;  t8/11; cum 76K 7/12
• 21441, 182, Oasis, Orcas State 5601 13-16H, Tyrone, Bakken, t12/12; cum 36K 1/14;
• 21578, 470, KOG/Liberty Resources, Berger 156-101-9-4-1H, Tyrone, Bakken; t/12; cum 93K 1/14;
• 19307, 1,033, Oasis, Devon 5601 12-17H, Tyrone, Bakken, s8/10, t7/11; cum 76K 9/12;
• 19308, 1,235, Oasis, Glover 5601 12-17H, Tyrone, Bakken, s8/10, t6/11; cum 80K 9/12;
• 21019, 1,339, Oasis, Melville 5601 12-18H, Tyrone, Bakken, t12/11; cum 66K 9/12;
• 19418, 1,030, Oasis, Baffin 5601 12-18H, Tyrone, Bakken, s10/10; t6/11; cum 83K 9/12;
• 18418, 1,228, Oasis, Sandaker 5602 11-13H, Tyrone, Bakken, s3/10; t6/10; cum 104K 9/12;
• 18567, 1,835, Oasis, Njos Federal 5602 11-13H, Tyrone, Bakken, s1/10; t6/10; cum 109K 9/12;
• 21261, IA/94, Oasis, Clark 5602 12-13H, a Lodgepole; came off confidential May 1, 2012; said to be economical by Oasis (personal correspondence); closed hole frack; 4 million lbs sand/ceramics; 4K 7/12; this particular well has an interesting history; google it at this blog; t1/12; cum 5K 9/12; went inactive 1/5/12 (still producing small amount)
• 22067, see above, Liberty Resources, Sylte 156-101-10-3-1H, Tyrone, s1/12; cum 30K 2 months; no IP
• 22068, see above, Liberty Resources, Sylte 156-101-15-22-1H, Tyrone, s1/12; cum 25K 2 months; no IP
• 22495, DRL, Liberty Resources, Borrud 156-101-1-12-1H, Tyrone; cum 11K 1 month; no IP
• 22607, LOC --> conf, Oasis, Tanner T 5601 42-24B, Tyrone;
• 22608, LOC --> conf, Oasis, Tyler T 5601 41-24B, Tyrone; cum 3K no IP yet

I've written about the Clark well before, and have it tagged for follow-up in February, 2014.
 Rambling, overheard at the Economart:

• If time is running out on leases....
• And, if leased acreage is held by production ...
• And, if there is a huge backlog in fracking...
• And, if there is a huge supply/demand mismatch for sand, ceramics ....
• Doesn't it follow that to drill a well where leased acreage is already held by production -- means that the operator has found something particularly interesting about that location to drill again (of course, in cases like the Sanish and Whiting, sometimes the payoff is so good that infill wells are drilled for the cash flow)...

Also, note Liberty Resources, a relative newcomer to the Bakken with somebody providing lots of financial capital behind the scenes, has the Berger well in this field.  I've recently posted more about those behind Liberty Resources (March, 2012).

Update: Holm State 16-162-98H -- Lodgepole -- Not The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

This is one of several Lodgepole wells that should be very, very interesting.

• 18719, DRL, Samson Resources, Holm State 16-162-98H

Depth: 7,222 feet
Fracture stimulated, 02-20-11 to 02-21-11 (one day)
Ten (10) stages
Sand frack with 630,580 pounds of sand

Note from the operator to NDIC on September 21, 2011: "Samson Resources Company respectfully wishes to inform the NDIC that Holm State #16-162-98H well is currently shut in. Design preparations are underway for upcoming re-completion. A re-completion sundry is forthcoming."

The geologist's report: The Samson Holm State 16-162-98H was an engineering and geologic success. 4623' of lateral section were drilled within the Minton objective. The remaining 453' of the horizontal well bore were drilled in the upper Lodgepole immediately below the Minton.

The horizontal well bore appears to be oil bearing based on sample examination, oil shows, and gas recordings. Oil showings at the shale shaker along with calcite and calcite filler hairline fractures in the drill cuttings indicate the presence of a fractured reservoir. The commercial potential of the Holm State 16-162-98H will be determined by completion operations, primarily with the frac job."

Comparing Production by Formation in the Williston Basin -- Emphasis on the Lodgepole -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here.

Yesterday I posted a series of numbers comparing formations with the Williston Basin, but I did not post the name of the formations. I wanted folks to look at the data first, ask some questions, and try to guess which formation was producing that amount of oil.

That posting has now been udpated, listing the actual formation against production.

It is quite enlightening. Look at the Lodgepole wells.

For more background on the Lodgepole wells, click here. (Disregard my enthusiasm in earlier posts for Oil for America. My enthusiasm for those wells has abated, pending any new information from this company.)

Top Story of the Week? Bakken, North Dakota, USA

 A huge thank you to Gary for bringing this to my attention.

Go to the GIS map server and check out Tyrone field, or search for the "Clark" well in Tyrone field.

Oasis Petroleum has three wells in section 13-156-102.

18418, 1,228, Oasis, Sandaker 5602 11-13H, Wildcat, Bakken; s3/23/10; t6/2/10; 7/11 75K bbls
18567, 1,835, Oasis, Njos Federal 5602 11-13H, Tyrone Field, Bakken; s1/19/10; t6/18/10; 7/11 79K bbls
21261, 94, Oasis, Clark 5602 12-13H, came off confidential May 1, 2012; said to be economical by Oasis (personal correspondence); closed hole frack; 4 million lbs sand/ceramics; Lodgepole (not a Bakken)

Background:

Oasis was issued permits for the Njos and Sandaker back in late 2009/early 2010. Note the wildcat status for the Sandaker well.

There was no third well planned at that time. Oasis simply planned to do something standard: put two wells near each other, and drill a long horizontal north, and a long horizontal south.

As per standard procedure, the vertical portion of the well would be drilled into the Lodgepole, where the kickoff point to start angling the horizontal portion of the well would begin, with the middle Bakken as the target.

A surprising thing on the way to middle Bakken happened: promising oil show in the Lodgepole.

And so, shortly after drilling these two Bakken wells, Oasis applied for, and received another permit in the same area for a short lateral targeting Lodgepole. The two Bakken wells: 1280-acre spacing; the Lodgepole well: 640-acre spacing.

For more on the Lodgepole formation, click here.

This could end up being very, very interesting.

Scallion Member of the Lodgepole Formation -- -- Whiting and Continental Both Have Interests -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

March 13, 2012: Whiting testing the Scallion formation in the far southwest corner of North Dakota, just north of Beach. 

Original Post

In its 2Q11 conference call, Whiting mentioned the Scallion member of the Lodgepole formation, saying that they were interested in that play, and will be drilling additional exploratory wells targeting the Scallion.

Whiting also refers to the Scallion as the "false Bakken" or the "Scallion interval." I blogged about that almost exactly one year ago.

Back in January, 2010, Continental Resources announced a non-economic well in the Scallion, but felt the zone still had potential:

Continental Resources Inc., Enid, Okla., said an initial test of a horizontally drilled section of Scallion limestone in west-central North Dakota produced at an uneconomic 7-day rate of 65 b/d and plans no further drilling at present. 
 
Scallion, a lower member of the Lodgepole formation of Mississippian age, lies at 9,500 ft just above the Upper Bakken shale.

The company drilled one lateral in the Scallion leg with a multistage plug-perf style frac.
  
Continental Resources plans to monitor activity by other operators in this part of the play before drilling more test wells. Scallion has produced oil since the 1960s from about 2,000 ft in the North Virden pool in Manitoba. 

The Scallion has produced oil since the 1960's (mainly in Manitoba, about a 100 miles north of this area in North Dakota, but they've all been vertical (conventional) wells. Whiting now plans to test the Scallion with horizontal wells.

From the Q&A portion of the Whiting 2Q11 conference call regarding the Scallion:

[The Scallion is] definitely a resource play, you'll find it very similar to the Bakken. It's a great source rock by any standard. You can compare it to any of the other things that we're doing right now so. But it is a swing for the fence, there. What we're really trying to do is demonstrate the presence of reservoir rock and therefore, OOIP, and there's very little information out there. So we got a lot of what we call acorns in that part of the world, that kind of 2 or 3 county area that are all vertical wells that have produced oil out of the Scallion, and so that's one of the big things we go by. And so we're going to try it with a modern horizontal, and see how that works for us, and a lot of running room.

Another "Oil for America" Well Comes Off Confidential List -- But No Data -- DRL Status

Again, we have another "Oil for America" well come off the confidential list, and no data.

• 19785, DRL, Oil for America, Froelich 27-2, Wilcat, Lodgepole.

Lodgepole -- Oil for America -- The Jury Is Still Out -- North Dakota, USA

Finally, after coming off the confidential list a month ago, Oil for America is reporting production for:

• 19258, 75, Oil for America, Zastoupil 22-1, Wildcat, Lodgepole

The "75 barrels" is the production for one (1) day in January. My enthusiasm for this well (and the others of this group) has waned, but I am still waiting for another couple months of production to see what "they" have. But the Lodgepole is supposed to be a reservoir (a pool of oil) that is sequestered and if hit will produce flowing oil without fracturing. But 75 barrels on one day is not encouraging.

But I am waiting for a) a few more months of production; and/or b) a press release from the company explaining their results and future plans.

Whiting's Lewis and Clark Prospect -- Three Forks, North Dakota, USA

On October 31, 2010, I posted a blog about a "flurry of activity" in the Belfield, North Dakota, area.

That flurry of activity started with the first and only set of traffic lights in the city of Belfield. When traffic lights cost a million dollars to install, small towns don't take these installations lightly.

Today, that "flurry of activity" and that first set of traffic lights has a name: the Lewis and Clark prospect. WLL's most recent corporate presentation sheds light on this prospect:

• Its objective is the Three Forks formation
• It consists of 360K gross/235K net acres; 164 1280-acre units
• 12 wells in 2010; 46 in 2011
• $280 million CAPEX in 2011

From the 4Q10, earnings call:

• Based on Whiting’s evaluations, we believe there has been partial pressure depletion from Upper Bakken Shale wells drilled in this area in the 1980s and 1990s. We believe that approximately 2% of our acreage at Lewis & Clark could potentially be affected.
• Whiting completed the Teddy 44-13H with an initial production rate of 381 BOE per day from the Three Forks. We believe that this well frac’d into a water-bearing zone. The company will modify its frac design for future wells drilled in this area.
• Also of note, our Federal 32-4H discovery well produced a total of 66,300 BOE during its first six months of production, which ended May 25, 2010. Although this is a Three Forks well, it would rank the well among the top 15% of all Bakken wells drilled in North Dakota in terms of first six months total production based on information from the North Dakota Industrial Commission.
• Whiting recently broke ground for the construction of a gas processing plant at Lewis & Clark. The Belfield Gas Plant, located near Belfield, North Dakota, will have an initial inlet capacity of 30 MMcf of gas per day and is expected to be completed in November 2011. To reduce the volume of gas being flared in the Lewis & Clark area, we are in the process of installing equipment to compress the natural gas into vessels that can be trucked to the nearest gas plant. Our Belfield plant will have the capability to accept trucked gas. 

For newbies: the Williston Basin extends into South Dakota, but the Bakken Pool only extends as far south as southwestern North Dakota. The Bakken Pool includes the Bakken formation and the Three Forks formation. I don't know who called it first, but someone (either WLL or CLR; I think it was WLL) noted that there was a "pinchout" of the Three Forks in southwestern North Dakota, near Belfield. The "pinchout'" is an area where the Three Forks formation has "pinched out" farther south than the Bakken, and that's where WLL is now concentrating with the Lewis and Clark prospect.

In addition, just across a geologic line, southwest to the Lewis and Clark prospect, is Whiting's "Big Island" prospect. This is a lot smaller in terms of net acres for WLL. Right now, WLL's corporate presentation is vague on the "Big Island." WLL says there are "multiple objectives" for the "Big Island; WLL will drill just one well in this prospect in 2011, with a CAPEX of $4 million. A horizontal well costs $8 million, so a $4 million CAPEX on one well suggests a vertical. Maybe they are targeting the Lodgepole.