Olson 10-15 1-H, 17513, update -- 100,000 bbls cumulative

I may have missed reporting the results of this well somehow, or maybe I just can't find it on my site.

Regardless,  here is an update.

The Olson 10-15 1-H was one of two BEXP wells that garnered a lot of interest last year; the other was the Brad Olson. They were just a few miles west of Williston and were expected to be big wells.

The Olson 10-15 1-H had an IP of 1,160 bopd and after 13 months has produced almost 100,000 barrels of oil (spudded: 9/7/2008; first month of production: January, 2009: 6,535 bbls; cumulative: 98,736 as of end of February, 2010. 

At $60/bbl, the cost of drilling the well has probably been reached (total costs probably higher). In February, 2010, the well produced 4,000 bbls of oil, or approximately a quarter of a million dollars at the wellhead at $70/bbl.

Director's Cut: April 15, 2010

Update from the Director, North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC). Succinct, excellent.

Pipeline capacity exceeds production. EOG tank train leaving North Dakota three (3) times/week.

Jan Oil 7,319,521 barrels = 235,925 barrels/day
Feb Oil 7,310,457 barrels = 261,088 barrels/day (preliminary) all time record high.

Jan Producing Wells = 4,628
Feb Producing Wells = 4,655 all time record high.

108!

108 active rigs in North Dakota. New record.

Is the Bakken Stalled or Is This the Calm Before the Storm?

With 107 rigs in North Dakota, and the incredible line-up of cases on the monthly North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) dockets one would think that we would be seeing a lot more wells either coming off confidential status or reporting their initial production numbers.

Reporting of new wells in April has been slow so far.

I'm beginning to think the "long pole in the tent," fracking, is delaying completion of scores of wells. Recently it was reported that a well with interest by one of our readers was number 23 in line to get fracked. I think that delays completion of that particular well by several weeks, if not months.

Back in 2008, I recall daily activity reports with ten (10) to twenty (20) new wells being reported periodically, usually about once a month. Now such reports are few and far between.

Today was another good example. One one well was reported as being complete (Sagebrush, #18235, Earl Chrest Jr, 128 bopd); several others were taken off the confidential list and being reported as plugged or producing (almost always producing if in the Bakken).  But only one being reported as completed.

On the positive side this was a huge day for new permits being granted: eleven (11) new permits were granted, including two pair of multiple-well pads for Encore in Dunn County (9-148-96) and a pair of Slawson snake eyes in 19-152-91, Van Hook, Mountrail County.

NOG Share Offering

NOG will offer 5 million shares at $15.