The Wayzetta Wells in Parshall Oil Field Have Been Updated

For what it's worth, the Wayzetta wells in Parshall oil field have been updated (IPs and cumulative production).

The Midnight Run Wells -- An Update -- Seven Wells in One Section -- Charlson Field, 1-152-96

It really is impossible to keep up with all that is going on. Charlson oil field was one of the first oil fields of which I posted a stand-alone update; since then dozens of fields have been highlighted and are linked at the sidebar at the right.

Recently I have blogged about the incredible number of wells that are being placed in each section in the "better" Bakken, and have also recently posted notes about BR's Llano well. A reader wrote me about two wells in Charlson field that had just been drilled to total depth and are now in the process of being completed/fracked.

It turns out these two new wells are less than a mile north of the much-talked about Midnight Run wells. We probably won't hear about the production of the newest wells for awhile, but I have updated the production of the Midnight Run wells at the Midnight Run post.

Look at that 9-stage frack back in 2008, #17421:

• 17421, 544, BR, Midnight Run 41-1H, Union Center, Bakken, 7/08; t11/08; cum 268K 4/12; 9-stage fracture; still producing 12,000 bbls/month; on a pump;

North Dakota's Winter Wheat Crop Will Be Quite Nice -- You Betcha -- For Sure -- July 21, 2019

The by-line at the story at the link to The Bismarck Tribune was Mott, North Dakota.

Mason said the winter wheat he'd been into at Regent was showing the best yield he'd seen anywhere. Reports around the area were 50 to upper 50 bushels an acre on winter wheat, not a bumper, but a strong average, for sure.

If it looks like there is an unusual amount of winter wheat out there this year, it's because there is.

According to the USDA Statistics Service, about 700,000 acres were planted to winter wheat this year, close to twice as many as last year.

Kirschemann, like a lot of producers, seeded winter wheat last August in acres that were too wet to plant last spring. Never in North Dakota's recorded crop history were more acres too wet to seed than in 2011.

North Dakotans remain truly blessed. 

For an earlier posting regarding this year's crop, click here.

And back in December, 2010, it was reported that North Dakota was #1 in wheat.

Quite the stories.

Week 29: July 15, 2012 -- July 21, 2012

Industrial revolution in North Dakota 
North Dakota rigs maps: new

Williston #1 in sales tax receipts; doubles Bismark; beats Fargo by wide margin
ISCO: a new oil service company to Williston
New development, northeast side of Williston, 10-acre mixed residential, commercial

The BR Llano 6,800-bbIP well; it was not a typo (at least not yet)
Helis continues to report some great wells
More fracking crews in Williams County led to increased production
Fracking slowdown in the Bakken?
Except in the Brooklyn oil field, no evidence of oil companies choking back significantly; production days in the Bakken
North Dakota oil production by county: Divide County overtakes Bowman

The manufacturing/mining stage begins: WPX with 14 wells in one section

Brent-WTI-Bakken spread - random update

Short comment regarding Divide County activity

Filloon's series on completion designs continues

Denbury: less stages, more water (just the opposite of Whiting)
OXY: getting better?
Hess: changes their completion design
Oasis: 36 stages; better IPs

New fracking sand partnership: sand and rail

Old story: flaring increased between 2007 and 2011 - well, duh

Granite Peak founder, developer, dead at 88
MDU, ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

For investors only: SLB and BHI beat by wide margin

Obama's permitorium, and more to come

Week 28: July 8, 2010 -- July 14, 2012

This post is a week late, I apologize. Later, I will get to the most recent week of top stories.

Wisconsin -- arguably the most liberal state in the union -- opts out of ObamaCare

North Dakota sets new oil production record in May: almost 640,000 bopd

Voyager Oil and Gas to acquire Emerald Oil; will operate under Emerald Oil name

Williston to Denver on United: 3 daily flights

Sanford Health to invest $200 million in western North Dakota 

Update on Dickinson's $30 million waste water project

Oil tax money: in Williams County, it's now 90% to the state; 10% to the county; what's wrong with that picture? And I thought the Feds were bad.

Filloon's series on design completions:

MRO: 30 stages is now the norm 
EOG: bucking the trend with short laterals
XOM: completion designs in the Bakken
Whiting: increased stages; no increase in proppant or water
BEXP: IPs markedly improved year-over-year

The pesky concern about EPA regulating fracking continues
Duke University: still can't prove fracking is bad...but will keep trying

Updating OXY experience in the Bakken