Vern Whitten Fall Portfolio -- November 22, 2015

Locator: 10010Riersgaard.

Related posts:

• March 20, 2012
• Production updated as of November, 2016
• Wells to watch, January 8, 2012 

Original Post

 

Mr Whitten just posted his photographs of North Dakota and Minnesota, autumn, 2015. Of the 39 photographs, I think the following were my initial favorites:

• the giant bird feeder
• blade runner
• 15-well oil pad

The aerial shot of the "Fighting Sioux" may become quite a collector's item, the very first slide. 

As usual, the photographs are outstanding. My hunch is that these would make a great Christmas gift. And, I bet Mr Whitten would love to hear from you, at least a "thank you" e-mail:

Vern Whitten Photography

www.vernwhittenphotography.com

whittenaerials@aol.com

(701)  261-7658

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The 15-Well Pad In Vern Whitten's Photographs

By the way, the 15-well oil pad is most likely Hess' pad, west of Ross with EN-Riersgaard wells and EN-State wells, in section 16-156-93, Alger oil field.

• *****25574, 333, Hess, EN-Riersgard 156-93-1718H-4, 4 sections, t12/13; cum 93K 12/19, but intermittent production, 12/19; cum 119K 1/22; cum 1331K 6/24;
  
• 25575, 493, Hess, EN-Riersgard 156-93-1718H-5, 4 sections, t11/13; cum 100K 12/19; cum 108K 1/22; cum 120K 11/24;
  
• *****25576, IA/447, Hess, EN-Riersgard 156-93-1718H-6, 4 sections, t12/13; cum 155K 6/19; cum 176K 1/22; cum 191K 6/24;
  

• 21129, 777, Hess, EN-Riersgard-156-93-1718H-1, 4 sections, t2/12; cum 202K 12/19; cum 218K 1/22; cum 237K 11/24;
  
• 21130, 739, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-1, 4 sections, t2/12; cum 206K 12/19; cum 227K 1/22; cum 245K 11/24;
  
• *****21131, AI/705, Hess, EN-Riersgard-156-93-1718H-2, 4 sections, t4/12; cum 282K 12/19; cum 304K 1/22; cum 329K 6/24; off line;
  
• 21132, 372, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-2, 4 sections, t4/12; cum 246K 12/19; cum 265K 1/22; cum 284K 11/24;
  
• 21133, 540, Hess, EN-Riersgard-156-93-1718H-3, 4 sections, t4/12; cum210K 12/19; cum 230K 1/22; cum 249K 11/24;
  
• 21134, 456, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-3, 4 sections, t4/12; cum 182K 12/19; cum 200K 1/22; cum 222K 11/24;
  

• 26718, 648, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-4, 4 sections, t5/14; cum 154K 12/19; off-line as of 1/19; intermittent production until IA as of 4/19; back online 7/19; cum 171K 1/22; cum 186K 11/24;
  
• 26719, 777, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-5, 4 sections, t6/14; cum 173K 12/19; cum 189K 1/22; cum 204K 11/24;
  
• 26720, 660, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-3, 4 sections, t6/14; cum 181K 12/19; intermittent production since 5/19; cum 198K 1/22; cum 219K 11/24;
  
• 28065, 597, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-7, 4 sections, t10/14; cum 141K 12/19; cum 156K 1/22; cum 166K 11/24;
  
• 28066, 850, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-8, 4 sections, t11/14; cum 128K 12/19; cum 140K 1/22; cum 195K 11/24;
  
• 28067, 669, Hess, EN-State C-156-93-1615H-9, 4 sections, t11/12; cum 164K 12/19; off line 1/22; cum 181K 1/22;
  

Wells Coming Off Confidentail List Over The Weekend, Monday -- November 22, 2015

Monday, November 23, 2015

• 27107, 2,712, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-27C-22-4H, McGregory Buttes, 46 stages, 4.6 million lbs, t5/15; cum 90K 9/15;
• 29992, 723, Triangle Petroleum, Lee 151-101-8-5-1H, Ragged Butte, 31 stages, 4 million lbs, t6/15; cum 62K 9/15;
• 30166, SI/NC, Hess, AN-Prosser-152-95-1102H-9, Antelope, no production data,
• 30815, SI/NC, XTO, Klamm 34X-9H, Siverston, no production data,
• 30942, SI/NC, Statoil, Richard 8-5 4TFH, Banks, no production data,
• 31175, SI/NC, CLR, Jefferson 8-17H1, Crazy Man Creek, producing,

Sunday, November 22, 2015

• None.
  

Saturday, November 21, 2015

• 26788, 332, Crescent Point Energy, CPEUSC DeFrance 2H-12-1-158N-100W, Winner, a Bakken well, 35 stages, 5 million lbs, t8/15; cum 18K 9/15;
• 27106, 2,624, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-27C-22-6H, McGregory Buttes, 31 stages, 4.7 million lbs, t5/15; cum 70K 9/15; 
• 30816, SI/NC, XTO, Klamm 34X-9DXA, Siverston, no production data,
• 30943, SI/NC, Statoil, Richard 8-5-6TFH, Banks, no production data,

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27106, see above, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-27C-22-6H, McGregory Buttes:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2015	9547	4648
8-2015	6337	4791
7-2015	11197	6186
6-2015	29404	21732
5-2015	12970	10029

26788, see above, Crescent Point Energy, CPEUSC DeFrance 2H-12-1-158N-100W, Winner:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2015	5298	3096
8-2015	10251	6776
7-2015	1164	168

29992, see above, Triangle Petroleum, Lee 151-101-8-5-1H, Ragged Butte:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2015	10051	0
8-2015	13250	0
7-2015	11442	0
6-2015	20232	0
5-2015	6396	0

27107, see below, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-27C-22-4H:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2015	18961	10896
8-2015	16720	12242
7-2015	11991	8701
6-2015	33783	27918
5-2015	8163	7473

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Miscellaneous News And Comments

UND: as of a few days ago, the Fighting Hawks.

November 22, 2015: after calling ISIS a JV team in January, 2014, the president says ISIS is still not varsity. In the past few days, the following, described by President Obama as "only" a "setback," has occurred: a) seven (7) simultaneous/coordinated attacks in Paris; 127 killed in one day; martial law extended; b) Russian plane downed out of Egypt; c) two coordinated bombings in Beirut which had been quiet for quiet some time; d) hostage taking and executions in Mali; and, e) and now Brussels is completely shut down due to credible threats that ISIS will hit Brussels, where NATO is headquartered. I wonder what ISIS has to do to be considered "varsity"?

Flashback To 2013 When CLR Recorded Highest BLM Montana/Dakotas Bid At The Time -- November 22, 2015

I had a lot of fun with a recent post on the Woodrow Star well, especially after a reader sent additional information about the well. I would have added this note to that page, but the post was getting a mite long, so I posted it as a stand-alone here.

The story never ends.

Back on July 28, 2013, there was a story in the PN Bakken that mentioned the Woodrow Star well:

A 10-year oil and gas lease on a 28.75-acre tract in northeast McKenzie brought in a high bid of $33,000 per acre from Continental Resources at the Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakota office’s quarterly lease auction held in Billings, MT, on July 16.

That is the highest lease bid received in a BLM Montana/Dakotas lease auction since the Montana/Dakotas office began tracking bids per acre in 1998.

The previous high bid per acre that the Montana/Dakotas office had received was $19,950 that Slawson Exploration paid in the January 2013 auction for an 80-acre lease under Lake Sakakawea off the east shore of the peninsula in Mountrail County.

While most of Continental’s Antelope field wells are horizontal and were drilled since 2009, several of its active Antelope field wells are vertical wells dating back to the 1950s. One of those wells, the Woodrow Star “A”1, a vertical Sanish pool well which went on production in October 1955, has produced a total of 1,063,276 barrels as of May 2013.

North Dakota's Shortfall Grows -- November 21, 2015

The Dickinson Press is reporting:

North Dakota’s tax revenues fell short of projections by nearly $49 million in October, marking the third consecutive month of lower-than-expected collections and prompting the state budget office to discuss updating the forecast given to lawmakers in March.

Overall tax revenues are $112 million, or 7.5 percent, less than projected for the first four months of the 2015-17 biennium that began July 1.

Depressed crude oil prices and farm commodity prices continue to put a major dent in sales tax collections, which came in about $38 million, or 31 percent, below forecast in October, after being down $23 million in September and $44 million in August.

Back on September 23, 2015, we were first alerted to this.

And This Is The Problem With Peak Oil -- November 21, 2015

This is the problem with "peak oil."

Is it really "peak oil" when operators quit drilling for oil because there is so much oil floating on the high seas they can't sell it all?

This was actually posted by "Peak Oil Barrel."

In this article, John Kemp notes:

There are roughly 650 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) plying the seas with a total carrying capacity of around 1.3 billion barrels of crude oil. If roughly half are filled with crude, while the other half are in ballast on the return journey, that would imply another 650 million barrels of crude in transit.

Hundreds of millions more barrels of crude are in transit in smaller Suezmax and Aframax vessels plus millions of barrels of refined fuels in transit by tanker.

Peak Oil? I hardly think so.