Montana Update; What Does The Fox Say?

The Fairfield SunTimes is reporting:
Richland County, two Bakken wells, CLR:

• Marla-Hill 4HSU, 20,110 TD; 216
• Audrey-Elaine 4HSU, 20,310 TD, 287 

Roosevelt County, two Bakken wells, Statoil:

• Crusch Ranch 6-7 1H, 21,050 TD, 922
• Christopher 25-36 1H, 19,640 TD, 1,556

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A Note To The Granddaughters

Our older granddaughter will definitely remember why I posted this video. For the rest, if I have time, I will tell the story later this week. Maybe.

What does the fox say?

What Does The Fox Say, Ylvis

The Tea Party Gave It Their Best Shot; Congress And The President Own It

Disclaimer: except for the CNBC link, the rest of the post is entirely opinion. It's my understanding of ObamaCare and I could be completely wrong. But I doubt it. At least not completely.

CNBC is reporting: 99.6% of those who visit, do not enroll. Of those who enroll, the vast majority will NOT purchase an insurance plan. Remember: if one's income is TOO low, they will not qualify for government subsidies, something that was not well advertised. Of those who do purchase insurance, most will have cancer, AIDS, or AIDS-equivalent medical expenses. Of those who are healthy and do purchase an insurance program, most will drop out after two or three months because of high co-pays or high deductibles.

The most interesting wrinkle: income verification. If that is in the compromise, that will further delay the process. 

Insurers cannot survive if the only purchasers are those with cancer, AIDS, or with AIDS-equivalent medical expenses. It has been reported that many (most?) of the big insurers bailed out of the Federal exchanges; it is my understanding that most (all?) of the insurers underwriting the Federal exchanges are small, undercapitalized companies. It is a different story for state-run exchanges where, it appears, the insurers already working in those states simply put their plans on-line.

My hunch is that if nothing is changed over the next few months, we will start seeing stories of insurers underwriting the Federal program going broke by next July (2014), just in time for the November election.

Trainwreck.

Seven (7) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota USA; Oasis Reports 13 New Wells; Oasis Reports Four Huge Wells

Active rigs: 184

Seven (7) new permits --

• Operators: CLR (3), SM Energy (2), Murex, Samson Resources
• Fields: Gooseneck (Divide), Siverston (McKenzie), Charlie Bob (McKenzie), Alexandria (Divide), Brooklyn (Williams), Ambrose (Divide)
• Comments: these are the first new Brooklyn field oil permits since December 10, 2012

Wells coming off the confidential list were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Wells coming off the confidential list on Thursday:

• 23350, drl, Oasis, Gramma Federal 5300 41-31T, Baker, no production data,
• 23935, 663, Oasis, Craig Federal 5892 31-28H, Cottonwood, t5/13; cum 21K 8/13;
• 23989, 148, Oasis, Domalakes 6092 44-16H, Cottonwood, t5/13; cum 13K 8/13;
• 24114, 1,243, Oasis, Stim 5504 42-2H, Hebron, t5/13; cum 23K 8/13;
• 24166, 3,188, Oasis, Travel 5393 14-12T, Sanish, t5/13; cum 62K 8/13;
• 24194, 3,518, Oasis, Lite 5393 11-11B, Sanish, 36 stages; 4.1 million lbs (sand/ceramic); middle Bakken; up to 2,000 units gas, t6/13; cum 53K 8/13;
• 24310, drl, HRC, Fort Berthold 148-94-29A-32-5H, no production data,
• 24328, 434, Oasis, Dolores 5892 42-23H, Cottonwood, t5/13; cum 13K 8/13;
• 24415, 1,770, Oasis, Knaebel 5693 41-11T,  Alger, t6/13; cum 32K 8/13;
• 24428, 830, Oasis, Torgerson RR 5604 31-27H, Bull Butte, t7/13; cum 11K 8/13;
• 24569, 3,142, Oasis, Inigo 5200 43-20B, Camp, 36 stages; 3.8 million lbs (sand/ceramic); middle Bakken; up to 5,000 units gas; t8/13; cum 29K 8/13;
• 24643, 2,920, Oasis, Sherman 5200 41-20T, Camp, t8/13; cum 21K 8/13;
• 24747, 1,511, Newfield, Anderson Federal 152-96-9-4-10H, Westberg, t8/13; cum 12K 8/13;
• 24760, 1,654, Oasis, Knox 5393 44-4T, Sanish, t7/13; cum 18K 8/13;
• 24923, 759, Oasis, Warren Federal 5893 42-23H, Cottonwood, middle Bakken; 36 stages; 3.4 million lbs (all sand); gas as high as 1,500  units, t5/13; cum 24K 8/13;
• 25178, drl, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-26-35-13H3, Truax, no production data,

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24166, see above, Oasis, Travel 5393 14-12T, Sanish (a huge well):

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2013	14434	14269
7-2013	16823	3431
6-2013	21560	0
5-2013	8278	0

24194, see above, Oasis, Lite 5393 11-11B, Sanish (a huge well):

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2013	12716	12628
7-2013	16449	15461
6-2013	23115	3348

24415, conf, Oasis, Knaebel 5693 41-11T,  Alger, (a huge well):

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2013	15859	4658
7-2013	12032	1954
6-2013	3980	0

24569, see below, Oasis, Inigo 5200 43-20B, Camp (a huge well):

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2013	27888	16988
7-2013	597	732

Cats With Nine Lives; Landing On One's Feet

Those who have followed the blog for the past year probably recognize this name: Lisa Jackson.

Former EPA chief.

Former.

So, where did Lisa end up after leaving Washington, DC? On the West Coast.

On the West Coast working for Algore?

Nope.

Working for Tim Cook.

As in Apple Inc.

Here's the link:

Former EPA chief Lisa Jackson, hired earlier this year to head up Apple's environmental efforts, told a sustainability conference that she plans to get Apple to use energy more efficiently and with cleaner power in the company's data centers and other buildings.

GigaOm says Jackson's team currently counts 17 people and she is responsible for recruiting more environmentally conscious employees from within the company to help with Apple's sustainability projects, including getting feedback on how to cut wasteful energy use.

I cannot make this stuff up. 

"Things To Follow Up On"

Locator: 10010FOLLOWUP.

I've tried different methods as reminders; nothing has worked very well. Maybe this will work.

• Note: I have a separate page for wells that might have been affected by the slump in oil prices, 2014 - 2015.
• XTO EOR pilot study; 

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December 4, 2022: 19181, second well on two-well pad just completed. After two years, coming back on line 1/23? See this post.

September 23, 2022: 24056 (IA). Remains off line 8/22. Remains off line 2/23;

September 22, 2022: 18559 (AB), 25727 (IA), 20505 (IA), 25728 (IA). Updated 8/22. Both wells coming back on line 1/23?

September 7, 2022: 20210; 20212; a huge -- million-barrel -- Whitman well taken off line while other Whitman wells fracked. Back on line.

August 28, 2022: 20594 (IA) . Remains off line 10/22. Coming back on line 1/23?

August 27, 3022: 24561 (back on line), 24356 (AB), 24615 (552K), 24357 (back on line). See this post.

August 26, 2022: 20710 (IA), 35744 (IA),

August 23, 2022: 18222 (back off line), 19401 (huge jump, erratic), 21567 (back on line, back off line), 224021 (huge jump). See this post.

August 21, 2022: 21542 (back on line). Struggling.

August 21, 2022: 33123. 33559. Still struggling.

August 20, 2022: 20422, 30414, 30413, 18363, 18287 - see this note.

August 18, 2022: 20962. Back on line7/22; unremarkable.

August 18, 2022: 18462 (IA). Active now but no production. 4/23: 610K 2/23.

August 18, 2022: 18245 (IA).

August 18, 2022: 19344 (IA). 

July 30, 2022: parcel 8-153-93, Alkali Creek, Chord Energy / Whiting, 70-acre parcel under the lake. See this post. See this post.

July 9, 2022: Marathon wells, link here.
 

March 21, 2022: XTO Baker well just fracked; four of five below still off line;

19292, t7/11; cum 238K 1/22; was taken off line 9/21; back on line 1/22 for two days; off line;

23393, t1/13; cum 244K 1/22; was taken off line 9/21; back on line 1/22 for three days; off line;

23394, t1/13, cum 278K 9/21 was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22;

19293, t7/11, cum 404K 9/21; was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22; back on line 3/22;

23395, t1/13; cum 260K 9/21; was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22; back on line; update here;

March 17, 2022:

• 19839, off-line due to neighboring huge fracks; remains off line 5/22; now IA; coming back on line 6/22; so far unremarkable; nice well, 7/22; cum 410K 1/23;
  

February 14, 2022:

• 23519, AB/IA/581, CLR, Jack 4-9H, Murphy Creek, t2/13; cum 8K 1/13; went off line 9/21; cum 255K 12/21; remains IA 9/22; AB 1/23; remains AB 8/24;
  

January 1, 2022: #26312-->AB. Back on line 11/22 and now on A status. Looking pretty good, 1/23;

January 1, 2022: #26361; and, #26358; see this note.

December 26, 2021: #27095, back on line after being off line for over a year. Lousy production. Cum 148K 10/23; IA.

December 26, 2021: Pletan / Dvirnak pad -- link here. #20807 - #20809. Very nice wells; need stand-alone post someday, 8/24;

November 21, 2021: see this post. NP Resources looking to re-complete some monster wells.

May 18, 2021: 18032 (AB), MRO, Fettig 11-27H, neighboring well recently fracked; remains off line 11/21; remains AB 8/24;

November 26, 2020: #30286; five wells to be fracked in immediate area; cum 270K 2/23;

November 2, 2020: #24111, #24112, #24113 -- completed/being completed; many neighboring recently fracked wells; only #24111 doing anything -- and it's a great well;

May 4, 2020: #36825, link here;

April 14, 2020: Petro-Shale wells in Croff oil field; this post. See this update.

April 10, 2020: watch several of these wells go over 500K in mid-2020.

April 4, 2020: AB-->TA, #15923; off line; surrounded by many wells being fracked; off line 10/19; remains off line 4/20; XTO Titan E-Gierke 20-1-H, remains off line 7/22; remains TA 8/24;

May 13, 2019: #16357, struggling; strange profile; a Veeder well in Blue Buttes, BR; remains off line 12/19; IA; A as of 12/19; no production 12/19 or 1/20; five days in 2/20; zero days, 3/20; three days, 4/20; zero days 5/20; 1 day, 6/20; 4 days, 9/20; struggling; 10/20, struggling; cum 282K 10/21; off line 1/22; back on line 6/22; cum 282K 6/22; see this post; cum 285K 10/22; cum 290K 4/24; may need a stand-alone post some day.

November 23, 2017: a Lodgepole well producing 4,000 bbls/months; watch it go over 1,000,000 bbls soon --

• 18190, 463, Armstrong, Laurine Engel 1, conventional, Dickinson, Lodgepole; 61,000 barrels in first five months (at $60 = $3.6 million and this is a conventional well); cum 905K 4/21; F; taken off line 3/20; remains off line 6/20; back on line 7/20; cum 911K 10/21; 914K 1/22; cum 919K 6/22; cum 921K 10/22; cum 924K 2/23;
  

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CLOSED

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting October 15, 2024 , are now at this page (page 19). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting January 23, 2021, are now at this page (page 18).

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting August 24, 2021, are now at this page (page 17).

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting November 30, 2020, are now at this page (page #16). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting July 3, 2020, are now at this page (page #15).

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting March 20, 2020, are now at this page (page #14).

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting November 6, 2019, are now at this page (page #13). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting July 23, 2019, are now at this page (page #12). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting March 29, 2019, are now at this page (page #11). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting January 3, 2019, are now at this page (page #10). 

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting September 14, 2018, are now at this page (page #9).

Wells that have been removed from this page, starting April 11, 2018, are now at this page (page #8).

Wells that I followed and were closed after December 31, 2017, are at this page (page #7).

Wells that I followed and were closed after October 19, 2017, are at this page (page #6).

Wells that I followed and were closed after September 14, 2017, are at this page (page #5). 

Wells that I followed and were closed after April 24, 2017, are at this page (page #4). 

Wells that I followed and were closed after November 23, 2016, are at this page (page #3).

Wells that I followed and were closed after November 4, 2015, are at this page (page #2).

Wells that I followed and have now been closed as of November 4, 2015, have been moved to this page, page #1.