Coal Still King -- Not a Bakken Story

Link here.

Moose Spotted Near Missouri River Bridge South of Williston

Updates on flooding at this link.

My niece spotted a moose along the Missouri River near the bridge south of Williston. Fortunately she has a photo of it on her smart phone. I'm pretty impressed.

Trivial Chatter -- Painted Woods Oil Field -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

This evening I took the opportunity to see the flooding of the Missouri around Williston, North Dakota. It is quite remarkable.

On the way back home I drove through Painted Woods oil field, and was amazed at all the activity. It is one thing to post about the Bakken based on what I read, but it's quite another thing to actually drive through it. I didn't have much time so it was a quick look, but here are some of the wells in the Painted Woods oil field. Talk in Williston is that this field has turned out to be quite a good field.

Again, for newbies, I use 100,000 bbls of cumulative oil as a significant milestone. Once a well hits 100,000 bbls (in my mind), it's free and clear for the rest of its producing history. 

This is a "cut and paste" from the Painted Woods field update:

New wells posted at second update (May 28, 2011) following original post:

• 18906, BEXP, 2,640, Michael Owan 26-35 1-H; IP 7/10; 75K as of 3/11
• 18992, Slawson, 826, Stampede 1-36-25H; IP 11/10; 33K as of 3/11
• 18796, BEXP, 2,213, Abe Owan 21-16 1-H; IP 9/10; 62K as of 3/11
• 18955, BEXP, 2,278, Weisz 11-14 1-H; IP 8/10; 72K as of 3/11
• 19031, BEXP, 1,773, Boots 13-24 1-H; IP 9/10; 41K as of 3/11
• 19085, BEXP, TD, Brad Olson 9-16 3H; IP 4/11;
• 19086, BEXP, 2,472, Brad Olson 9-16 2H; IP 11/10;47K as of 3/11
• 19389, BEXP, 1,936, M. Olson 20-29 1-H; IP 12/10; 48K as of 3/11

Five new wells posted at first update following original post:

• 18791, BEXP, 1,578, Abe 30-31 1H, spudded 4/10; 75K as of 3/11
• 18443, BEXP, 1,976, Owan 29-32 1H, spudded 4/10; 76K as of 3/11
• 18771, Zenergy, 683, Johnson 29-30H, spudded 4/10; 55K as of 3/11 (Squires field)
• 18793, EOG, 274, Mont 100-28H, spudded 3/10; 25K as of 3/11 (Squires field)
• 18622, EOG, 680, Mont 1-28H, spudded 3/10; 30K as of 3/11 (Squires field)

The Squires wells were listed because they are so close to the Painted Woods field.

Gee! The New York Times Likes Oil --

Link here.

I have not read the article. I saw the source, read the first three paragraphs, realized it was old news, and moved on.

The Texas field, known as the Eagle Ford, is just one of about 20 new onshore oil fields that advocates say could collectively increase the nation’s oil output by 25 percent within a decade — without the dangers of drilling in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the delicate coastal areas off Alaska.

Enjoy. Let me know if the New York Times is fair and balanced.

I'm sure Snopes.com will say this is all hyped.

Triangle Petroleum Doubles Its Acreage -- North Dakota Bakken (Montana)

Triangle Petroleum recently announced a 42,000 net-acre acquisition in the Bakken (Montana side of the border). This will bring Triangle's Bakken property to about 72,000 net acres.

This was announced a few days ago, but  I am only now getting caught up after being on Amtrak for a couple of days.

The press release states this is the North Dakota Bakken (Williston Basin) but I have to remind folks that there is an Alberta Bakken in Montana and sometimes these two "pools" are misidentified.