Someone googled that question: the source of fracking water for the Bakken? See question 50 at FAQs (I occasionally change the numbering, so the number could change; use browser to search water if necessary).
It's the Missouri River for the most part.
Well water is also used.
Through 2011, I believe most water was provided by independent water distributors and, perhaps, the city of Williston municipal water supply. Sometime in 2012/2013, I assume most fracking water will be provided by WAWS. I don't know the specifics on fracking water because I do not follow it closely. There is not a supply issue regarding water for fracking in the Bakken.
There is more than enough water in the region for fracking. The one thing the Bakken is not short of is water, regardless of what folks may tell you. One inch of water off the top of the Sakakawea Lake (the Missouri River behind the Garrison Dam) will provide all the water that is needed for 5,000 Bakken wells annually; and the operators can drill a max of about 2,000 wells each year. So don't let anyone suggest there is not enough water. Period. Dot.
For more, look at the tag "WAWS" or "water" below -- at the very bottom of the blog where the labels/tags are kept.
Monday, November 28, 2011
For Newbies, This May Be Best Snapshot Overview of Operators in the Bakken
The best snapshot overview of the operators in the Bakken may be at the link:
I do my best to keep this page up to date.
Most important metrics for me:
If you don't like the non-Bakken posts, simply skip those posts. For every post I blog daily (and I post as many as ten new stand-alone posts each day) I update another two or three previous posts. I often update posts I put up earlier in the day.
If you read only the latest post, you will miss all the other posts that have gone up during the day.
In addition, there is a huge amount of archived material at this site. There are multiple ways to locate what you might be looking for, using a combination of browser search applications.
I do my best to keep this page up to date.
Most important metrics for me:
- net acres
- daily production
- number of operated rigs (NOG is an exception; no operated rigs)
- number of dedicated frack teams (hard to find, document)
If you don't like the non-Bakken posts, simply skip those posts. For every post I blog daily (and I post as many as ten new stand-alone posts each day) I update another two or three previous posts. I often update posts I put up earlier in the day.
If you read only the latest post, you will miss all the other posts that have gone up during the day.
In addition, there is a huge amount of archived material at this site. There are multiple ways to locate what you might be looking for, using a combination of browser search applications.
Six (6) New Permits -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA
Daily activity report, November 28, 2011 --
Operators: BR (2), CLR, Petro-Hunt, XTO, and Whiting
Fields: Haystack Butte, Oliver, Clear Creek, Boxcar Butte, and the Sanish.
Whiting has another permit in its cash cow, the Sanish.
BR has a wildcat in McKenzie County.
All five (5) coming off confidential list were reported elsewhere and all five were completed, representing something of a milestone. It's been a long time since 100% of all wells coming off confidential list were completed.
Of the five Helis had a remarkable well:
Operators: BR (2), CLR, Petro-Hunt, XTO, and Whiting
Fields: Haystack Butte, Oliver, Clear Creek, Boxcar Butte, and the Sanish.
Whiting has another permit in its cash cow, the Sanish.
BR has a wildcat in McKenzie County.
All five (5) coming off confidential list were reported elsewhere and all five were completed, representing something of a milestone. It's been a long time since 100% of all wells coming off confidential list were completed.
Of the five Helis had a remarkable well:
- 19680, 2,246, Helis, Johnson 1-4/9H, Grail, Bakken; s5/11; t9/11; cum 35K 9/10; 28 stages, 2.7 million pounds sand.
How Many Dead Eagles? Apparently As Many As ....
This is truly incredible; I've blogged about this before: wind farm developers will be given a pass to kill unlimited number of golden eagles, bald eagles, and whooping cranes, among other migratory birds, and one oil company has already plead guilty to killing a solitary sandplover.
Here's today's story on "how many eagles will the wind turbines kill?" Of course, no one knows, and we will never know because coyotes, wolves, and other predators quickly dispose of any bird killed by a wind turbine.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, this story, where wind farm developers are being helped in mitigating bird deaths, including the sage grouse which has grounded almost every other pro-growth project:
The good news: it's gonna be difficult to convince a judge that a pro-growth project cannot go forward due to the endangered sage brush when the wind farms are killing them anyway.
Meanwhile in other Wyoming news: snowpack still above normal, but not by much. More global warming will change that by the end of January.
Here's today's story on "how many eagles will the wind turbines kill?" Of course, no one knows, and we will never know because coyotes, wolves, and other predators quickly dispose of any bird killed by a wind turbine.
The available data, science and policy haven't caught up with the pace of wind energy development. Still, wind energy development is apparently killing golden eagles, which seem especially susceptible to collisions with the turbines.
"We really don't know how many birds are being killed by wind turbines," said Trish Sweanor, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist.
They are protected by three federal laws: the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act. These laws prohibit possession or sale of eagle feathers and parts and have protected bald eagles since 1940 and golden eagles since 1962 by making it a crime to kill the birds.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, this story, where wind farm developers are being helped in mitigating bird deaths, including the sage grouse which has grounded almost every other pro-growth project:
Wind farms are often touted as producers of environmentally friendly energy. In recent years, Wyoming has seen a boom in wind energy development with about a dozen more projects in planning stages.It's unfortunate the oil and gas industry isn't provided the save opportunities.
Developers do seek to mitigate disturbances and deaths of animals, including sage grouse. But one of the biggest quandaries for those developers is the degree to which wind farms hurt federally protected golden eagles and how that damage can be decreased.
Right now the federal agency works with developers to limit development in crucial habitat as a way to mitigate effects on birds. But once a turbine is placed, there is little that can be done to alleviate bird deaths, said Trish Sweanor, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist.
The good news: it's gonna be difficult to convince a judge that a pro-growth project cannot go forward due to the endangered sage brush when the wind farms are killing them anyway.
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Meanwhile in other Wyoming news: snowpack still above normal, but not by much. More global warming will change that by the end of January.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Casper said that the statewide average snowpack went from 110 percent last week to 101 percent on Monday.Last year at this time: 104 percent; this year: 101 percent; neither reproducible nor statistically significant, no doubt. Even if it is, still a very wet spring next year.
Last year at this time, the statewide average snowpack was 104 percent.
Six basins are above average and seven are below.
Garfield on the "Oil Crisis"
A lot of folks cannot understand how we came to have an oil shortage in the United States, a country uncommonly rich in natural resources.
Well, here's a very simple answer.
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
We just didn't know we were getting low.
The reason for that is purely geographical.
Our oil is located in: Alaska, California, coastal Florida, coastal Louisiana, coastal Alabama, coastal Miississippi, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Our dipsticks are in Washington, DC.
The Price of Gasoline, Michael Nesmith
The following, also by Michael Nesmith as seen above, was the first video ever to win "Best Video" award on MTV, if you believe what you read.
Lucy and Ramona, Sunset Sam, Cruisin', Michael Nesmith
West Hollywood, 1979. My daughter and I roller skated here on very rare occasions. That was in another life and a few years later. Michael Nesmith of the Monkees: his mother "invented," holds the patent for, "White Out," something we don't see much any more.
Mike Nesmith was incredibly talented. He also wrote this song:
Different Drum, Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys
Well, here's a very simple answer.
Nobody bothered to check the oil.
We just didn't know we were getting low.
The reason for that is purely geographical.
Our oil is located in: Alaska, California, coastal Florida, coastal Louisiana, coastal Alabama, coastal Miississippi, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Our dipsticks are in Washington, DC.
The following, also by Michael Nesmith as seen above, was the first video ever to win "Best Video" award on MTV, if you believe what you read.
West Hollywood, 1979. My daughter and I roller skated here on very rare occasions. That was in another life and a few years later. Michael Nesmith of the Monkees: his mother "invented," holds the patent for, "White Out," something we don't see much any more.
Mike Nesmith was incredibly talented. He also wrote this song:
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