Six Wells Coming Off Confidential List Thursday -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

21857, 590, Hess, LK-Esther-146-97-3328H-1, Little Knife, 17K first month, t8/13; cum 17K 8/13;
24177, 15, Legacy, Legacy Etal Wall 4-34H, Wildcat, a Spearfish well, 34-163-76, up near Red Rock field, up near the Canadian border, pretty far east; t6/13; cum --
24461, conf, WPX, Adam Good Bear 15-22HC, Van Hook, 11K first month, t8/13; cum 12K 8/13;
24636, conf, American Eagle, Axel 2-2N-163-101, Colgan, t7/13; cum 9K 8/13;
24739, conf-->loc, HRC, Fort Berthold 152-94-15B-22-5H, Antelope, no production data,
25030, drl, Hess, EN-Sorenson A 154-94-0211H-3, Alkali Creek, no production data,

Wordy Rappinghood, Tom Tom Club

Update On Some Shale Operators -- Mike Filloon

At SeekingAlpha.

Not really my cup of tea, but posted for the archives, and there is some nice information on the Permian.

New Poll

The results of the current poll in which we asked whether it would be "business as usual" in Washington, DC, or non-essential personnel would be told to stay home starting October 2, 2013?

• Business as usual: 28%
• Non-essential workers will be told to stay home: 72%

I would have been in the "business-as-usual" camp. I am impressed with the 72% predicting this.

So, time for a new poll, in which we will poll: the US government shut-down is:

• a) a BIG deal,
• b) NOT a BIG deal

Yes, it's very subjective and one can interpret it many, many ways. But, however you "see" the shutdown, do you think it's that big a deal or not?

Eight (8) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Active rigs: 186 (steady)

Eight (8) new permits --

• Operators: EOG (5), OXY USA (2), MRO
• Fields: Parshall (Mountrail), Fayette (Dunn), Van Hook (Mountrail), Stanley (Mountrail)
• Commentators: OXY USA has permits for two "new" Stroh wells in Fayette oil field; I believe these are the first "new" Stroh wells since 2010; the Stroh wells were among the reasons I decided to post a blog on the Bakken

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

Eleven (11) producing wells reported as completed:

• 23437, 610, Statoil, Macklin 15-22 2TFH, Cow Creek, t8/13; cum --
• 22967, 2,242, BR, CCU Burner 21-26MBH, Corral Creek, t8/13; cum 4K 8/13;
• 23184, 680, Hess, SC-Tom 153-98-1514H-1, Truax, t8/13; cum 13K 8/13;
• 24870, 662, Hess, EN-Fretheim A 155-93-3334H-7, Robinson Lake, t8/13; cum 13K 7/13;
• 23501, 828, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0718-4, Blue Buttes, t9/13; cum 14K 8/13;
• 24725, 1,400, Hess, HA-Nelson 152-95-3328H-2, Hawkeye, t9/13 cum 13K 8/13;
• 23413, 2,400, XTO, Hegg 21-29SH, Siverston, t7/13; cum 23K 8/13;
• 24553, 502, EOG, Van Hook 24-1415H, Parshall, t7/13; cum 40K 8/13;
• 23655, 2,021, XTO, Hegg 11-29SWH, Siverton, t8/13; cum 8K 8/13;
• 23787, 1,604, XTO, Thorp Federal 11X-28B, Little Knife, t9/13; cum --
• 23788, 1,905, XTO, Thorp Federal 11X-28F, Little Knife, t8/13; 

Predicted -- Government Shutdown To Affect Fort Berthold Oil Patch

The Dickinson Press is reporting:

A federal government shutdown would further stall oil development on federal lands in North Dakota and would stop oil and gas management activities on the Fort Berthold Reservation.

While a government shutdown would affect some oil and gas activities in North Dakota, the majority of the state’s drilling activity is on private or state-owned land and would not be affected.

A lapse in federal appropriations would mean that the Bureau of Land Management “will not process applications for permits to drill and will only maintain minimal staff for inspections and enforcement on currently producing wells,” Jessica Kershaw, spokeswoman for the Department of Interior, said in a statement.

Lynn Helms, director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, said the shutdown would be one more impediment on drilling in the Dakota Prairie National Grasslands and Fort Berthold areas.

Already, operators have been avoiding drilling on federal lands due to a lengthy permitting process.

The MillionDollarWay said as much on October 1, 2013. But a huge part of the story was missed: it sounds like oil drilling operations on the reservation have to actually stop because there would be no Federal regulators to inspect and enforce. Wow. 

When I think of the reservation, I think of WPX and KOG.

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