The Million Dollar Way (The Bakken Oil Blog)

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Sixteen (16) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Some Huge Wells Being Reported; QEP With Four Huge Grail Wells; Statoil With Two Huge Wells

Active rigs: 182 (trending down)

Sixteen (16) new permits --

Operators: Hess (8), XTO (3), HRC (3), MRO (1), CLR (1)
Fields: Siverston (McKenzie), Blue Buttes (McKenzie),Ukraina (Billings), Antelope (McKenzie), Truax (Williams)
Comments: MRO has a permit for a wildcat in Slope County,

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

Eight (8) producing wells were completed:

25064, 111, Zargon, Zargon Mackobee Coulee 2HZ 2-16-158-85, Mackobee Coulee, a Madison well; t8/13; cum 5K 8/13;
25104, 620, Whiting, Rohde Federal 14-6TFX, Sanish, t9/13; cum --
24468, 3,863, Statoil, Viking 16-15 1H, Poe, t9/13; cum --
24088, 2,762, Statoil, Sax 25-36 6TFH, Banks, t9/13; cum --
24947, 2,586, QEP, Lawlar 2-5-8BH, Grail, t9/13; cum --
24946, 1,823, QEP, Lawlar 1-5-8BH, Grail, t9/13; cum --
24948, 2,638, QEP, Lawlar 1-29-32BH, Grail, t9/13; cum --
24949, 2,274, QEP, Lawlar 2-29-32BH, Grail, t9/13; cum --

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

22492, 1,368, Petro-Hunt, Jonsrud 151-96-3A-10-5H, Clear Creek, t9/13; cum --
23783, drl, CLR, Brandvik 4-24H1, Corral Creek, no production data,
23901, 628, Zavanna, Young 31-30 1H, Foreman Butte, t8/13; cum 18K 8/13;
25096, 250, Hunt, Alexandria 1-26-35H, Alexandria, t7/13; cum 8K 8/13;

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A Random Note From SeekingAlpha

This arrived in my mailbox earlier, with some minor editing, from SeekingAlpha:

North Dakota’s Bakken and south Texas’ Eagle Ford shale formations were responsible for 75% of oil production growth over the past month, and west Texas’ Permian remains the biggest overall oil producer, according to a first-of-its-kind EIA report released Tuesday.
The Marcellus formation, which straddles Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York, accounted for 75% of natural gas' production growth, the report said.
Top Bakken producers in the Bakken include Oasis Petroleum and Continental Resources; in the Eagle Ford, EOG Resources and Chesapeake are among the top producers, while Diamondback Energy is a top asset holder in the Permian.
Cabot Oil & Gas is among the largest producers in the Marcellus formation.

The big story: "Top Bakken producers in the Bakken include Oasis Petroleum and Continental Resources."

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