Sunday, January 4, 2009

Larry's December Scorecard For Mountrail Co.

At month end there were 29 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 6 rigs; Whiting 6 rigs; Fidelity 3 rigs; Slawson, Hunt , Brigham, Murex, Windsor, and Marathon 1 rig each. .

During December 22 wells were spudded. EOG 7; Hess 5; Whiting 4; Fidelity 2; Brigham 0; Hunt 1; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 1; Sinclair 0; St Mary 0; Oasis 0; and Windsor 0.

During December NDIC issued 35 new permits to drill. EOG 11 permits in Burke, Parshall, Cottonwood, Fertile, Model, and Van Hook Townships. Whiting 9 permits in Knife River, 153-3, Sikes, Van Hook, and Crane Creek Township. Hess 6 permits in Sorkness, Myrtle and White Earth Townships. Fidelity 3 permits in Brookbank and Purcell Townships. Windsor 2 permits in Howie and 153-93 townships. Slawson 0 permits. Hunt 0 permits. Murex 0 permits. Brigham 0 permits. Sinclair 2 permits in Rat Lake and Knife River Townships. St Mary 0 permits. Windsor 0 permits. Lario 1 permit in Clearwater Township. Oasis 0 permits. Encore 0 permits. Marathon 0 permits. Cirque 0 permits. Duncan 1 permit Clearwater Townships.

2008 was a busy year for the Mountrail County Bakken drillers. The number of wells drilled rose significantly over the past two years as shown in the table below.

EOG OTHERS TOTAL

2006 4 8 12

2007 30 27 57

2008 81 152 233

TOTAL 115 187 302