tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35552330339529526572024-03-13T11:22:51.296-05:00Bakken ShaleAll content on this site ©2007-2016 BakkenShale.blogspot.comTeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-23817121203778663852010-03-23T21:21:00.006-05:002010-03-23T22:03:48.414-05:00Whiting Plans Significant Three Forks Wildcats, NW Stark Co.After recently receiving approval for establishing numerous drilling units in the area, Whiting Pet. has wasted little time announcing exploration plans targeting the Three Forks Formation ("TF") in NW Stark Co., near the town of Belfield. In the past week, Whiting has permitted two TF wildcats, one in a standup 1280 in secs. 13 & 24, T140, R99, about four miles NE of Belfield. AnotherTeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-61231430608804403662009-09-17T20:56:00.007-05:002009-09-24T20:56:20.927-05:00What In The World Has Anschutz Found?9/24/09 UPDATE: Anschutz confirmed today at the NDIC hearing that this is mid-Bakken development, and that indeed they did not cross the section line and drilled only a 640 because of pressure (blowout) concerns. Thus, it looks like some type of local geologic anomaly at play here that greatly enhanced the fracture system, and possibly a "collapse feature" caused by the nearby fault.That seems Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-50902655615911576182009-06-02T21:49:00.024-05:002009-06-03T22:45:33.903-05:00Marathon Unlocks The Lower Lodgepole -- The Third Productive "Bakken Zone," Dunn Co.I am content now that I didn't write about the Lodgepole/Bakken fracture system in North Murphy Creek Field here last year for nothing. As previously noted, this area has been of interest for almost 30 years since a wildcat almost blew out in this area when encountering the fracture system in the lower Lodgepole.There have been rumors for the past few months that one of Marathon's wells Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-91463191270891036582009-04-05T20:14:00.000-05:002009-04-05T20:15:33.668-05:00Larry's March Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 23 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 4 rigs; Whiting 5 rigs; Fidelity, Hunt, Slawson, Murex, Sinclair, and Marathon 1 rig each. . During March 22 wells were spudded. EOG 10; Hess 4; Whiting 2; Fidelity 1; Brigham 0; Hunt 1; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 1; Sinclair 1; St Mary 0; Oasis 0; and Windsor 0. During March NDIC issued 15 new Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-25063879076463073562009-03-09T21:39:00.008-05:002009-03-09T22:27:04.798-05:00The RMOJ's 2008 ND RecapThe Rocky Mountain Oil Journal has allowed re-publication of its excellent summary of the 2008 production statistics for ND:North Dakota Breaks All Time Oil Production Record For 2008 Bakken Output Increases 269% North Dakota’s produced more oil in 2008 than in any year since commercial production was established in the state in 1951. The state reported production of 62,776,123 bo, up an Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-90960908458662616462009-03-03T21:24:00.001-06:002009-03-03T21:25:57.093-06:00Larry's February Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 26 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 10 rigs; Hess 5 rigs; Whiting 6 rigs; Fidelity, Slawson, Murex, Sinclair, and Marathon 1 rig each. . During February 20 wells were spudded. EOG 8; Hess 5; Whiting 4; Fidelity 0; Brigham 0; Hunt 0; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 1; Sinclair 0; St Mary 0; Oasis 0; and Windsor 0. During February NDIC issued Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-13793697298876087052009-02-08T20:26:00.000-06:002009-02-08T20:27:28.976-06:00Larry's January Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 30 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 10 rigs; Hess 4 rigs; Whiting 6 rigs; Fidelity 3 rigs; Slawson, Hunt, Murex, Oasis, Windsor, Sinclair, and Marathon 1 rig each. During January 19 wells were spudded. EOG 9; Hess 0; Whiting 2; Fidelity 2; Brigham 0; Hunt 1; Marathon 1; Murex 0; Slawson 1; Sinclair 1; St Mary 0; Oasis 1; and Windsor 1. Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-76383562337969252902009-01-04T21:18:00.001-06:002009-01-04T21:21:09.975-06:00Larry'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 Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-14539430781706481432008-12-02T22:28:00.001-06:002008-12-02T22:29:57.681-06:00Larry's November Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 33 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 7 rigs; Whiting 4 rigs; Fidelity 3 rigs; Slawson 2 rigs, Hunt 2 rigs, Oasis 2 rigs, Brigham 2 rigs, Murex, Windsor, and Marathon 1 rig each. . During November 25 wells were spudded. EOG 8; Hess 5; Whiting 4; Fidelity 2; Brigham 2; Hunt 1; Marathon 0; Murex 0; Slawson 1; Sinclair 0; St Mary Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-34555303018476284412008-11-05T21:58:00.002-06:002008-11-05T22:02:13.097-06:00Larry's October Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 29 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 5 rigs; Whiting 3 rigs; Fidelity 3 rigs; Slawson 2 rigs, Hunt 2 rigs, Oasis 2 rigs, Murex, Windsor, Sinclair, and Marathon 1 rig each.During October 25 wells were spudded. EOG 8; Hess 5; Whiting 0; Fidelity 3; Brigham 0; Hunt 2; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 2; Sinclair 1; St Mary 0; Oasis 2; and WindsorTeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-27645883320421189612008-10-21T20:56:00.003-05:002008-10-21T21:07:04.720-05:00The Hammer FallsIt seems that some companies just don't want to pony up the big bucks for leases anymore.Fort Worth Star-Telegram Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-33655990321868074842008-10-07T21:23:00.001-05:002008-10-07T21:23:56.931-05:00Larry's September Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 28 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 4 rigs; Whiting 5 rigs; Fidelity 3 rigs; Slawson 2 rigs, Hunt 2 rigs, Murex, Windsor, Oasis, and Marathon 1 rig each. . During September 20 wells were spudded. EOG 6; Hess 4; Whiting 3; Fidelity 1; Brigham 0; Hunt 1; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 1; Sinclair 0; St Mary 0; Oasis 1; and Windsor Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-48052759393661480672008-09-08T22:12:00.004-05:002008-09-08T22:22:28.232-05:00TX Supreme Court Says No Actionable Trespass For FracAs a followup to a previous post on July 15th, the Texas Supreme Court has held "that an oil and gas driller who follows regulations set aside by the Texas Railroad Commission is not liable for committing a trespass when the driller’s hydraulic frac from a legally located well accidentally reaches an adjoining tract of land."The law of capture rules, and remedy for adjoining owner is to drill Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-56472041705077747862008-09-07T22:46:00.002-05:002008-10-07T21:23:01.412-05:00Larry's August Scorecard For Mountrail Co.At month end there were 28 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 7 rigs; Hess 4 rigs; Whiting 5 rigs; Fidelity 2 rigs; Slawson 2 rigs, Hunt 2 rigs, Brigham, Murex, Windsor, Sinclair, Oasis, and Marathon 1 rig each. During August 22 wells were spudded. EOG 7; Hess 3; Whiting 3; Fidelity 2; Brigham 1; Hunt 2; Marathon 1; Murex 0; Slawson 2; Sinclair 1; St Mary 0; Oasis 0; and Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-74453271838936983802008-08-26T22:26:00.005-05:002008-08-26T22:42:30.316-05:00The UK Finds KilldeerAnd they give us an article and a video.Telegraph.co.ukAnd for anyone who may still be unaware, there is a documentary currently in the editing stage pertaining to the Parshall/Stanley area by Couple 3 Films. Couple3.com TrailerTeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-6760582316421756522008-08-18T22:19:00.005-05:002008-08-18T22:28:03.044-05:00EOG MilestonesThe following was provided courtesy of Larry:June was a milestone month for EOG on two fronts. EOG operated wells in Mountrail County produced their 5 millionth barrel in June. From the first well that came on production in May 2006 through June 2008, EOG operated wells have produced 5,060,448 barrels. EOG set another enviable milestone in June. Those 5 million barrels have generated a Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-90869662870593243472008-08-06T22:22:00.002-05:002008-08-06T22:25:50.931-05:00EOG's Initial Austin Wells ImprovingLarry put together an analysis of the production of the initial Austin wells:EOG’s initial Bakken wells in Austin are beginning to look like the PetroHunt well in the Charlson field. Production keeps increasing. Austin 2-03H AUSTIN 4-09H 9/15/2007 10/19/2007 IP Date 11/10/2007 12/19/2007Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-25552734257373784632008-08-04T20:47:00.004-05:002008-08-04T22:32:47.886-05:00Anschutz Surpasses Tracker RequestOn the heals of Tracker Resource's request last month to add 80 sections to Little Knife Field (later reduced by about a half-dozen sections, and which was approved last Friday), this month Anschutz Expl. of Denver has requested that 84 sections be spaced at 1280 acres and be included in either Russian Creek or St. Anthony Fields in extreme southern Dunn Co., from R95 to 97W, all in Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-7934783676299309012008-08-03T20:38:00.002-05:002008-08-03T20:40:05.476-05:00Larry's July Scorecard for Mountrail CountyAt month end there were 28 drilling rigs on location in Mountrail County. EOG 8 rigs; Hess 5 rigs; Whiting 5 rigs; Fidelity 2 rigs; Slawson, Brigham, Hunt, Murex, Windsor, Sinclair, Oasis, and Marathon 1 rig each. During July 21 wells were spudded. EOG 7; Hess 3; Whiting 4; Fidelity 1; Brigham 0; Hunt 1; Marathon 1; Murex 1; Slawson 0; Sinclair 1; St Mary 0; Oasis 1; and Windsor 1. Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-81984084929320369882008-08-03T20:20:00.005-05:002008-08-03T20:40:36.199-05:00Seismic Slated For Montrail And Burke CountiesThe Rocky Mountain Oil Journal has permitted republication of this article and the following Huff and Puff article.Huge Seismic Program Slated For Mountrail and Burke Counties North DakotaThe Bakken play in North Dakota keeps heating up. With oil prices at near record levels, rig counts increasing, permits to drill on the rise, large Bakken completions reported, record setting lease bonus’s, theTeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-68292689408040499142008-08-03T20:13:00.005-05:002008-08-03T20:36:13.551-05:00EOG's Huff and PuffThe following is provided by the The Rocky Mountain Oil Journal: EOG Plans CO2 Huff N’ Puff Pilot Program In Parshall Field-Mountrail County North Dakota Realizing that the flush production associated with the recently drilled wells in the Greater Parshall Field area will decline, EOG Resources (EOG), the largest producer within this field, is planning to initiate a CO2 Huff n’ Puff Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-48560157748656459132008-07-25T23:52:00.003-05:002008-07-26T00:08:14.871-05:00A Handy HandYeah, so, somebody caught me on video working on my "project" last week over by New Town. It's a tight hole so I'm not going to talk about it otherwise. A person can run both the brake handle and the slips at the same time only with lots and lots of experience. Thank you very much. And I know babies aren't supposed to be on the rig floor, but what are you going to do. Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-24944306805222964042008-07-15T22:51:00.004-05:002008-07-15T23:11:10.472-05:00Texas Frac Trespass Decision NearsAn expected far-reaching decision from the TX Supreme Court could be released soon. As reported by the Fort Worth Business Press, "[t]he lawsuit stems from a 2005 Hidalgo County dispute in which Garza Energy Trust was granted $14 million for the court’s findings that the trust had been the victim of subsurface trespass due to hydraulic fracturing." Apparently, the frac job had allegedly Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-49287886688439464502008-07-15T22:19:00.005-05:002008-07-15T22:49:44.399-05:00Larry's Water Chart For Mountrail Co.Larry provided this awhile ago, but I've been derelict in posting it. It had more info but I had to delete some to make it fit width-wise. He added:This is a spreadsheet for April 2008 showing the oil and water production for the Bakken wells in Mountrail County. It is sorted by the top water producer as a percent of oil production. I am not sure any firm conclusions can be drawn from this Teeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555233033952952657.post-78375491637380625072008-07-01T22:06:00.007-05:002008-07-02T00:16:43.016-05:00Tracker Advances Plans To Double Size Of Little Knife Field, Dunn Co.At the NDIC hearings later this month, Tracker Rescources of Denver has requested that Little Knife Field be expanded on its east side to include a whopping 80 sections (yes, that's eight-zero, if I counted correctly) for the purpose of drilling Bakken H-wells on 1,280 acre spacing. The overall area of the application spans from T144N to 148N, all in R97W. Now, I may be a tad skeptical, but ITeeguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331850464011934960noreply@blogger.com19