Newfield just released this well from tight hole status. It is apparently on Section 22-15 of Twnship 159 Range 102. We have mineral right in Section 15 which are leased to Marathon. Will we get a share of the production from this well? Thanks for any answers.
Elizabeth,
When I pulled up the GIS map, it showed that 20264 was a canceled permit icon. Then I pulled up production numbers and it shows its expired permit. Perhaps it was released from tight hole status, due to being expired.
NDIC File No: 20264 API No: 33-105-02117-00-00
Well Type: OG Well Status: EXP Status Date: 12/19/2012 Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: SWSE 22-159-102 Footages: 340 FSL 2375 FEL Latitude: 48.576586 Longitude: -103.850811
Current Operator: NEWFIELD PRODUCTION COMPANY
Current Well Name: VINCENT 159-102-22-15-1H
Elevation(s): 2243 GL Total Depth: Field: BAR BUTTE
Completion Data
Pool: BAKKEN Status: LOC Date: 12/20/2011
Darn! - but thanks for the prompt reply. I'm a complete newbie at this. Why would the permit be cancelled? Does this mean they never drilled? Our leases in the area with Marathon expire in July. Would this affect our chances for renewal?
I wouldn't worry just yet, it only takes a couple days and $100 and they have a new permit. Permits don't really mean much.
Gail, if CLR has to obtain new permits, it will just be a formality. I was in a spacing that changed hands a couple of times and the confidential dots on the map never moved. It could be that nothing more than a clerical adjustment of the name on the permit may be all that is necessary. Newfield may have retained a % of working interest and CLR could likely drill the wells under the original permits. The NDIC is very responsive to the needs of operators.
Gail said:
The Vincent 159-102, is on my land and just happens to be my name. HA I have heard that Continental Resources has bought out Newfield's Big Valley acreage which includes these wells in this area. If CLR did in fact get these acres, they will probably have to re-permit?
Thanks for your reply.
As far as Marathon is concerned, they have drilled a well about 4 miles NE of here and it has been producing about 130 bpd and are just now putting a pumping unit on it. Not a huge well, but I have heard of poorer ones! This is the first in that area, hopefully the next ones will be better!
r w kennedy said:
Gail, if CLR has to obtain new permits, it will just be a formality. I was in a spacing that changed hands a couple of times and the confidential dots on the map never moved. It could be that nothing more than a clerical adjustment of the name on the permit may be all that is necessary. Newfield may have retained a % of working interest and CLR could likely drill the wells under the original permits. The NDIC is very responsive to the needs of operators.
Gail said:The Vincent 159-102, is on my land and just happens to be my name. HA I have heard that Continental Resources has bought out Newfield's Big Valley acreage which includes these wells in this area. If CLR did in fact get these acres, they will probably have to re-permit?
Gail, you are so right about poorer wells. Not all wells that are profitable pay out in 2 years.
Gail - Did Newfield finish the well - or was it even drilled? I'm still a little confused by the term "tight hole status" and what it means if a well is released from it.
The only wells I see in the area 159-102 are Christenson or Larson. From looking at the three wells I think there is some decent natural pressure, not great but decent, for the wells to be flowing for at least a year before the pumps to be installed and since I didn't notice an immediate rise in production, they aren't running the pumps much if at all yet. I did delve into the files on one well and saw that it was 32 frack stages which I consider good, but it just said sand frack which to me is not so good. I would like to see at least a dusting of ceramic propant in one of my wells. Ceramic is expensive vs silica sand which can cost more to transport than the sand itself costs. I used to live near a silica sand operation and their product was shipped to oilfields all over. The silica sand is strong and resists crushing well but I think it is better to have some ceramic mixed in that is even stronger to prop the cracks the oil comes from even wider. I don't think you need ceramic for wells only 7,000 feet deep, Bakken wells are 10,000 feet deep and the extra 3,000 feet of rock above makes a difference. Low quality sand can crush allowing the cracks to close and then the sand itself clogs the cracks. This is just my opinion and general logic. The thing to remember that Divide isn't considered to be the core of the Bakken, the operators think the wells will be profitable but not as wildly profitable as what they consider core areas so they drill cheaper wells. Once again, my opinion is that one of these wells is not going to do a good job of draining the whole spacing, as I would like, although it might deplete all of it slightly. I think more wells will be drilled in each spacing in the future when the price of oil rises sufficiently or better technology develops, so your kids or grandkids may have something to look forward to.
No, the Vincent was never drilled. Newfield has drilled 6 wells in Wms. and Divide county, and had staked 6 other wells in this area, all are now canceled. I don't understand why the "tight hole status" either. I am hoping that Continental has taken over the leases because Newfield hasn't done much with them!
So your land is 2 miles north of our house!
Hope we all get something pretty soon.
Vince
Elizabeth Sullivan Hogg said:
Gail - Did Newfield finish the well - or was it even drilled? I'm still a little confused by the term "tight hole status" and what it means if a well is released from it.
Gail, all permits are confidential wells, whether they are drilled or not. The true confidential status does not begin until the operator requests it for their drilled well. Then it's 6 months.