Nice XTO Well in the Blue Buttes Field -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates 

February 3, 2013: a bit of an expanded note regarding this field at this link; this is going to be an incredible Bakken field; if you have access to the NDIC GIS map server take a look at section 5-150-95: there are two 4-well pads back-to-back, the Hess Budahn wells. They are all on confidential status with one rig on site. These wells are just a mile or so away from the incredible Kummer well, producing 20,000 bbls of oil per day; I was told through an "anonymous" comment that production was flat due to takeaway constraints. One word: wow.

January 27, 2013: the following wells looks like they will be good wells; still confidential:

• 23167, conf, Hess, BB-Sivertson 151-95-2019H-3, Blue Buttes, 

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2012	26632	0
10-2012	10684	0

• 23168, conf, Hess, BB-Siverston 151-95-2019H-2, Blue Buttes,
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2012	26888	0
10-2012	12462	0

January 27, 2013: random look at BR's Kummer 41-30MBH well;
June 5, 2012: commentary on this field.

Permits

Issued in 2012

• 24506, conf, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-5, Blue Buttes,
• 24505, conf, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-4, Blue Buttes,
• 24504, conf, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-3, Blue Buttes,
• 24503, conf, Hess, BB-State 151-96-3625H-2, Blue Buttes,
• 24410, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn A 150-95-0403H-5, Blue Buttes,
• 24409, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn A 150-95-0403H-4, Blue Buttes,
• 24408, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn 150-95-0506H-4, Blue Buttes,
• 24407, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn 150-95-0506H-5, Blue Buttes,
• 24230, conf, BR, State Veeder 11-25MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 24229, conf, BR, State Veeder 11-25TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 24136, conf, BR, Lassen 41-26TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 24127, conf, BR, Lloyd 14-24MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 24122, conf, BR, Blegen 44-24TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 24120, conf, BR, Blegen 34-24MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 24119, conf, BR, Blegen 34-24TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 23969, conf, Hess, BB-Rice 150-95-0718H-3, Blue Buttes,
• 23968, conf, Hess, BB-Rice 150-95-0718H-2, Blue Buttes,
• 23667, conf, BR, Kummer 21-30TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 23666, conf, BR, Kummer 21-30MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 23665, conf, BR, Kummer 11-30MBH, Blue Buttes, 
• 23650, conf, BR, Kummer 30-31MBH, Blue Buttes,
• 23649, conf, BR, Kummer 31-30TFH, Blue Buttes,
• 23502, conf, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0712H-5, Blue Buttes, 
• 23501, conf, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0718H-4, Blue Buttes, 
• 23500, conf, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0718H-3, Blue Buttes, 
• 23499, conf, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0718H-2, Blue Buttes, 
• 23472, conf, Helis, P. Levang 4-14/23H,  Blue Buttes, 26K/month; huge well; 
• 23457, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-2, Blue Buttes, 
• 23456, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn-150-95-0506H-2, Blue Buttes, 
• 23455, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-3, Blue Buttes, 
• 23454, conf, Hess, BB-Budahn-150-95-0506H-3, Blue Buttes, 
• 23450, conf, Hess, BB-Ole Anderson 151-95-3031H-3, Blue Buttes, 
• 23449, conf, Hess, BB-Ole Anderson 151-95-3031H-2, Blue Buttes, 
• 23290, conf, Hess, BB-Olson 150-95-0817H-3, Blue Buttes, 
• 23289, conf, Hess, BB-Olson 150-95-0817H-2, Blue Buttes, 
• 23250, conf, BR, Lovaas 11-1MBH, Blue Buttes, producing;
• 23249, conf, BR, Lovaas 11-1TFH, Blue Buttes, producing;
• 23168, conf, Hess, BB-Sivertson 151-95-2019H-2, Blue Buttes, producing 26K/month; huge well;
• 23167, conf, Hess, BB-Sivertson151-95-2019H-3, Blue Buttes, producing, 10/12; 26K/month -- huge well;
• 22311, 2,779, XTO, Thompson 44X-20E, t5/12; cum 87K 10/12;

Issued in 2011

• 20469, conf, BR, State Veeder 44-36TFH,
• 20591, 2,656, Helis, Jones 4-15/22H, t4/12; cum 147K 10/12;
• 21012, PNC, Hess, BB-Belquist-150-95-1011-1PNC,
• 21013, PNC, Hess, BB-Belquist-150-95-1011H-2PNC,
• 21402, 1,309, Hess, BB-Belquist-150-95-1011H-2, t4/12; cum 118K 10/12; 25 stages; 2 million lbs sand and ceramics;
• 21403, 1,271, Hess, BB-Belquist 150-95-1011H-1, t4/12; cum 147K 12/12; ;
• 21428, 1,191, Hess, BB-Eide 151-95-3328H-1, t12/12; cum 41K 12/12; F;
• 21429, 1,140, Hess, BB-Eide 151-95-3328-2, t12/12; cum 39K 12/12; F;
• 21564, 2,288, Helis, Levang Federal 14-21/16H, Blue Buttes, 40K first full month; t8/12; cum 97K 10/12;
• 22050, 2,806, BR, Kummer 41-30MBH, t5/12; cum 165K 12/12; F;

Issued in 2010

• 18726, 2,573, XTO, Marlene 42X-20, t7/10; cum 242K 4/12;
• 18768, 1,212, BR, Blegen 2-13H, t11/10; cum 101K 4/12;
• 18942, 2,291, BR, Harley 31-2H, t10/10; cum 132K 4/12;
• 18973, 2,579, Helis, State 1-16/21H, t10/10; cum 308K 4/12;
• 19178, 2,300, BR, Stafford 13-34H, t3/11; cum 114K 4/12;
• 19288, 984, BR, Veeder 14-24H, t4/11; cum 46K 4/12;
• 19425, PNC, Hess, BB-Stonewall-150-95-9H-1,
• 19737, 1,341, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-1, t1/12; cum 109K as of 4/12; cum 194K 12/12;

Issued in 2009

• 18013, 842, BR, Mathistad 2-35H, t7/09; cum 124K 4/12;
• 18053, 467, Hess, BB-State-151-96-3625H-1, t10/09; cum 144K 4/12;
• 18104, 1,113, Hess, BB-State A-151-95-1615H-1, t11/09; cum 250K 4/12;
• 18105, 860, Hess, BB-Federal A-151-95-0910H-1, t2/10; cum 201K 4/12;
• 18218, 615, Hess, BB-Federal-151-95-0817H-1, cum 199K 4/12;
• 18250, 1,230, Hess, BB-Federal B-151-95-2122H-1, t5/10; cum 160K 4/12;
• 18271, 547, Hess, BB-Chapin A-151-95-0403H-1, t1/11; cum 106K 4/12;

Permits issued prior to 2009

• 16357, 371, BR, Veeder 14-13H, t2/07; cum 184K 4/12;
• 16531, 608, BR, Brown 44-1H, t6/07; cum 119K 4/12;
• 16571, 476, BR, Lillibridge 11-23H, t11/07; cum 156K 4/12;
• 16603, 391, Hess, BB-Budahn-150-95-0506H-1, Blue Buttes, t8/07; cum 176K 12/12;
• 16610, 267, Hess, BB-Olson-150-95-0817H-1, t9/07; cum 268K 12/12;
• 16652, 434, Helis, Levang 3-22H, s6/07; cum 142K 12/12; has been fracked; 368,600 lbs of Carboprop; perforated liner;
• 16874, PNC, Helis
• 16892, PNC, Helis
• 16957, 134, Hess, BB-Chapin-151-95-0506H-1, t5/08; cum 157K 4/12;
• 16959, 971, Helis, Jones 16-14H, t6/08; cum 105K 4/12;
• 16960, 768, Helis, Jones 4-23H, t4/08; cum 84K 4/12;
• 16983, 15, BR, Mathistad 1-35H, t6/08; cum 174K 4/12;
• 17060, 528, Hess, BB-Burk-151-95-0718H-1; t7/08; cum 168K 4/12;
• 17118, 289, BR, Remington 14-11H, t6/08; cum 46K 4/12;
• 17125, 713, Hess, BB-Rice-150-95-0718H-1, t10/08; cum 220K 12/12;
• 17149, 1,271, XTO, Thompson 44X-20, t10/08; cum 228K 4/12;
• 17241, 522, Hess, BB-Olson-150-95-09H-1, t9/10; cum 187K 6/12;
• 17733, 759, BR, Kummer 1-31H, t2/10; cum 229K 12/12;

Original Post

• 18726, 2,573, XTO, Marlene 42X-20, Blue Buttes, Bakken, t7/10; cum 261K 6/12;

The Blue Buttes oil field is an incredible field. The few Bakken wells that have been drilled there are reaching 200,000 bbls by two years. But there are many Madison wells still producing, such as:

• 1363, 432, Hess, North Dakota "I" 1, t3/57; cum 423K bbls; 4/12; although still listed as AL, it hasn't produced any oil since 2009 but that's still a well that produced for 52 years.
• 3972, 21, Hess, Blue Buttes-Madison Unit E-316; t11/65 (I was in Middle School); cum 473K 4/12; still producing at 500 bbls/month after 45 years;

The Blue Buttes oil field is just west of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. It has dozens of wells in a very small area, but they are all vertical and were drilled well before this current boom. However, like many other fields, this field is now getting attention due to the Bakken.

This is a small field, about two full townships in size. There are currently (November, 2010) two rigs on site inside this field, and five or six wells on the confidential list (including those with rigs) and several confidential sites right on the border of the field.

More than 275 wells have been drilled in this very small field since oil was discovered in North Dakota in 1951, and more than 50 of those wells are still active. The field is pretty much "owned" by Hess. Many of the wells,  however, were drilled by Texaco (that shows you how "old" this field is) and most of the wells (vertical), it appears, targeted the Madison group. The active wells, it appears go back to the 1980's, although there is at least one that goes back to 1965.

For those who want to see what the GIS map might look like in 2040, overlay the Sanish horizontal wells on top of the Blue Buttes density wells.

It looks like XTO has two wells in this small field.