Lost Bridge Oil Field Update

Updates

July 12, 2011: BR has an application into the NDIC to unitize the field.

Permits

Issued in 2012

24228, conf, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5E,

24145, conf, XTO, Esther Federal 34X-28C,

23163, conf, MRO, Bear Den 42-5H,

23162, conf, MRO, Bear Den 42-5TFH, huge well; 21K first full month, 12/12;

22248, 1,387, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11B, t8/12; cum 60K 12/12; 24 stages; 2.7 million lbs;

 
Original Post

Lost Bridge oil field has been popping up in recent NDIC permit action and on message boards elsewhere, and when that happens, it piques my interest.

Lost Bridge oil field is an irregularly shaped field just west of the reservation, and in a fairly non-descript location as far as other oil fields go, about 20 miles southeast of Watford City. No major roads run through this field. It is a relatively small field, only 37 sections, most of them in T148N-R96W.

It appears that XTO (now a subsidiary of XOM) pretty much controls most of the field. XTO has reported some nice wells in this area.

Of interest is the number of multi-well pads: a couple of two-well pads, and another pad with four (4) wells. There is a well with three laterals, also. (For newbies, IPs are in red bold, and total cumulative is in black bold. A well with >100,000 bbls cumulative is well on its way to having paid for itself.)

• 22248, see  above, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11B, Lost Bridge, s6/12;
• 21840, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 11-13H, Lost Bridge,
• 21839, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 14-12H, Lost Bridge,
• 21838, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 11-13TFH, Lost Bridge,
• 21837, conf, MRO, Deep Creek USA 14-12TFH, Lost Bridge,
• 21702, 1,261, XTO, Nygaard Federal 13X-5A, Lost Bridge,
• 21253, conf, XTO, Esther Federal 34X-28, Lost Bridge,
• 20520, 1,056, XTO, Bang Federal 21X19, Lost Bridge, t7/12; cum 35K 12/12;
• 20521, 1,412, XTO, George Federal 21X-19, Lost Bridge, t7/12; cum 59K 12/12;
• 19667, 902, MRO, Buffalo 34-12H, Lost Bridge, t9/11; cum 54K 12/12; 
• 19566, 1,971, XTO, Deep Creek 43X-5, Lost Bridge; t10/11; cum 143K 12/12;
• 19447, 1,393, XTO, Tuckerman 11X-11, cum 144K 12/12;
• 19185, 1,377, XTO, Alwin Federal 12X-19, t5/11, cum 119K 12/12; 
• 19187, 510, XTO, Elaine Federal 12X-19, t5/11; cum 75K 12/12;
• 19120, conf, Newfield, Jorgenson Federal 2-4H, Lost Bridge,
• 19121, conf, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 13-9H, Lost Bridge,
• 18918, 93, Denbury/Encore, Jorgenson 34-9SWH, Lost Bridge, t9/10; cum 130K 12/12;
• 18917, PNC, Denbury/Encore, Jorgenson 34-9SEH, 
• 18358: 1,037, XTO, Boomer 34X-35, Lost Bridge, t3/10; cum 110K 12/12;
• 18640: 878, XTO, Carus Federal 24X-36, Lost Bridge, t5/10; cum 123K 12/12;
• 18381, 1,134, XTO, Carol Federal 24X-6, Lost Bridge, t2/10; cum 134K 12/12; 
• 18383, 1,768,  XTO, Lois Federal 24X-6, Lost Bridge, t2/10; cum 131K 12/12; 
• 18189: 2,441, XTO, Jorgenson 43X-4, Lost Bridge, t9/09; cum 186K 12/12; 
• 18039: 1,224, XTO, Jorgenson 43X-5, Lost Bridge, t7/09; cum 163K 12/12; 
• 17424 / 17397 / 17407 / 17430: same pad? --  

497, XTO, Robert Federal 11X-20, cum 697K 12/12;
1,290, XTO, Thelma Federal 11X-20, cum 137K 12/12;
1,273, XTO, Fenton Federal 11X-20, cum 120K 12/12;
591, XTO, Jane Federal 11X-20, cum 62K 12/12; 

• 17348: 901, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 16-9H, t2/09, cum 205K 12/12;
• 17086: 560, Newfield, Jorgenson 1-15H, t11/08,  cum 136K 12/12; 
• 17045: 786, Newfield, Jorgenson 1-10H, t8/09, cum 128K 12/12;
• 7614: 712/IA, Deep Creek Adventures Co, Signalness Federal 2-10, cum 278K 2/12 (Duperow)
• 16837 (three laterals): 591, XTO, Schettler Federal 41X-28, t2/08; cum 166K 12/12;
• 13107: 138/PA, Conoco, Lost Bridge Wiser Com. 1, 1,178, permanently abandoned

These XTO wells are very good wells. XTO generally reports IPs of 500 bbls; these wells are consistently more than double what one usually sees with XTO wells.

And look at that Duperow well. That well was spud in 1980 and continues to produce thirty years later.