Hawkeye Oil Field -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Permits

2013
25161, conf, BR,
25146, conf, Hess, 
25145, conf, Hess, 
25144, conf, Hess, 
24898, PNC, BR, 
24726, conf, Hess, 
24725, conf, Hess, 

2012

24641, conf, Hess, 
24640, conf, Hess, 
24629, conf, BR, Badlands 31-15TFH,
24628, conf, BR, Badlands 21-15MBH,
24627, conf, BR, Badlands 21-15TFH,
24626, conf, BR, Badlands 41-15TFH,
24625, conf, BR, Badlands 41-15TFH,
24624, conf, BR, Badlands 31-15MBH,
23822, conf, Hess, 

23821, conf, Hess,

23820, conf, Hess,

23072, conf, Hess,

23071, conf, Hess,

23010, conf, Hess,

22982, conf, Hess,

22972, conf, Hess,

22801, conf, Hess, 

22635, conf, Hess,

22420, conf, Hess,

22419, conf, Hess,

22418, conf, Hess,

22417, conf, Hess,

22416, conf, Hess,

22415, conf, Hess,

22367, loc, Hess,

22366, drl, Hess, 

2011

21122, 428, Hess, HA-Chapin-152-95-3229H-2, t5/12; cum 51K 1/13;

20755, 381, Hess, HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H-2, t3/12; cum 117K 1/13;

20739, 826, Hess, HA-Thompson-152-95-1720H-2, t5/12; cum 66K 1/13;

20738, 1,496, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95-0805H-2, t12/11; cum 316K 1/13; F; 38 stages; 3.8 million lbs; sand/ceramic;

Updates

May 21, 2012: update of 10 wells in one spacing unit in the Hawkeye. 

February 8, 2012:

• 20738, 1,496, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95-0805H-2, Hawkeye, Bakken; s7/11; t12/11; F; cum 64K 12/11; producing 44K in its first full month of production; 38 stages; 3.7 million lbs including 3.5 million pounds ceramics (Econoprop); Three Forks; 
• 16694, 348, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95-0805H-1, Hawkeye, Bakken, s9/07/t 12/07; F; cum 143K 12/11
• These two wells right next to each other, their laterals paralleling and running north; at one point they actually "cross" each other, but they are in different formations.

Original Post 

The Hawkeye oil field is a very old field, and a small field, about 26 sections. It is just west of the northwest corner of the reservation. It is south of the very good Charlson field, south of the river, and south of the Beaver Ldoge oil field where oil was first discovered in North Dakota. If I am reading the map correctly it is either right on or just west the Nesson anticline.

From the NDIC November hearing docket agenda:

Case No. 16110: Application of Hess Corp. for an order amending the applicable orders for the Hawkeye-Bakken Pool to allow up to six horizontal wells and up to eight vertical wells to be drilled in a 1280-acre spacing unit described as Sections 18 and 19, T.152N., R.95W., McKenzie County, ND, and such other relief as is appropriate.

So, why would Hess want to drill up to six (6) horizontal (Bakken) wells and up to eight (8) vertical (Madison?) wells in this area?

• 17070, sections 18/19, 783, Hess, HA-Swenson-152-05-1819H-1, s9/08; t11/08; cum 139,662
• 16873, sections 17/20, 222, Hess, HA-Thompson-152-95-1720H-1, s12/07; t4/08; cum 135,076
• 18201, sections 16/21, 862, Hess, HA-State-152-95-1621H-1, s4/10; t7/10; cum 173,268
• 16825, sections 7/6, 307, Hess, HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H-1, s10/07; t1/08; cum 189,202
• 16694, sections 8/5, 348, Hess, HA-Mogen-152-95 0805H-1, s9/07; t12/07; cum 135,688
• 1421, PAB,  cumulative 161,344, Madison
• 1218, PAB, cumulative 129,602, Madison
• 1312, PAB, Amerada Hess, Haweye-Madison Unit F-616, s 11/56/t 12/56; cumulative 416,393, Madison
• 1562, PAB, cumulative 75,736, Madison
• 4013, A, Hess, Hawkeye-Madison Unit B-616, s12/65; t2/66; cum 413,464, a Madison well
• 1419, A, Hess, Hawkeye-Madison Unit I-617, s5/57; t6/57; cum 166,244, a Madison well
• 1295, A, 288, Hess, short lateral, Hawkeye-Madison Unit E-613HR, s12/56; t1/57; cum 237,537; this was a vertical that was re-entered and was a very short lateral 
• 1246, 161, Hess, Hawkeye-Madison Unit G-603HR, Madison, Hawkeye, s9/56; re7/05; t10/56; cum 458K 10/11; spudded 1956 (producing for 56 years); for an in-depth look at this well, click here
• 1596, 303, Hess, Hawkeye-Madison Unit F-618 HR, s11/57; t12/57; SI; cum 788K bbls; last produced in 2009; produced for 52 years. 

For newbies:

• Look how soon after these wells were spud, they were completed -- the good ol' days
• At 100,000 bbls, the recent Bakken wells have paid for themselves at the wellhead; they will now go on producing for 30 years; average EUR estimated to be 603,000 bbls
• The Madison wells paid for themselves long ago
• Look how long it takes a Madison well to hit 100,000 bbls; that's why the Bakken is so incredible
• Some of the Madison wells are reaching the EUR of a Bakken well
• Look how long some of these wells produce; some of the Madison wells have been producing since 1956 -- 56 years