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

Permits

2013

2012
23553, 500, Hess, EN-Hanson S-156-94-310-H-6, Manitou, t2/13; cum 4K 2/13;
23552, 428, Hess, EN-Hanson S-156-94-3130H-5, Manitou, t2/13; cum 4K 2/13;
23551, 402, Hess, EN-Hanson S-156-94-3130H-4, Manitou, t3/13; cum --
23418, 625, Hess, EN-Hegland 155-94-0508H-3, Manitou, t2/13; cum 15K 2/13;
23417, 447, Hess, EN-Hegland 155-94-0508H-2, Manitou, t2/13; cum 17K 2/13;
22674, 890, Hess, EN-Rice-155-94-0211H-3, Manitou, t10/12; cum 62K 2/13;
22673, 1,048, Hess, EN-Rice-155-9490211H-2, Manitou, t10/12; cum 75K 2/13;
22510, 264, Hess, EN-Hanson-156-94-3031H-3, Manitou, t8/12; cum 20K 2/13;
22509, 468, Hess, EN-Hanson-156-94-3031H-2, Manitou,  t8/12; cum 32K 2/13;
22398, 379, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-6, Manitou, t10/12; cum 24K 2/13;
22397, 149, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-5, Manitou, t10/12; cum 7K 2/13;
22396, 479, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-4, Manitou, t10/12; cum 26K 2/13;
22395, 660, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-1, Manitou, t8/12; cum 51K 2/13;
22394, 705, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-2, Manitou, t8/12; cum 63K 2/13;
22393, 753, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-3, Manitou, t8/12; cum 49K 2/13;

Original Post

Manitou oil field has been in the news recently with several new permits.

But the reason I decided to write about Manitou this morning is because of a bit of trivia. His first time to the Dakotas, Theodore Roosevelt bought a horse named Nell. That was in 1883; he was not quite 25 years old. The following year, he bought a new horse and named it Manitou. [Source: Dan Aadland, c. 2010, p. 9.]

Manitou oil field is 36 sections, irregularly shaped, north of the river, and just north of the bull's eye of the Bakken. It is about six miles southwest of Tioga, the "oil capital" of North Dakota. The oil field shares a border with the first North Dakota oil field, the Beaver Lodge, to its west, and with Alger oil field to the east. Both of these fields have been incredibly good fields, and it looks like Manitou will join them.

Currently, the field averages about one well per section, but this should change over time.

The most interesting set of wells right now is the six-well pad operated by Hess:

• 19983, running north, 845, Hess, EN-Ruland A-155-94-1201H-1, Manitou, s1/11; t8/11; F; cum 111K 9/12; 38 stages; 1.7 million lbs total; 831K ceramics; Three Forks
• 19985, running south, 1,073, Hess, EN-Dobrovolny A-155-94-1324H-1, Manitou, s1/11; t7/11; AL; cum 123K 9/12; frack report to be submitted later; geologic markers to be submitted later
• 19987, running north, 1,521, Hess, EN-Ruland A-155-94-1201H-2, Manitou, s1/11; t9/11; AL; cum 134K 9/12; frack report to be submitted later; geologic markers to be submitted later
• 19988, running south, 743, EN-Dobrovolny A-155-94-324H-2, Manitou, s1/11; t10/11; AL; cum 80K 9/12, middle Bakken; frack data to be reported later;
• 19989, running north, 828, EN-Ruland A-155-94-1201H-3, Manitou, t3/12; cum 65K 9/12;
• 19990, running south, 697, EN-Dobrovolny A-155-94-1324H-3, Manitou, s1/11; t12/11; AL; cum 63K 9/12; Three Forks; frack data to be reported later;

Some other wells in this oil field:

• 8936, 70, Bonray Energy, Thompson 4-1, Manitou, Red River (not a Bakken); s5/83; PNA 6/85; cum 14K
• 15916, 71, Missouri River Royalty Corp, Manitou 4-1H, s2/06; t5/06; cum 26K 12/11;
• 16674, 52, Hess, EN-Hegland-156-94 3229H-1, s7/07; t4/08; cum26K 12/11; open hole frack; 289K lbs sand; 19K Slickwater; middle Bakken;
• 16771, 268, Hess, EN-Ruland-156-94 3328H-1, s11/07; t1/09; cum 70K 12/11; open hole frack; .4 million lbs sand;
• 18279, 357, Hess, EN-Rice A-155-94-0310H-1, s10/09; t1/10; cum 127K 12/11;

Hess has permits for another six wells in Manitou oil field:

• 22393, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-3,
• 22394, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-2,
• 22395, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota N-155-94-211609H-1,
• 22396, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-4,
• 22397, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-5,
• 22398, see above, Hess, EN-Dakota S-155-94-211609H-6,