August 6, 2008 – Active Drilling Rig Report

Posted by bakkenexpert

The latest active drilling rig report shows an increase of 3 rigs from the last report that we posted about 2 weeks ago. Continental still holds the lead and increased their number to 15 from 13 and hold almost a 20% hold on total active rigs and we can expect to see continued growth as outlined in their earning call earlier this month. EOG, Marathon and Hess are close behind with 10% of the rigs count. It is interesting to note that XTO only has 1 active rig even though they made a huge 1.85 billion dollar Bakken acreage purchase earlier in the year. I would not be surprised if they ramp up their drilling program in the region in the next few months.

Operator	Well Name and Number	Start Date
BRIGHAM OIL & GAS LP	ADIX 25 1-H	8/4/2008
BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	FOX TAIL 31-10H	7/31/2008
BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	COLTER 44-14H	* MIRU
BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	RINK 24-8H	7/27/2008
BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	MIDNIGHT RUN 41-1H	7/23/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	HEGGE 43-36 WSW	7/16/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	ELSIE 1-22FRH	7/23/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	LOWE 44-9NH	7/25/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	FISCHER 11-16SH	8/1/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	GRAHAM 43-35SH	6/27/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	OSCAR 1-25H	6/20/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	ARVID 1-34H	7/1/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	SKACHENKO 1-31H	6/28/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	MORRIS 1-23H	7/29/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	SLOAN 1-17H	8/5/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	OMLID 1-7 H	8/1/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	KIRKLAND 1-33H	7/22/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	ANDREW 24-32NH	* MIRU
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	MALCOM 1-29H	8/2/2008
CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	OMAR 1-1H	6/1/2008
EAGLE OPERATING INC	E-M FLYING H 5-9	7/30/2008
ENCORE OPERATING LP	SKOGLUND 11-10H	6/24/2008
ENCORE OPERATING LP	CHARLSON 44-32H	7/5/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	AUSTIN 13-08H	7/11/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	AUSTIN 22-31H	7/2/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	PARSHALL 13-26H	7/12/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	WAYZETTA 21-19H	* MIRU
EOG RESOURCES INC	PARSHALL 6-22H	7/29/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	WAYZETTA 6-12H	7/30/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	WAYZETTA 13-01H	8/4/2008
EOG RESOURCES INC	AUSTIN 25-35H	7/15/2008
FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	WEINMANN 11-28H	8/2/2008
FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	LEDENE 44-5H	7/23/2008
FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	FLADELAND 11-22H	7/30/2008
GOLDEN EYE RESOURCES, LLC	STEINBERGER #1-16	7/22/2008
HEADINGTON OIL CO LLC	ALKALI CREEK 44X-10	7/21/2008
HEADINGTON OIL CO LLC	HARTSOCH STATE 34X-36	7/12/2008
HELIS OIL & GAS CO. LLC	LEVANG 4-13H	7/11/2008
HESS CORPORATION	BB-RICE-150-95- 0718H-1	* MIRU
HESS CORPORATION	EN-NESET-156-94- 0706H-1	6/28/2008
HESS CORPORATION	EN-PERSON-156-94- 1102H-1	7/3/2008
HESS CORPORATION	ST-ANDES-151-89- 2413H-1	7/22/2008
HESS CORPORATION	RS-AADNES-157-91- 2829H-1	8/1/2008
HESS CORPORATION	RS-J NELSON-156-91- 0708H-1	7/14/2008
HESS CORPORATION	BL-OLSON-155-96- 1003H-1	7/20/2008
HUNT OIL COMPANY	CHARLIE 1-06H	7/10/2008
LUFF EXPLORATION CO	GR-RRBU Z-12H	7/13/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	PELTON 24-31H	7/8/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	KRENZEL 34-26H	7/16/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	WARDNER 14-35H	7/15/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	L.R. 21-16H	7/15/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	FRED HANSEN 34-8H	7/30/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	OSCAR STOHLER 41-4H	8/2/2008
MARATHON OIL CO	BOTTLESON 34-22H	7/24/2008
MUREX PETROLEUM CORP	CHANDLER JAMES 25-36H	7/4/2008
MUREX PETROLEUM CORP	SHELDON MARK 27-34H	7/10/2008
NEWFIELD PROD CO	ROLFSRUD 1-32H	8/1/2008
OASIS PETRO NO AMER	ERIE 44-19H	7/28/2008
PEAK NO DAK LLC	FREDERICKS 5-11H	7/28/2008
PETRO HUNT LLC	USA 35D-1-1H	5/6/2008
PRIMA EXPLORATION INC	MESA 24-2H	7/18/2008
SAGEBRUSH RESOURCES LLC	RICE ET AL 1H	8/1/2008
SAMSON RESOURCES CO	SPARKS 8-162-98H	7/9/2008
SINCLAIR OIL & GAS CO	NELSON 1-25H	7/20/2008
SLAWSON EXPLORATION	PAYARA 1-21H	6/25/2008
ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO	CLARK 16-27H	7/6/2008
ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO	BEAR DEN FEDERAL 10-25HR	7/19/2008
SUMMIT RESOURCES INC	GAP FEDERAL 3-8H	7/29/2008
TRACKER RES DEVMNT	OLSON 20-1H	7/28/2008
TRACKER RES DEVMNT	DRESSLER #13-1H	* MIRU
WARD-WILLISTON CO	SUNDAHL 20-34	7/30/2008
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	LITTLEFIELD 11-7H	6/30/2008
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	BREHM 44-5H	7/18/2008
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	NESHEIM 1-24H	7/16/2008
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	LACEY 11-10H	7/25/2008
WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	ROGGENBUCK 11-25H	8/3/2008
WINDSOR ENERGY GROUP LLC	WHITMORE 1-7H	7/24/2008
XTO ENERGY INC	SAKAKAWEA FEDERAL 13X-35R	7/27/2008
ZENERGY INC	JEAN BAPTISTE 1-11H	7/20/2008

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July 26, 2008 – Active Drilling Rig List

Posted by bakkenexpert

The number of active drilling rigs has stayed fairly static since our last post on the subject in June.    Continental Resources is still the leader with 13 active rigs in the area.   EOG has 8 rigs,   Marathon Oil (MRO) has 7 and Whiting Petroleum (WLL) has 5 rigs.   With some of the recent finds in the area, we expect the number of rigs to top 85 by September and Continental Resources will most likely continue to report positive news on their drilling efforts as they did with Mathistad 1-35H a few weeks ago as outlined in a recent Continental Resources press release on Mathistad 1-35H below:

“The Mathistad 1-35H commenced production on July 4, 2008 and has flowed at an average rate of 1,095 barrels of crude oil equivalent per day, with 90 percent of production being crude oil and 10 percent natural gas,” said Harold Hamm, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Continental Resources. “This is a second positive data point in our effort to determine whether the Three Forks/Sanish formation is a separate oil-producing reservoir not drained by a horizontal well completion in the Middle Bakken zone above it. If the Three Forks/Sanish proves to be a separate reservoir, it would add significant incremental reserves to the Bakken play.”

Rig	Operator	Start Date
RED HAWK 351	BALLANTYNE OIL	7/17/2008
NABORS 49	BRIGHAM OIL & GAS LP	6/26/2008
NABORS 688	BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	6/26/2008
NABORS 59	BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	* MIRU
NABORS 177	BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	* MIRU
NABORS 52	BURLINGTON RES O&G CO	7/23/2008
CYCLONE 27	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	7/16/2008
CYCLONE 26	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	7/16/2008
CYCLONE 22	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	7/23/2008
CYCLONE 9	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/25/2008
CYCLONE 18	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/27/2008
CYCLONE 2	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/20/2008
CYCLONE 21	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/22/2008
PATTERSON 154	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	7/1/2008
CYCLONE 19	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/12/2008
CYCLONE 10	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/28/2008
PATTERSON 82	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	* MIRU
CYCLONE 23	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/17/2008
PATTERSON 180	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	7/22/2008
PATTERSON 136	CONTINENTAL RESOURCES	6/1/2008
RED HAWK 358	EAGLE OPERATING INC	* MIRU
CYCLONE 25	ENCORE OPERATING LP	6/24/2008
NABORS 277	ENCORE OPERATING LP	7/5/2008
PIONEER 57	EOG RESOURCES INC	6/27/2008
NABORS 337	EOG RESOURCES INC	7/12/2008
ENSIGN 88	EOG RESOURCES INC	* MIRU
PIONEER 56	EOG RESOURCES INC	7/11/2008
NABORS 148	EOG RESOURCES INC	7/7/2008
NABORS 149	EOG RESOURCES INC	7/15/2008
NABORS 161	EOG RESOURCES INC	6/28/2008
ENSIGN 67	EOG RESOURCES INC	7/2/2008
NABORS 358	FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	6/23/2008
NABORS 417	FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	7/23/2008
NABORS 455	FIDELITY EXPL & PROD CO	6/29/2008
RED HAWK 354	GOLDEN EYE RESOURCES, LLC	7/22/2008
ENSIGN 46	HEADINGTON OIL CO LLC	5/16/2008
ENSIGN 24	HEADINGTON OIL CO LLC	7/21/2008
NABORS 560	HEADINGTON OIL CO LLC	7/12/2008
NABORS 558	HELIS OIL & GAS CO. LLC	7/11/2008
NABORS 165	HESS CORPORATION	6/9/2008
NABORS 742	HESS CORPORATION	7/22/2008
NABR WELL 556	HESS CORPORATION	6/28/2008
H & P 179	HESS CORPORATION	6/23/2008
H & P 241	HESS CORPORATION	7/14/2008
NABORS 272	HESS CORPORATION	7/3/2008
NABORS 557	HESS CORPORATION	7/20/2008
NABORS 140	HUNT OIL COMPANY	7/10/2008
NABORS 684	LUFF EXPLORATION CO	7/13/2008
NABORS 44	MARATHON OIL CO	7/8/2008
H & P 258	MARATHON OIL CO	7/7/2008
PATTERSON 183	MARATHON OIL CO	7/16/2008
H & P 255	MARATHON OIL CO	7/15/2008
H & P 259	MARATHON OIL CO	7/15/2008
H & P 257	MARATHON OIL CO	7/5/2008
H & P 256	MARATHON OIL CO	* MIRU
CYCLONE 20	MUREX PETROLEUM CORP	7/4/2008
ENSIGN 71	MUREX PETROLEUM CORP	7/10/2008
WANNER 5	OASIS PETRO NO AMER	6/30/2008
PATTERSON 490	PEAK NO DAK LLC	6/12/2008
ENSIGN 93	PETRO HUNT LLC	5/6/2008
PATTERSON 462	PRIMA EXPLORATION INC	7/18/2008
NABR WELL 164	SAGEBRUSH RESOURCES LLC	7/10/2008
NABORS 152	SAMSON RESOURCES CO	7/9/2008
PIONEER 44	SLAWSON EXPLORATION	6/25/2008
NABORS 592	ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO	7/6/2008
KEY 233	ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO	7/19/2008
NABORS 267	TRACKER RES DEVMNT	5/14/2008
NABORS 182	TRACKER RES DEVMNT	6/23/2008
GREY WOLF 520	WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	5/31/2008
NABORS 527	WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	6/30/2008
KEY 257	WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	7/18/2008
NABORS 686	WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	7/16/2008
NABORS 354	WHITING OIL AND GAS CORP	* MIRU
H & P 180	WINDSOR ENERGY GROUP LLC	7/24/2008
ENSIGN 43	ZENERGY INC	7/20/2008

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