The Sleeping Giant Bakken Oil in Montana
The Sleeping Giant Bakken Oil in Montana
The Sleeping Giant Bakken Oil in Montana
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Sleep<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Giant</strong><br />
<strong>Bakken</strong> <strong>Oil</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Montana</strong>
<strong>Montana</strong> Board of <strong>Oil</strong> and Gas Conservation<br />
Well Activity Locator Map
Locator Map Williston Bas<strong>in</strong>
Elm Coulee Field, Richland County <strong>Montana</strong>
WB Cross section
WB Type Log
Geological sett<strong>in</strong>g –Elm Coulee Field
Elm Coulee Type<br />
Log
Horizontal Well Vertical Exit
Horizontal Co-Planar
Fracture Treatment Equipment
s p er M onn<br />
th<br />
B arrel<br />
<strong>Montana</strong> Monthly <strong>Oil</strong> Production, Vertical vs. Horizontal Wells<br />
January 1986 through March 2010<br />
4,000,000 , ,<br />
$140.00 $<br />
3,500,000<br />
3,000,000<br />
2,500,000<br />
2,000,000<br />
11,500,000 500 000<br />
1,000,000<br />
500,000<br />
0<br />
Horizontal Re-drill<br />
Horizonta<br />
Vertical<br />
01 /19 /19 86<br />
01 /19 /19 87<br />
01 /1988 /19<br />
01 /1989 /19<br />
01/19 /1990<br />
01/19 /1991<br />
01/19 /19 92<br />
01/19 /19 93<br />
01/19 /19 94<br />
01/19 /19 95<br />
01 /19 /19 96<br />
01 /19 /19 97<br />
01 /19 /19 98<br />
01 /1999 /19<br />
01/20 /2000<br />
01/20 /2001<br />
01/20 /2002<br />
01/20 /20 03<br />
01/20 /20 04<br />
01 /20 /20 05<br />
01/20 /20 06<br />
01 /20 /20 07<br />
01 /2008 /20<br />
01/20 /2009<br />
01 /20 /20 10<br />
$120.00<br />
$100.00<br />
$80.00<br />
$60.00<br />
$40.00<br />
$20.00<br />
$0.00<br />
ad P rice<br />
l y W ellh e<br />
E<br />
IA M o n taa<br />
na M onth
Elm Coulee Field<br />
• Th<strong>in</strong> productive zone (
Elm Coulee Summary<br />
• <strong>Oil</strong> production dur<strong>in</strong>g 2006 was 36.3 million<br />
barrels, up from a recent historical low of 15.3<br />
million barrels dur<strong>in</strong>g 1999.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> 2006 production level was the highest annual<br />
production s<strong>in</strong>ce 1970.<br />
• Statewide production has exceeded 2006 levels <strong>in</strong><br />
p<br />
only three years that occurred dur<strong>in</strong>g peak<br />
production from the Bell Creek Field.
Questions?<br />
www.bogc.dnrc.mt.gov
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