I think what "open Choke" is refering to is the discovery of new oil fields in the Madison and Lodgepole and other formations while drilling Bakken wells.
Most current Madison production in the central basin area has been discovered by drilling seismic highs on known structures. Since most Bakken wells are drilled without regard to seismic control, it is very possible some of these wells will find Madison fields that are stratigraphic traps. In fact, one company told me they have had a couple of good looking Madison shows in their current Bakken program. Of course, they did not stop to test the Madison since it wasn't their primary objective. Most of the worlds largest oil fields are stratigraphic traps. The central Williston Basin is too deep to justify random drilling looking for these traps...the Bakken interest could well lead us to some good conventional (veritcal well) development. Bakken tests also go through the Lodgepole formation which has proved to very prolific just outside of Dickinson. Bakken tests could "stumble into" several more of these "reef fields" in various parts of the Williston Basin. Every well that is drilled is always looking for potential reservoirs on its way to the target formation. So far, the Tyler, Charles, Ratcliffe, Midale, Rival, Bluell, Fryberg, and Lodgepole have all proved to be productive in North Dakota. Since these lie above the Bakken, every Bakken well gets a good look at all these and more. We'll have to wait and see if Open Choke is correct in his prediction of an..."explosion of conventional 5 million barrel fields". I'm confident there will some very nice discoveries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
