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2011 South Dakota Activity Update. Darren Johnson Geological Survey Program South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources. 20 th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference May 22nd st – 24 th 2012 Bismarck, North Dakota. Production areas. Permits issued and wells drilled.
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2011 South Dakota Activity Update Darren Johnson Geological Survey Program South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources 20th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference May 22ndst – 24th 2012 Bismarck, North Dakota
Permits issued and wells drilled • 21 permits issued in 2011. • All permits to drill for oil. • 10 wells drilled in 2011. • 6 permits to drill for oil in 2012.
2011 – 150 producing oil wells Harding County – 136 Fall River/Custer County - 14
Barrels of oil produced 2011 – 1,613,982 bbls Harding County (Red River Formation) – 1,588,632 bbls Fall River/Custer County (Minnelusa Formation) – 25,350 bbls 2012 – 453,985 bbls (through March)
2011 – 932,541 MCF 2012- 187,524 MCF (through March) All production from the Eagle/Shannon sandstone
South Dakota School and Public Lands Auction • Fall 2011 auction – Bedrock Oil & Gas leased the mineral rights to approximately 65,320 acres of School and Public Lands. • Spring 2012 auction – Bedrock Oil & Gas (ROC Oil & Gas Land Management) leased the mineral rights to an additional 74,650 acres. • Harding, Butte and Perkins Counties (NW South Dakota). • Information on auctions and leases can be found at http://www.sdpubliclands.com/
DENR’s Oil and Gas Initiative Click on “Oil and Gas Initiative” Geological Survey Program’s homepage http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ DENR’s homepage http://denr.sd.gov/
Initiative projects completed in 2011 and 2012 • All oil and gas permit files have been scanned and are available online. • All geophysical logs have been re-scanned. • Development of Oil and Gas Map-Based Data Source.
Oil and Gas Map-Based Data Source Visit Geological Survey Program’s homepage http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ Click on Oil and Gas Map-Based Data Source link
For more information http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/ E-mail: darren.j.johnson@usd.edu Geological Survey Program South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources Akeley-Lawrence Science Center, USD 414 E Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 (605) 677-5227