To gain some understanding of Fraulein Gretel 11 and her current state of water inundation in the context of the Brockton fault line and its implications for our acreage positioning
- The time has come boys for our next research project *
The unconventional Bakken Play is now well-established in North Dakota, Saskatchewan and in the Elm Coulee area of eastern Montana. At the recent RMAG and PTAC Fall Symposium on the Bakken, Steve Sonnenberg, of the Colorado School of Mines, identified a new play northeast of Elm Coulee and southeast of the Brockton Froid Fault System. Preliminary reports of success indicate initial production rates of 369 to 2,962 boepd from wells that are characterized by higher water cuts than in other producing areas. He described the area as a zone of high heat flow and slight overpressuring. Northwest of the Brockton Froid Fault System, the Upper Middle Bakken (sandstone) tends to be thicker and more porous with reservoir pressures that are more normal. This seems to indicate an area of conventional plays. However, this region is still in close proximity to the area of mature Bakken source rocks, and variations in the distribution of Bakken facies, specifically the Upper Middle Bakken sandstone and Lower Middle Bakken siltstone, may create the setting for a regional stratigraphic trap similar to the Viewfield and Taylorton areas in Saskatchewan. This is also an area of extensive salt solution and tectonic movements that may have created structural traps in the Bakken.
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