JayHawk: Weather Dampens Production at ND Well

- JayHawk: Weather Dampens Production at ND Well

Monday, June 27, 2011
JayHawk Energy Inc.

JayHawk announced that due to ongoing unfavorable weather conditions in North Dakota, including the recent flooding, there has been no well production for the last 3 months from its Divide County, North Dakota producing property. JayHawk currently has approximately 2,000 barrels of oil in its tanks awaiting delivery. JayHawk is continually monitoring weather conditions for a window of opportunity to come back online and begin production again. Severe weather conditions, including heavy flooding, have been ongoing throughout North Dakota since February, 2011. Due to these harsh weather conditions, the Federal Emergency Management Team (FEMA) declared a Major Disaster on May 10, 2011, for several parts of North Dakota, including Divide County. The National Weather Service in Bismarck, North Dakota issued a hazardous weather outlook for portions of the state, including northwest North Dakota from Thursday, June 23, 2011 through Friday, June 24, 2011, with chances of thunderstorms, strong winds and hail.

Additionally, a report from the Associated Press, dated June 22, 2011, states, "water from the Souris River, which loops down from Canada through north central North Dakota, has been bloated by heavy spring snowmelt and rain on both sides of the border. The resulting deluge is expected to dwarf a historic flood of 1969, when the Souris reached 1,554.5 feet above sea level. The river is expected to hit nearly 1,563 feet this weekend -- eventually topping the historical record of 1,558 feet set in 1881."

JayHawk's focus, over the course of this current fiscal year, is to enhance the production rate of its current wells in the North Dakota basin and also increase its acreage with additional proved producing properties or properties which will allow for additional production and development. The Company's focus remains on its North Dakota properties as management has surmised its best opportunity for increased production remains in the Bakken/Three Forks formations.

Lindsay Gorrill, President of JayHawk Energy, stated, "The unusually poor weather conditions have delayed our delivery of production. However, once these conditions clear, we anticipate moving forward with our operations. We expect normal operations and production which will assist in facilitating our operational expenses and provide flexibility to develop additional opportunities within the region. As weather conditions improve, we look forward to also shipping approximately 2,000 BBLs of oil currently in our tanks that are presently inaccessible."

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Samson O&G Updates Ops in ND, Wyoming

- Samson O&G Updates Ops in ND, Wyoming

Friday, June 03, 2011
Samson O&G Ltd.

Samson O&G updated its operations at the North Stockyard field in North Dakota and the Hawks Springs Project in Wyoming.

NORTH STOCKYARD FIELD NORTH DAKOTA

Everett #1-15H (31% Working Interest)

The 4 1/2 inch production liner has successfully been run to a measured depth of 17,350 feet in the Everett #1-15H well. This liner will enable a 20-stage fracture stimulation to be undertaken in late August or early September.

The Everett #1-15H well is located in Township 154N, Range 99W, Section 15 in Williams County, North Dakota. The Everett #1-15H well is Samson’s sixth Bakken well in the North Stockyard Field.

Earl #1-13H (32% Working Interest)

As previously advised, during the frac plug drill out operations, in the Earl well, the drill string parted and left a string of tubing and a drilling assembly in the well bore. Fishing operations have now been completed with the entire remaining bottom hole assembly recovered. While preparations were being undertaken to drill out the remaining frac plugs, Williams County roads near the drill site were temporarily closed due to the recent heavy rainfall and flooding, restricting the movement of materials. Accordingly the well was shut in and secured. The road closure is expected to delay operations by approximately 1 week.

The Earl #1-13H well is located in Township 154N, Range 99W, Section 13 in Williams County, North Dakota.

HAWKS SPRINGS PROJECT WYOMING

Samson has received two well proposals from Chesapeake. The wells proposed to be drilled by Chesapeake are located on the southern boundary of the Hawks Springs project, and are expected to be drilled consecutively in September and October of this year. Samson has until July 12 to elect to participate and will use this time to evaluate the proposals and make a decision. The wells are:

• State 24-63 14-1H (SSN working interest 12.5%)
• State 24-63 10-1H (SSN working interest 25%)

These wells have been proposed as 4,290 feet horizontals that will be fracture stimulated.

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Samson O&G Updates ND Ops

- Samson O&G Updates ND Ops

Friday, May 20, 2011
Samson O&G Ltd.

Samson O&G advised that the Everett #1-15H well has landed in the middle member of the Mississippian Bakken Formation at a total vertical depth of 11,147 feet. While drilling into the middle member, significant levels of oil and gas shows were recorded. Production casing will now be run in the hole and cemented in preparation to drill the 5,500 foot horizontal lateral.

The Everett #1-15H well is located in Township 154N, Range 99W, Section 15 in Williams County, North Dakota. The Everett #1-15H well is Samson's sixth Bakken well in the North Stockyard Field. Based on the previous wells drilled by the operator, the Everett #1-15H well is expected to take approximately 17 days to drill.

Earl #1-13H (32% working interest)

The drilling of the frac isolation plugs continues to experience delays due to weather and operational issues. It has been necessary to bring in a coiled tubing unit to aid in the previously reported recovery operation. This operation commenced this morning and should enable the tubing string to be cut and then recovered. The well, which has been flowing when operationally possible, has produced approximately 9,500 bbls of oil to date.

The Earl #1-13H well is located in Township 154N, Range 99W, Section 13 in Williams County, North Dakota.

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Brigham Exceeds Records at ND, Montana Bakken Wells

Brigham Exceeds Records at ND, Montana Bakken Wells

Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Brigham Exploration Co.

Brigham announced that its Sorenson 29-32 #2H Bakken well produced a North Dakota Bakken record 5,330 barrels of oil equivalent during its early 24-hour peak flow back period. Brigham also announced that its Johnson 30-19 #1H Bakken well, which is located in Richland County, Montana, produced a Montana Bakken record early 24-hour peak flow back rate of approximately 2,962 barrels of oil equivalent. Brigham announced the completion of four additional North Dakota Bakken wells and, as a result, has completed 56 consecutive long lateral high frac stage wells in North Dakota at an average early 24-hour peak flow back rate of approximately 2,884 barrels of oil equivalent. Finally, Brigham provided an update on its drilling and completion activities in the Williston Basin.

 

Record North Dakota Bakken Well

Brigham announced that the Sorenson 29-32 #2H produced a North Dakota Bakken record 5,330 barrels of oil equivalent (4,661 barrels of oil and 4.01 MMcf of natural gas) during its early 24-hour peak flow back period. The Sorenson 29-32 #2H, which is located in Brigham's Ross project area in Mountrail County, North Dakota, supplants Brigham's Sorenson 29-32 #1H as the record initial rate Bakken well. To date, based on publically available information, Brigham has the four highest initial rate Bakken wells and seven of the top 10 initial rate Bakken wells in the Williston Basin.

The Sorenson 29-32 #2H represents Brigham's first infill well completion in its Ross project area and was drilled, on average, approximately 1,720' from the Sorenson 29-32 #1H well, which was completed in April 2010. The Sorenson 29-32 #2H was completed with 38 frac stages.

The Sorenson 29-32 #2H and the Cvancara 20-17 #1H, which produced approximately 4,402 barrels of oil equivalent during its early 24-hour peak flow back period, were the first wells drilled and completed using Brigham's smart pad design. The smart pad design allows wells to be drilled from the same pad and simultaneously fracture stimulated. It is estimated that approximately 10% to 20% in cost savings can be achieved with implementation of smart pad drilling and completion techniques.

 

Record Montana Bakken Well

Brigham announced that the Johnson 30-19 #1H, which is located in Richland County, produced approximately 2,962 barrels of oil equivalent (2,684 barrels of oil and 1.67 MMcf of natural gas) during its early 24-hour peak flow back period. The well was completed with 36 fracture stimulation stages, and based on publically available information, is the record initial rate Bakken well in Montana.

 

North Dakota Operated Well Result Update

Brigham has now completed 56 consecutive long lateral high frac stage wells in North Dakota with an average early 24-hour peak flow back rate of approximately 2,884 barrels of oil equivalent.

 

Williston Basin Operated Drilling and Completion Update

Brigham's accelerated development of its acreage in North Dakota and Montana is proceeding with four operated rigs drilling in Rough Rider, two operated rigs drilling in Ross and one operated rig drilling in Montana. Brigham's eighth dedicated operated rig is expected to arrive in May.

In North Dakota, Brigham will spud its second Three Forks well in its Rough Rider project area in Williams County before the end of the month. An additional Three Forks well is anticipated to be spud in early summer in McKenzie County.

In Montana, Brigham recently completed drilling operations on the Beck 15-10 #1H, which is located in Roosevelt County, and will drill three consecutive additional wells in Montana, two of which are in Roosevelt County and one in Richland County. Later this month, Brigham will begin the fracture stimulation of the Voss 21-11H, which was purchased from another operator who drilled and completed the well in August 2007 with a single fracture stimulation. Brigham successfully removed the old liner from the wellbore and replaced it with a new liner with swell packers. Brigham expects to use 28 fracture stimulation stages to complete the Voss 21-11H.

Brigham currently has two wells flowing back, two wells fracing and 15 wells waiting on completion.

Later this month, Brigham expects to add additional fracture stimulation capacity thereby providing access to two fully dedicated frac crews focused on completing Brigham operated horizontal wells in the basin. At that time, Brigham estimates that it will be capable of fracture stimulating and bringing on line to production a minimum of eight wells per month due to the efficiencies gained by simultaneous stimulations.

 

Management Comments

Bud Brigham, the Chairman, President and CEO, commented, "Our team continues to deliver outstanding operational results with record setting Bakken wells in North Dakota and Montana. The impressive results of the Sorenson 29-32 #2H, which was drilled approximately one year after the Sorenson 29-32 #1H, clearly demonstrates the substantial net asset value attributable to our infill drilling locations."

Bud Brigham continued, "The extremely positive results of our Johnson 30-19 #1H, which is located in Richland County, further de-risks part of our Montana acreage for the Bakken. Our de-risking should continue based on the results of the fracture stimulation of the Voss 21-11H, which is expected to occur later this month. Plans are to continue to work towards de-risking larger parts of our Montana acreage by drilling a total of four additional wells over the next several months."

Bud Brigham concluded, "Importantly, our acceleration in the Williston Basin continues to be on schedule as we expect to begin operating two fully dedicated frac crews this month and expect our next dedicated operated rig to arrive in May. Our core acreage position combined with our operational expertise and accelerated development is anticipated to set us up for a very positive 2011 in terms of net asset value growth. Looking ahead, given the remarkably consistent results associated with our 56 consecutive long lateral high frac stage completions in North Dakota, it's likely that we will no longer release individual well early 24-hour peak rates, except in certain circumstances, such as where results provide specific information with respect to de-risking our non-core acreage and the resulting net asset value accretion."