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NDIC file 6858 · API 33-033-00057-00-00

MESSERSMITH 2-1R

Operated by WESCO OPERATING, INC. · Golden Valley County, North Dakota

Active (A)Oil and gasSpud 1979

Well facts

Operator
WESCO OPERATING, INC.
Status
Active (A)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
BICENTENNIAL
Spud date
Total depth
12,860 ft
Legal location
SWNW Sec 1 T144N R104W
Footages
2,047 ft FNL · 614 ft FWL
County
Golden Valley County
NDIC file no.
6858
API no.
33-033-00057-00-00

Location & navigation

47.32399, -103.81072

Published surface location (NAD83). A horizontal well's lateral can run up to three miles from this point.

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Production

284 months reported, Jan 2003 to Aug 2026, BIRDBEAR pool.

Cumulative oil201KbblJan ’03 to Aug ’26 · 284 of 284 months known
Peak oil rate72bbl/dJan 2005 · 1,074 bbl in 15 days
Oil, last 12 months5,832bbl-7% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months1,482scf/bblfirst year 2,099 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months10%first year 1% · 14.2K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months0%of gas produced · 6,407 mcf reported flared
0255075Oil bbl/d15200420082012201620202024

Early time

First reported month
Jan 2003
Months to peak
1 (Jan 2003)
Peak month rate
72 bbl/d on 15 days
First 3 months, oil
3,979 bbl
First 6 months, oil
7,733 bbl
First 12 months, oil
14,766 bbl
First 24 months, oil
28,143 bbl
Share of cumulative in year 1
7%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
15 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
21.1%
Uptime, last 12 months
89% of days
Cumulative gas
353K mcf
Cumulative water
14.2K bbl
Pools reported
BIRDBEAR
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
4696954130161,4828%
5478113031181,4835%
5077513030171,4816%
7611375151,4878%
5458087416341,48312%
9161,3576628331,4817%
3505197931111,48318%
5087535630171,48210%
5187686231171,48311%
4897253930161,4837%
4386497831141,48215%
4696955231151,48210%

As first reported to NDIC in each month's report (NDIC Monthly Production Reports, Jan 2003 to Aug 2026). Operators amend past months later and the published reports are not updated, so a month can differ from the current record. A blank or missing month is unknown, not zero, and a cumulative over such months is a lower bound; two pools reported in one month are summed. Rates per producing day divide the month's volume by the days reported, so a month reported without producing days has no rate. Gas–oil ratio is gas produced over oil produced; water cut is water over oil plus water. Months from Jan 2003 to Apr 2015 are read from the Division's PDF reports, which print no flared gas and list a well in a unitized pool only inside its unit's total.

Nearby wells

Closest published well heads within 3 miles; wells on one pad share a location.

Other published attributes (1)
symbolA-OG

DMR shapefile columns not shown above, unchanged.