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NDIC file 21853 · API 33-055-00161-00-00

SITTING OWL USA 34-8H

Operated by MARATHON OIL COMPANY · McLean County, North Dakota

Active (A)Oil and gasSpud 2012

Well facts

Operator
MARATHON OIL COMPANY
Status
Active (A)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
DEEP WATER CREEK BAY
Spud date
Total depth
20,133 ft
Legal location
NWNE Sec 17 T150N R90W
Footages
262 ft FNL · 1,387 ft FEL
County
McLean County
NDIC file no.
21853
API no.
33-055-00161-00-00

Location & navigation

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47.81806, -102.22053

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

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Production

172 months reported, May 2012 to Aug 2026, BAKKEN and CONFIDENTIAL pools.

Cumulative oil220KbblMay ’12 to Aug ’26 · 171 of 172 months known
Peak oil rate308bbl/dFeb 2014 · 1,539 bbl in 5 days
Oil, last 12 months2,110bbl+22% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months1,092scf/bblfirst year 759 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months49%first year 28% · 89.2K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months14%of gas produced · 161 mcf reported flared
0200400Oil bbl/d72014201620182020202220242026

Early time

First reported month
May 2012
Months to peak
23 (Mar 2014)
Peak month rate
308 bbl/d on 5 days
First 3 months, oil
3,834 bbl (2 of 3 known)
First 6 months, oil
7,046 bbl (5 of 6 known)
First 12 months, oil
26,858 bbl (11 of 12 known)
First 24 months, oil
51,843 bbl (23 of 24 known)
Share of cumulative in year 1
12%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
7 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
2.3%
Uptime, last 12 months
86% of days
Cumulative gas
169K mcf
Cumulative water
89.2K bbl
Unknown months
1 of 172 (confidential or not in that month's report)
Pools reported
BAKKEN, CONFIDENTIAL
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
1922571883061,33949%
1372051723051,49656%
14614211324697344%
97991111951,02153%
1361381532161,01553%
1411461852261,03557%
16013014021881247%
15413015623784450%
2452592013181,05745%
2142512293071,17352%
2673011993191,12743%
2212472013171,11848%

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.

Spacing units

Units whose published footprint holds at least 660 ft of this well's surveyed lateral. Allowances are facts extracted from signed NDIC orders, machine-extracted and not human-reviewed.

Nearby wells

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

Other published attributes (1)
symbolA-OG

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