Anschutz well, file #18423, Raphael Stroh 1-13-24H-143-97, Fayette field, comes off the confidential list today (September 23, 2010). An IP is not provided, but the first report says it produced 245 bbls "the first day." But we have no idea how long the well was flowing that first day -- one hour or 24 hours. Update: see comment below, dated January 3, 2010 -- the IP is said to have been 2,409. Fracked in November, this well has apparently produced about 50,000 bbls of oil; at $50/bbl, that's $2.5 million at the wellhead. At $75/bbl, and at current rate of 500 bbls/day, that works out to about $1 million/month.
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Update, October 31, 2010: Great news! Happy Halloween! See comments below. I've been sent an update on the Raphael Stroh well: The broken plug has been extracted from the casing. The fracturing tube has been inserted and is waiting for the fracturing equipment to come on site Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The well was produced for a short time to clean out the tubing and it was noted the unfractured production rate was 40 bbl per hour or 960 bbl per day.
Update, September 26, 2010: see comments below -- we get the rest of the story for the Raphael Stroh well: "Sept 26, 2010. This well has not been completed yet. A casing plug broke off in the casing as they were going to start the fracturing process. A workover rig needs to be brought in to remove the plug and fracture the formation. The twin well to it on the dual pad going 2 miles north underground had an IP of 2,500 BBL and 1,000,000 cu ft gas per day."
The twin well on that pad would be the Kenneth Stroh well.
Sept 26, 2010. This well has not been completed yet. A casing plug broke off in the casing as they were going to start the fracturing process. A workover rig needs to be brought in to remove the plug and facture the formation. The twin well to it on the dual pad going 2 miles north underground had an IP of 2,500 BBL and 1,000,000 cu ft gas per day.
ReplyDeleteThank you; that explains the "cryptic" NDIC file that did not provide an IP, but did show the 245 bbls the first day.
ReplyDeleteIf my database is correct, the other well on that pad was 18424, Kenneth Stroh 1-12H-143-97, which, as you noted went north into the Cabernet oil field.
Thank you for clarifying the Raphael well. Since not everyone reads "comments," I will cut and paste your comments into the body of the original post.
Any update to the Raphael Stroh well? How long will it take to repair and fracture?
ReplyDeleteI have not seen anything on this. For information on individual wells, the Bakken Shale Discussion Group has been most helpful. There is a link to this site on the sidebar at the right, about a third of the way down. It's the first link listed in the "Commentary" group of links.
ReplyDeleteThe other option is to subscribe to premium services with the NDIC which I think is very inexpensive. I have not subscribed. It is my understanding with premium services you could check on monthly production runs of individual wells.
October 31, 2010. The broken plug has been extracted from the casing. The fracturing tube has been inserted and is waiting for the fracturing equipment to come on site Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. The well was produced for a short time to clean out the tubing and it was noted the unfractured production rate was 40 bbl per hour or 960 bbl per day.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the update. I will note that in the post above. I really appreciate the update.
ReplyDeleteOn a completely different note, I'm busy working on a story on my thoughts that WLL might be about to open a new area in southwest ND, but east of their Lewis and Clark prospect. If I'm right, you read it here first.
Thank you for the update! That is great news. Any ideas of what it is producing now that the fracking is complete?
ReplyDeleteI have not heard anything; hopefully somebody following this story who knows might drop us a line if they know anything. Again, I don't subscribe to premium services so I miss a lot of this stuff. Again, the folks over on the Bakken Shale Discussion Group might be able to provide more information on a specific well.
ReplyDeleteAnschutz well, file #18423, Raphael Stroh 1-13-24H-143-97 as of the week of Dec 26, 2010 the well has produced approximately 52,000 bbls of oil. The current flow rate is approximately 597 bbls oil per day. The well was fractured about Nov 11, 2010 with an initial production rate of approximately 2409 bbls oil per day.
ReplyDeleteThe tentative drilling date for the dual pad Elizabeth and Cecilia Stroh well is July of 2011. Always subject to change.
18503: Cecilia Stroh 1-18-19H-143-96, Dunn
18463: Elizabeth Stroh 1-7-6H-143-96, Dunn
Thank you for the update. The Stroh wells have been "fun" to watch.
ReplyDeleteSince a lot of folks don't see the comments, I will also post this update as a stand-alone post.