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.
