Sunday, August 14, 2011

Whiting's Hecker -- A Three Forks Well -- 114,000 Bbls in 4 Months -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Back on April 28, 2011, I posted the following from Whiting's 1Q11 earnings announcement:
The Hecker 21-18TFH, during a 24-hour test of the Three Forks formation at a vertical depth of approximately 10,500 feet on March 4, 2011, flowed at a daily rate of 3,106 barrels of oil and 3,038 Mcf of gas, or 3,612 BOE per day.

This is the highest initial production rate for a Three Forks well in the Williston Basin, according to Harts Unconventional Oil and Gas website. 
Go back to the link for more on that story.

Hold that thought.

Now go back to the post yesterday about CLR, WLL, CHK, and KOG interest in southwest North Dakota where this well was drilled.

Now, are you still holding that thought regarding the Hecker 21-18TFH? Remember: the Hecker 21-18TFH was the best TFS well to date in the entire Williston Basin based on IP. How is it doing?
  • 19444, 3,106, WLL, Hecker 21-18TFH, Bell, Three Forks, t3/11; cum 400K 8/17; bump in production in 11/14;
Yup, it's still confidential, but the NDIC does report the following sales data for this well:
  • 3/11: 36,602 bbls; no natural gas sold
  • 4/11: 26,737 bbls; no natural gas sold
  • 5/11: 28,496 bbls; no natural gas sold
  • 6/11: 22,361 bbls; no natural gas sold
Total sold through June, 2011: 114,196 bbls to date (through June, 2011).

Not only does that look like one of the best Three Forks wells ever in the Williston Basin, but it's going to stack up nicely against any Bakken well.
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2 comments:

  1. Old OilAugust 15, 2011 at 6:03 AM

    This well looks great and it still has 5 or 6 stages to be fraced. The Obrigewitch next to it has 2 stages fraced and making around 500 bbls/day. Wow

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  2. Bruce OksolAugust 15, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    Yes, these are huge wells. I think the Three Forks will surprise us. It's not uncommon in all walks of life to be looking at something, only to be surprised by something sneaking up on us.

    In this case, we have been focused on "the Bakken," and yet the Three Forks story may yet surprise us.

    (For newbies "Bakken Pool" includes all three Bakken formations and the two Three Forks formations. My site uses "Bakken" generically to include both Bakken and TF. The post above discusses just one formation within the Bakken Pool.)

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