Saturday, January 14, 2012

The Midnight Run Wells -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

March 8, 2013: another permit for this section, 24537, Midnight Horse

December 6, 2012: all seven wells are now completed, reported.
June 10, 2012: this string of wells is updated (see below).  There is another well, #22675, that is being drilled; rig on site.

April 26, 2012: elsewhere this information was provided regarding BR's Midnight Run wells:
  • #20323 - 23,584 bbls for March, 23 days of production 
  • #20324 - 21,349 bbls for March, 23 days of production 
  • #20325 - 23,368 bbls for March, 23 days of production 
  • #20326 - 19,619 bbls for March, 23 days of production 
  • #20327 - 19,930 bbls for March, 23 days of production 
  • #17421 - 10,092 bbls for March, 31 days of production; this well has been producing since Oct 2008, 243K cum to date 

Original Post 
These is a string of Burlington Resources wells, running west to east (or east to west) in section 1-152-96, Union Center oil field. Union Center oil field is right in the bull's eye of the Bakken, just east of the Banks, Twin Valley, and Westberg oil fields.
  • 17421, 544, BR, Midnight Run 41-1H, Union Center, Bakken, 7/08; t11/08; cum 328K 1/13; 9-stage fracture; still producing 12,000 bbls/month
  • 20323, 3,325, BR, Midnight Run 11-1MBH, Union Center, Bakken, t12/11; cum 158K 1/13;
  • 20324, 1,963, BR, Midnight Run 21-1TFH, Union Center, Bakken, t12/11; F; cum 82K 1/13;
  • 20325, 2,846, BR, Midnight Run 21-1MBH, Union Center, Bkken, t12/11; F; cum 133K 1/13;
  • 20326, 2,083, BR, Midnight Run 31-1TFH, Union Center, t11/11; F; cum 116K 1/13;
  • 20327, 2,443, BR, Midnight Run 41-1TFH, Union Center, t12/11; F; cum 89K 10/12; this well is off-line a lot; no real production since October, 2012;
  • 22675, 2,640, BR, Midnight Run 11-1TFH, Union Center, t10/12; F; cum 40K 1/13;
  • 24537, conf, BR, Midnight Horse 11-1MBH-ULW, [added March 8, 2013]
The Banks oil field recently reported a great Statoil/BEXP well.

Newfield recently reported a short lateral with an IP of 3,721.