Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Wow! -- A Whiting Three Forks Gusher -- Park Oil Field

For newbies: this is what keeps me excited about the Bakken. It's like opening presents every evening.

A Three Forks well. Relatively small amount of proppant. 30 stages. Production: 101,806 bbls in first 4.5 months.

Park oil field
Park oil field is in southwestern North Dakota; it borders Bell oil field and is northwest of Zenith oil fields. This is the area where record bonuses were paid not too long ago.
The well:
  • 20526, 2,446, Whiting, Smith 34-12TFH, Park, Bakken, s6/11; t9/11; cum 349K 1/17; 30 stages; 1.8 million lbs, sand and ceramics; WOW! Cum 443K 1/22; taken off line 1/22;

4 comments:

  1. I always wish that this was the Peak Oil field.

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  2. I think I must be missing something. The production numbers were disclosed back in January, correct? So what additional data is available today as a result of the well coming off confidential status?

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    1. You are correct. We had the production numbers then. Now that it is off confidential, we have access to the well file with formation depths, fracking data, and "official" IP. Last January (or whenever it was), Whiting said this was a record well; without additional information, I was not able to quantify it or "measure" it against other wells.

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