Amber Renee Appears To Be Back On-Line -- October 10, 2014

Updates

February 24, 2015: it appears Amber Renee is off-line again:

• 18408, IA/1,945, Murex, Amber Renee 25-36H, t2/10; cum 821K 12/14:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2014	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2014	2	51	133	0	61	0	53

October 10, 2014: it appears the Amber Renee 25-36H is back on-line. After no production since 1/14, the well produced 51 bbls of oil over two days in August, 2014. 

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	8-2014	2	51	133	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Original Post

In the Sanish, Murex has taken the Amber Renee off-line (as of January, 2014). It is now listed as "inactive." Could it be related to activity planned for the Jacob Daniel well south of the Amber Renee? Right now I don't see any other activity on the GIS map server.

[For some background to Murex, a reader noted that the company was featured in a Forum article some years ago. I remember that article and have it linked elsewhere on the blog. Here is the original story.]

The Amber Renee is a huge well. It was spud December 21, 2009, and drilling stopped on January 12, 2010. A frac tree was installed in May, 2010. It looks like it was fracked with 14 perforations and with slightly less than 900,000 lbs of sand. It was tested February 27, 2010, with an IP of 1,945. With a TD of 16,000 feet it extended slightly longer than a short lateral (but was planned as a long lateral based on a 1280-acre drilling unit) in the Sanish. A marked increase in gas (10,000+ units) was noted in the lateral. Interpretation of other data suggested a natural fracture. At 16,050 feet there were indications that there might be communication with a neighboring well (Jacob Daniel 25-36H, now Jacob Daniel 25-36H-RE, a short lateral) and the drilling was stopped.

• 18408, 1,945, Murex, Amber Renee 25-36H, t2/10; cum 821K 8/14;

Anticipated formation tops:

• Lodgepole: 9,000 feet
• Bakken shale: 9,748 feet
• Bakken play (top middle Bakken member): 9,761 feet
• Top of 2nd Bakken shale: 9,795 feet

Compare those depths with Madison, again, anticipated formation tops:

• Kibbey_Lime: 7,656 feet
• Madison: 7,817 feet
• Charles salt: 7,904 feet

The last sundry form regarding operation of the well is dated January 31, 2011, for reclamation of the well site.

Selected Production of The Amber Renee

Most recent eight months:

BAKKEN	1-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2013	30	307	272	5	449	403	0
BAKKEN	11-2013	30	6697	6702	57	9874	9874	0
BAKKEN	10-2013	31	6994	6999	52	14292	14292	0
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	6799	6809	52	10402	10402	0
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	7512	7555	55	11286	10919	367
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	7971	8001	67	11733	11733	0
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	8148	8333	62	11581	11581	0

First six months of 2012:

BAKKEN	6-2012	26	7123	7134	92	6544	6544	0
BAKKEN	5-2012	31	14538	14675	173	15905	15905	0
BAKKEN	4-2012	30	15449	15366	207	16674	16674	0
BAKKEN	3-2012	29	16815	16860	243	15692	15692	0
BAKKEN	2-2012	28	18914	18807	318	13102	13102	0
BAKKEN	1-2012	24	9138	9156	238	5632	5632	0

Early on:

BAKKEN	8-2010	31	29376	29979	46	11806	11806	0
BAKKEN	7-2010	31	38180	37815	93	18822	18822	0
BAKKEN	6-2010	30	38749	38813	595	18096	18096	0
BAKKEN	5-2010	27	15747	15575	0	5760	5760	0
BAKKEN	4-2010	30	32794	32971	21	13730	13730	0
BAKKEN	3-2010	28	34169	33823	0	9676	9676	0
BAKKEN	2-2010	28	7112	6404	22	939	939	0

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The Jacob Daniel: Same 1280-Acre Drilling Unit As The Amber Renee

The Jacob Daniel was mentioned above:

• 16839, 864, Murex, Jacob Daniel 25-36H-RE, t1/08; cum 452K 8/14; F as of 8/14; short lateral (13,719 feet, but 1280-acre drilling unit)

What did the production profile of the Jacob Daniel look like the months before the Amber Renee was fracked and the three months after? Remember, they stopped drilling the Amber Renee when there were indications it was communicating with the Jacob Daniel, o/a January 12, 2010:

BAKKEN	9-2010	30	8635	8713	126	4391	4391	0
BAKKEN	8-2010	31	9049	9220	441	3744	3744	0
BAKKEN	7-2010	15	3102	2382	1473	1692	1692	0
BAKKEN	6-2010	8	60	0	0	1	1	0
BAKKEN	5-2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2010	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2010	1	7	225	0	1	1	0
BAKKEN	1-2010	14	844	913	0	370	370	0
BAKKEN	12-2009	31	5129	5715	0	2889	2889	0
BAKKEN	11-2009	30	5297	5338	0	3072	3072	0
BAKKEN	10-2009	31	5285	4793	0	2421	2421	0
BAKKEN	9-2009	30	5218	5317	0	2872	2872	0

It is noteworthy that monthly production increased after fracking of the Amber Renee (from 5,300 bbls/month to 9,000 bbls/month, which soon leveled off back where it was (5,000 to 6,000 bbls/month). (This probably has nothing to do with neighboring fracking, but simply pent-up production while the well was off-line.)  It looks like the Jacob Daniel was a planned long lateral but very high gas was encountered and drilling ceased shorter than planned, slightly shorter than a typical short lateral. This well was spud in 2007; it looks like there were plans (as early as 2009) to re-enter this well and extend it as originally planned but, if that was done, I don't see evidence of that either in the well file or the GIS map server.

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Chandler James

By the way, the Chandler James is in the same 1280-acre drilling unit as the two wells above, and is in the same 640-acre section as the Amber Renee:

• 17263, 3,124, Murex, Chandler James 25-36H, Sanish, t10/08; cum 979K 1/14;