MRO Re-Fracking Wells -- An Update On Two Wells That Were-Re-Fracked -- December 17, 2014

A long time ago, back in the summer of 2011, I went through the MRO wells that looked like they might be candidates for MRO's re-fracking program. Periodically, I go back through that list to see if there is any evidence of any re-working or re-fracking.

Tonight, an update on two wells of interest. First:

• 17753, 553, MRO, Strommen 34-8H, Killdeer, t6/09; cum 193K 10/14; looks like it was re-fracked/re-worked July 11; re-fracked this past summer, 2014

According to the sundry forms, this well was initially stimulated 6/12/2009, 0 stages (open-hole), 208,360 pounds of sand.

Then, most recently, it was stimulated again, on 8/9/2014 (a couple of months ago), 30 stages, 2.1 million lbs of sand.

Note the production profile for the past year:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2014	4	80	459	11	262	31	214
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	10396	10307	7154	6956	3427	2240
BAKKEN	8-2014	7	3512	3364	5	2451	1556	859
BAKKEN	7-2014	1	97	0	0	44	0	44
BAKKEN	6-2014	17	787	931	103	641	378	167
BAKKEN	5-2014	31	1513	1613	213	1166	665	321
BAKKEN	4-2014	30	1532	1380	223	999	352	467
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	1651	1616	226	1005	328	491
BAKKEN	2-2014	28	1322	1415	253	871	391	322
BAKKEN	1-2014	31	1763	1640	249	1295	697	412
BAKKEN	12-2013	30	1775	1880	273	867	327	368
BAKKEN	11-2013	30	2136	2090	327	922	314	428
BAKKEN	10-2013	3	190	0	133	132	0	120

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The second well of interest:

• 17966, 358, MRO, Jerry Pennington USA 34-21H, Reunion Bay, t6/09; cum 177K 10/14; it looks like it was re-fracked this past summer (2014)

It appears this well was originally an open-hole stimulation with 207,500 lbs of sand in early June, 2009.

The first few months of production:

BAKKEN	1-2010	29	3769	3744	423	3440	0	3267
BAKKEN	12-2009	31	3461	3200	803	2817	0	2817
BAKKEN	11-2009	20	2014	2410	415	1638	0	1638
BAKKEN	10-2009	31	3707	3899	423	3014	0	3014
BAKKEN	9-2009	30	3800	3559	517	3089	0	3089
BAKKEN	8-2009	31	4616	4449	788	3755	0	3755
BAKKEN	7-2009	27	5225	5125	1365	4251	0	4251
BAKKEN	6-2009	19	5167	4842	2600	4200	0	4200

A sundry form received on May 20, 2014, states that MRO plans to re-frack this well; the frack must have been completed, but the data is not yet on file. The production profile for the past few months, note the huge jump from 1400 bbls in April, 2014, to over 16,000 bbls in just 22 days of September:

BAKKEN	4-2015	29	5888	5843	1459	5198	3678	715
BAKKEN	3-2015	20	4176	4174	987	5244	4343	372
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	8363	8525	2250	10714	6576	3094
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	10660	10259	2918	13430	10646	1465
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	10997	11417	2878	12706	10615	746
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	13807	13650	4099	12484	4373	6460
BAKKEN	10-2014	22	12791	12794	4623	11648	5662	4491
BAKKEN	9-2014	22	16313	16267	6397	13838	4537	7429
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	14754	14700	6165	12929	5842	5323
BAKKEN	7-2014	15	11958	11990	1257	10165	141	8655
BAKKEN	6-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	19	856	875	84	809	486	119
BAKKEN	4-2014	30	1388	1357	136	1471	993	149
BAKKEN	3-2014	30	1500	1462	140	1429	887	206

Cool, huh?

First of all, back in 2011, with minimal data, and painstakingly going through the scout tickets I came up with a list of MRO wells that might be suitable for MRO's re-fracking program (see link above).  It turns out a few of those wells have been re-fracked; others have had some re-work done based on the production profile, but whether they were re-fracked is hard to say.