The Million Dollar Way (The Bakken Oil Blog): 151-92-3, Big Bend, Slawson, Pike Federal -- Note Jump In Production In An Old Well -- March 13, 2018

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Look at the jump in production in #18970, a middle Bakken horizontal sandwiched between Three Forks horizontal wells.

The graphic:

The wells:

25874, 1,505, Slawson, Pike Federal 4-3-2TFH, Big Bend, t9/17; cum 262K 3/20; off line as of 3/20; remains off line 6/20;
23910, 820, Slawson, Pike Federal 2-3-2H, Big Bend, t9/17; cum 268K 3/20; off line as of 3/20; remains off line 6/20;
25873, 645, Slawson, Pike Federal 5-3-2TFH, Big Bend, t8/17; cum 253K 8/19; sporadic production in last couple of months, 8/19; t9/17; cum 277K 3/20; off line 4/20; remains off line 6/20;
31438, 747, Slawson, Pike Federal 3-3-2H, Big Bend, t10/17; cum 239K 3/20; intermittent as of 4/20; 19 days in 6/20;

31437, 357, Slawson, Pike Federal 6-4-2TFH, Big Bend, t12/17; cum 264K 2/20; huge well; no evidence of dreaded Bakken decline yet, 8/19; off line 3/20; remains off line 6/20;
18970, 1,106, Slawson, Pike Federal 1-3-2H, Van Hook (scout ticket error?), t9/10; cum 538K 3/20; FracFocus with no evidence of a re-frack; see production data below; wells on either side were fracked just prior to jump in production; but note that neighboring wells were Three Forks wells, and #18970 was a middle Bakken well; off line 4/20; remains off line 6/20;
25885, 332, Slawson, Pike Federal 7-3-2TFH, Big Bend, t12/17; cum 258K 3/20; offline 4/20; remains off line 6/20;

Recent production profile for #18970, FracFocus reveals no re-frack; no sundry form to explain jump in production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2018	20	4623	4387	6173	3668	2947	125
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	9268	9301	6690	8105	6598	348
BAKKEN	7-2018	28	8478	8419	7957	6691	5425	207
BAKKEN	6-2018	30	10584	10228	8398	7857	6213	353
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	12094	12182	14969	8566	2483	4622
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	15262	15262	20444	11108	5272	4046
BAKKEN	3-2018	26	16133	16460	21365	12318	6827	3637
BAKKEN	2-2018	21	11725	11356	17317	9772	8211	194
BAKKEN	1-2018	28	12342	12996	17955	8437	0	6994
BAKKEN	12-2017	2	1327	0	31693	1604	0	1452
BAKKEN	11-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0