Drilling A Bit Deeper: Why Bear Creek Moved To The Top Of "The Production / Well" List -- September 16, 2018

Updates

April 5, 2020: with the exception of two wells, it appears all the Werre Trust wells are IA. They went off line 11/19; remain off line 2/20.

May 1, 2019: production data for many of the Werre Trust wells updated below. 

October 21, 2018

• 32378, 2,540, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3B, Bear Creek, 60 stages; 17.9 million lbs, t6/18; cum 401K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32379, 1,112, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3E, Bear Creek, t8/18; cum 116K 12/20; offline for the most part since 1/19; still off line as of 4/19; back on line as of 6/19; off line 10/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32380, 2,637, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3A, Bear Creek, t8/18; cum 395K 12/20; 49,232 bbls in August, 2018; offline as of 3/19; remains off line as of 4/19; off line 10/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 17880, 1,206, XTO, Werre Trust 21-3H, Bear Creek, t10/09; cum 208K 12/20; AB 4/16; isn't this interesting, AB back in 4/16, now active as of 12/18; see this note; off line 11/19; back on line 1/20;
  

Original Post 

For newbies: this is how a few wells can have great effect on production data for a given field in the Bakken.

Bear Creek was #1 in average amount of oil produced per well among all the fields in North Dakota in July, 2018 -- the most recent month for which data was provided.

The data was posted here: https://themilliondollarway.blogspot.com/2018/09/north-dakota-crude-oil-production-by_16.html.

This is why.

Look at the group of wells that were completed and tested in July, 2018, in the Bear Creek. These were huge wells. In addition, Bear Creek is a relatively small field with only a few wells; it doesn't take many wells to have a great effect on production:

• 32756, 1,025, XTO, Bear Creek 31X-3F2, t5/18; cum 171K 12/20;
• 32755, 1,400, XTO, Bear Creek 31X-3BXC, t5/18; cum 398K 12/20;
• 32754, 2,468, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 31X-3FXG, t10/17; cum 271K 12/20;
• 32753, 2,556, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-3C, t10/17; cum 442K 12/20; off line 11/19; back on line 2/20;
• 32502, IA/1,086, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34AXD-S, t5/18; cum 431K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20;
• 32501, IA/1,884, XTO, Werre Trust 14X-34AXD-N, Bear Creek, t5/18; cum 371K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20;
• 32500, 2,717, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34AXD-N, Bear Creek, t5/18; cum 574K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32499, 1,071, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34EXH2-N, Bear Creek, t6/18; cum 196K 12/20; came off line 10/18; back online for seven days in 2/19; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• *32481, 2,288, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34A, Bear Creek, t9/18; cum 381K 12/20; offline 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32480, 2,653, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34E, Bear Creek, t5/18; cum 128K 12/20; off line as of 11/18; still off line as of 2/20; back on line 11/20;
  
• 32479, 2,701, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 14X-34AXB, Bear Creek, t7/18; cum 448K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32380, 2,637, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3A, Bear Creek, t8/18; cum 395K 12/20; off line 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32379, 1,112, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3E, Bear Creek, t8/18; cum 116K 12/20; offline 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 32378, 2,540, XTO, Werre Trust 21X-3B, Bear Creek, t6/18; cum 401K 12/20; offline 11/19; remains off line 2/20; back on line 7/20;
  
• 17880, see full production data at this post; t10/09; cum 208K 12/20; offline 11/19; back online 1/20; off line12/20;
  

These pale in comparison to MRO's recently reported wells, but due to small number of wells in the entire field, a few new wells can have a huge effect.

So, let's take a look at the map (busy, busy, busy, huh?):

Some of the wells not noted above the graphic:

• 14696, TA/AB/820, XTO, Bear Creek Unit 3-1, Bear Creek, the Duperow formation, t3/98; cum 338K as of 6/16; TD = 11,850 feet
• 16974, AB/2 (no typo), XTO, BCDU 13X-35, Bear Creek, the Duperow formation, t6/08; cum 48K as of 5/17;
• 15064, PA/621, XTO, Porcupine Ridge 11-2H, Bear Creek, the Madison formation, t2/101; cum 203K as of 4/16;

Additional wells on the graphic above (and when first updated):

• 29871, 1,519, XTO, Werre Trust Federal 44X-34D, Bear Creek, t7/15; cum 438K 12/20; no data for a re-frack at FracFocus; first updated, 5/19;

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