Updates
November 16, 2018: in the original post I mentioned super long laterals / extended long laterals / three-section laterals / three-mile laterals / triple-section laterals.
A reader suggests that we should watch Liberty Resources for these triple-section laterals.
At this post, I have posted the Liberty Resources permits/file numbers in descending permit order -- most recent permits at the top and then descending down to the older permits. The fourth column is the drilled depth. That column is blank until you get to permit #33712 because the wells have either not been drilled yet or they are not yet off the confidential list.
I could be wrong, but generally speaking, any well that has a reported depth of ~21,000 feet is a two-section lateral. A well with a reported depth of ~15,000 feet is a one-section lateral. To be a three-section lateral, I would expect a drilled depth of ~ 24,000.
As Lynn Helms noted, the Liberty Resources wells are not in the core Bakken but are located northeast of Williston, north of Tioga and White Earth, in the Powers Lake area.
Most of the other triple-section laterals of which I am aware go under the river, drilled by other operators.
- 33473, 568, Liberty Resources, Jensen W 159-93-21-9-1MBHX, Gros Ventre, t7/17; cum 141K 9/18; a triple-section well: TD= 24,308
Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BAKKEN | 9-2018 | 29 | 4318 | 4445 | 13801 | 6962 | 0 | 6962 |
BAKKEN | 8-2018 | 31 | 4466 | 4385 | 15106 | 8040 | 0 | 8040 |
BAKKEN | 7-2018 | 31 | 4984 | 4964 | 15449 | 8453 | 0 | 8453 |
BAKKEN | 6-2018 | 30 | 5093 | 5033 | 15925 | 9167 | 0 | 9167 |
BAKKEN | 5-2018 | 31 | 5976 | 6080 | 16006 | 9967 | 0 | 9967 |
BAKKEN | 4-2018 | 30 | 6312 | 6399 | 15554 | 8445 | 0 | 8445 |
BAKKEN | 3-2018 | 31 | 7390 | 7309 | 19168 | 10424 | 0 | 10424 |
BAKKEN | 2-2018 | 26 | 6600 | 6588 | 15966 | 6552 | 0 | 5763 |
BAKKEN | 1-2018 | 31 | 9557 | 9462 | 22340 | 12003 | 0 | 11003 |
BAKKEN | 12-2017 | 31 | 10285 | 10671 | 23202 | 11849 | 0 | 10902 |
BAKKEN | 11-2017 | 29 | 10565 | 10477 | 24035 | 10757 | 0 | 9874 |
BAKKEN | 10-2017 | 31 | 13742 | 13775 | 31557 | 15202 | 0 | 14167 |
BAKKEN | 9-2017 | 30 | 14270 | 14231 | 36858 | 16114 | 0 | 15168 |
BAKKEN | 8-2017 | 31 | 16771 | 16803 | 45058 | 21956 | 0 | 21728 |
BAKKEN | 7-2017 | 31 | 17680 | 17445 | 61978 | 27022 | 0 | 27022 |
BAKKEN | 6-2017 | 9 | 3185 | 2531 | 61569 | 4589 | 0 | 4589 |
Original Post
Reported earlier but worth reporting again.
From twitter:
Link here. Data points:
- North Dakota oil production averaged nearly 1.36 million b/d in September
- production was up about 66,800 b/d from August and a new record for monthly output
- September marked the fourth straight month for record-breaking oil output in North Dakota
- there is currently 1.37 million b/d of pipeline capacity out of the Bakken, with another 250,000-275,000 b/d of crude-by-rail capacity
- some lines are idled or operating below capacity, he said last week
- and then this:
I was unaware of the current interest in three-mile-long laterals. I've reported on a few in the past but haven't reported on any new ones. My hunch is that most of them are still conf or SI/NC.Helms said that September marked the first time in at least three years that oil increased more rapidly than gas as operators shifted out of core drilling areas in the state where the gas to oil ratios are relatively high, to new wells in Divide, Mountrail and Burke counties in northwest North Dakota. "Those areas had gone for several years without any drilling activity and now with the advent of the three-mile-long laterals and new completion techniques they're much, much more economic," Helms said. "We're starting to see a little moderation in terms of gas-oil ratios. We're seeing oil and gas synchronize a bit more."
See these tags below for three-mile laterals: "extended long laterals" and "super long laterals."
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