Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The Bakken Never Quits -- Another Amazing Story -- December 19, 2018

Updates

Later, 8:59 p.m. CT: see first comment. Don't forget, the Whitman 3-34H was originally drilled short due to pressure issues, and wasn't stimulated to begin with. Fascinating stories. Absolutely fascinating. I am absolutely amazed how good these roughnecks/geologists are -- how they prevented a blowout -- had there been an aggressive driller or an aggressive project manager .... the story could have been much different. And not necessarily a good story.

Original Post 

The CLR Whitman wells in Oakdale were early wells in the Bakken and very, very good wells. They have been posted numerous times. They are tracked here (to some extent). It's interesting to read about #20210 at that link.

The Whitman wells always intrigued me. When they were first drilled, CLR mentioned them often. Of the two wells running south, one was huge, producing 1 million bbls; whereas the other one was lousy (open-hole frack/unfracked). I was always curious when CLR would go back and re-frack the that well (#20212). Well, now they have and the results are amazing (and consistent with what one expected of the Whiman wells).

For newbies: Bakken wells will produce for 35 years. During that time they will have work over rigs; undergo mini-refracks; major refracks; and, impacted by fracking of neighboring wells.

Here's another example (but be sure to read the linked post first to bring yourself up to speed regarding "20210").

The well:
  • 20210, 803, CLR, Whitman 2-34H, 33-025-01259, middle Bakken; Oakdale, t9/11; cum 1.6229 million bbls 10/18:
Recent production; FracFocus has no data to suggest this well was re-fracked --
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-2018311215812190398713439118871133
BAKKEN9-2018301399914197683515432140361011
BAKKEN8-2018420751375123120731580443
BAKKEN7-20180000000
BAKKEN6-20180000000
BAKKEN5-20180000000
BAKKEN4-20180000000
BAKKEN3-2018002210000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-20180000000
BAKKEN12-201720019000
BAKKEN11-2017322021100
BAKKEN10-201732380100
BAKKEN9-20171638293858232480047030
BAKKEN8-2017319112914342810829105900

However, it's neighbor well was re-fracked. The well:
  • 20212, 482, CLR, Whitman 3-34H, 33-025-01261, Three Forks, Oakdale, t9/11; cum 260K 10/18; again, an incredible well for the cost of a re-frack; completion data: 1,008; t10/17; cum 61 stages; 14.5 million lbs sand;
Recent production, re-fracked:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20183137074369921081339302356113272
BAKKEN9-20183036826366251433138670340104265
BAKKEN8-2018447314441237846213785786
BAKKEN7-20181676784403
BAKKEN6-2018111380000
BAKKEN5-2018004030000
BAKKEN4-20181632393127473246523760
BAKKEN3-201819548656317564317413950
BAKKEN2-20182553105088595444542610
BAKKEN1-201831105131072518698937864150
BAKKEN12-2017312190321790484124087238390
BAKKEN11-201730194521980953791966718479968
BAKKEN10-201721121501140168471354971916268

By the way, #20212 is a Three Forks well:


Full production is here: link here.

2 comments:

  1. Dont forget, the Whitman 3-34H was originally drilled short due to pressure issues, and wasnt stimulated to begin with.

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    1. Thank you. I appreciate that. I either did not know that or had forgotten that. I know I was reading the reports closely at the time, but either I missed that or forgot that. Truly amazing.

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