MRO Re-Fracking Program In The Bailey Oil Field -- February 3, 2019

Update

June 18, 2019: the group of wells in the original post that were taken off line are now all back on line with the exception of a couple or so:

• 30550, 4,516, MRO, Brush ..., Bailey, t9/17; cum 283K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 29384, 1,931, MRO, Ulmer ..., Bailey, t1/16; cum 208K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 29383, 1,975, MRO, Wilhelm ..., Bailey, t1/16; cum 182K 2/20; no jump in production; off line 2/20; remains off line 4/20;
• 29382, 1,100, MRO, Ringer ..., Bailey, t2/16; cum 172K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 29381, 2,449, MRO, Trinity ..., Bailey, t2/16; cum 289K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 28704, 1,072, MRO, Greider ..., Bailey, t3/15; cum 129K 4/20; back on line 7/19 after being off line for one year; definite improvement continues through 4/20;
  
• 28459, 2,350, MRO, Otto ..., Bailey, t11/14; cum 297K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 28360, 1,118, MRO, May ..., Bailey, t12/14; cum 204K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 28358, 1,816, MRO, Reidun ..., Bailey, t12/14; cum 211K 2/20; off line 2/20; remains off line 4/20;
• 28111, 1,675, MRO, Susana ..., Bailey, t11/14; cum 201K 4/20; no jump in production;
• 25114, 2,417, MRO, Patrick ..., Bailey, t8/13; cum 250K 4/20; back on line 6/19; maintains production, 4/20;
• 24973, 2,437, MRO, Brigner ..., Bailey, t7/13; cum 244K 4/20; just came back on line for 5 days 4/19; remains off line 4/20;
• 24075, 1,371, MRO, Hansen Ranch ..., Bailey, t4/13; cum 178K 4/20; back on line 6/19;
• 23980, 576, MRO, Klay Carlson ..., Bailey, t6/13; cum 161K 4/20; back on line 4/20;
  
• 22658, 1,324, MRO, Lee Christensen ... Bailey, 9/12; cum 297K 4/20; back on line 4/19;
• 22451, IA/1,504, MRO, Curtis Kerr ...., Bailey, t3/13; cum 245K 1/20; off line 1/20;
• 22333. See this post. 

 Original Post

Interesting, interesting things going on with MRO in the Bailey oil field.

I've just updated all the Bailey oil field wells through 2015. Absolutely amazing.

For newbies:

• MRO has a huge re-frack program going on in the Bailey oil field. It's been going on for quite some time
• Bailey oil field and MRO: some great wells but the real story is the re-fracks
• to drill/complete a well on a new pad, greenfield, in the Bakken: in excess of $10 million 
• to drill/complete a new well on an existing pad, in the Bakken: $6 million, maybe more
• to re-frack an old well: $4 million, maybe less;
• MRO often uses a mediocre amount of proppant in a re-frack;
• re-fracking a new well in the Bakken: 90%+ chance that it will successful;
• re-fracking: pretty much results in a new well;
• re-fracking: impact on neighboring wells varies from field to field

Look at this. In Bailey oil field, these great wells are now off-line (when I say "now," remember: the paperwork lags what is going on in the field; the most recent data over at the NDIC is from 12/18):

• 30550. 
• 29384.
• 29383.  
• 29382.
• 29381.
• 28704.
• 28459.
• 28360.
• 28358.
• 28111.
• 25114. 
• 24973.
• 24075. 
• 23980.
• 22658.
• 22451.
• 22333. See this post.

In the ten years blogging about the Bakken, I have never seen this before. I'm sure it's happened before and perhaps it happened earlier in the Bailey but for me it's a new phenomenon.