Today, another Hess well was reported on the NDIC daily activity report: #18228, EN-Uran-154-93-1213H-1 (this link is now broken; suggestion that this dual lateral abandoned the Middle Bakken, and this is a fracked Three Forks Sanish well). Based on its designation, it's a long lateral. The IP was reported to be 225. This is about the same as other IPs for Hess wells in the same area; in fact the nearest Hess well to the EN-Uran had an IP of 225 (coincidentally) and another Hess well had an IP of 425. None of these are exciting. These wells are in the Robinson Lake field, just west of the prolific Sanish field. Adding insult to injury, this newest well (#18228) is exactly one mile west of the Sanish. Actually, none of the wells in the immediate area are all that exciting, on either side of the Robinson Lake/Sanish line. [Update, November 5, 2013: #18228 has now produced 136,560 bbls of oil.]
Perhaps more frustrating: this well was advertised as a dual lateral. If this is a dual lateral, it raises even more questions about the IP. Dual laterals target two formations: in this case, the two formations would be the Three Forks Sanish and the Middle Bakken. (See note above regarding abandonment of the Bakken lateral, and is now only a Three Forks Sanish well.)
Sinclair, yes, Sinclair, has a well 3.4 miles southwest of this newest Hess well (IP, 225) that reported an IP of 685. Not necessarily all that exciting, but better than 225 (by about three times).
We've been "spoiled" by four-digit IPs in the Bakken.
Update: even folks on the Bakken Shale Discussion Board asked about the poor performance (this link is now broken). At Bakken Shale, ChemGuy says "Bad frac. Only a couple of stages were depolyed (sic) ... Second lateral has not been frac'd yet." That may be, a bad frac, but all their wells in this area had similarly low IPs.
BUT, I am still waiting to see what the six Hess wells on one pad in Ross field do!
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Update, October 22, 2010: It looks like I wasn't the only that has raised questions about the wells that Hess drills (this link is now broken).
