SM: Three-Well Simul-Frac Completion (Bakken, ND, USA)

I don't know if anyone else has done simul-frac of three wells in the Bakken (I haven't seen any other similar reports) and I haven't researched the technology, so I have to imagine what it means.

SM announces that it drilled a three-well simul-frac completion pilot in a 1,280-acre spacing unit in its Bear Den prospect; the pilot project was completed in mid-October. The 24-hour IP for the three combined Bakken wells was about 6,000 boe, restrictred on choke with high flowing pressures. As of the date of this press release, November 2, 2010, all three wells continue to flow with high pressure.

• Norby 16-20H, long lateral, 10-stage fracture; 7-day average production: 955
• Norby 9-20H, long lateral, 10-stage fracture; 7-day average production: 1,100 
• Wilson 8-20H, long lateral, 20-stage fracture; 7-day average production: 1,140

All things being equal, it looks like 10-stage is as good as 20-stage fracturing.

SM Energy also completed Lee 13-8H this past quarter

• Lee 13-8, long lateral, 14-stage fracture; 7-day and 30-day, 900 and 650, respectively