A Couple of Great Wells Reported Today -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

An interesting mix of wells are being reported today in the North Dakota Bakken.

First, the"great" wells:

• 19093, 1,960, Tracker, Bice 6-31-1TH, Big Gulch, Bakken; Big Gulch is an 8-section field forming the eastern border of Little Knife field, southwest of the reservation; Tracker is now part of Hess
• 19179, 2,674, Newfield, Johnsrud 150-98-6-7-1H, Siverston, Bakken

Then, a real surprise:

• 19315, 1,038, Sagebrush, Rice 11, Renville, Madison (not a Bakken), 37K in first 3.5 months
• This is a Madison well; at a total depth of 6,533 feet it should be a vertical well
• If this is a vertical well, and with a cumulative 37K at $75/bbl, this well may have already paid for itself (37,000 * $75 = $2.8 million)
• Generally Madison wells have IPs of 200 or so, at least in my mind (I could be wrong), but I don't recall ever seeing a Madison well with an IP over 1,000 bbls; I'm sure someone will write in to explain what's going on, or even an error in reporting. But for now, pretty exciting. If it's accurate, it reminds me of my posting how it only takes one well to be a game-changer for a small producer

On the other hand, the Sagebrush Rice well in the very next section had a more typical IP for a Madison well, but still significantly more than what I would have expected:

• 19314, 555, Sagebrush, Rice 10, Renville, Madison (not a Bakken)

The CLR Wiseman well in the small Hebron field northwest of Williston was mediocre:

• 19212, 457, CLR, Wiseman 1-31H, Hebron, Bakken

Obviously something doesn't make sense with the MRO Casey Kukla well; possibly not fracked yet

• 17903, 17, MRO, Casey Kukla USA 21-6H, Murphy Creek, Bakken

The other wells reporting today are unremarkable:

• 19109, 572, EOG, Burke 32-05HX, Ross, Bakken
• 18645, 702, XTO, Roedeske Federal 12X-21, MonDak, Bakken