Producers: Newfield, CLR, SM, Slawson.
Fields: Jim Creek, Van Hook and two wildcats.
One wildcat is quite a bit straight north of Williston, near Grenora.
The other wildcat is near Banks oil field, east of Williston, but on the other (south) side of the river -- to get to it, one would have to go east of Watford City on state highway 23 and then north on north on highway 1806.
Hey Bruce, speaking of new wells, did you notice EOG well 20037 (liberty 11-151-91)? I think EOG is now drilling what will be the longest lateral in the Bakken. (about 25,000 feet TD) Is this going to be the new normal? Extra long laterals from a single site. It will be interesting to see if this is an economical well. Stay tuned.
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Thank you for bringing that to my attention. Because I was on the road, I was not able to track things as closely as I would have liked. Even so, I would have missed this one because I wasn't looking at total depth in the permits.
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting, I will post a stand-along posting regarding this.
Since then, there have been additional EOG permits with depths exceeding 21,000 feet (for newbies: they call this "total depth" when in fact that is somewhat of a misnomer. The Bakken wells go about 9,000 feet deep and then go lateral for 4,500 feet (short lateral) or 9,000 feet for a long lateral.
"Super long laterals" have been referenced before (see Bakken Shale Discussion Group -- linked on the sidebar at the right) but I can't recall if I have previously posted notes about "super long laterals."
I doubt they will become the norm. They will be tried for locations under the river/lake.
With my rambling, I am starting to recall. Someone posted that they would require "heavy duty rigs" to produce the torque required to turn the bit 25,000 feet away and that some special rigs were coming up from Louisiana to do this. I think that was posted / news about six months ago. The rigs must have arrived.
Again, thank you for pointing this out.
Yes, I did post something about this, back in September, 2010. I just failed to follow up on it. Thank you again.
ReplyDeleteThe heavy duty rig " bronco 28 " has been turing to the right. For more then a year. And setting records, doing what other rigs can not. 25 k was just another day in the patch for those boys.
ReplyDelete#20037, Liberty LR 17-11H, start date for the well was Jan 4, 2011, according to NDIC; then Bronco 28 came in with start date of Jan 25, 2011, if I understand NDIC data correctly.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, I assume you have reached TD. Has to be very exciting. Thank you for commenting.
A lot of folks enjoy following your progress -- and during some of the worst winter weather in years.
Yes TD. was reach and with out problems. Working for EOG, who is professional from top to bottom. And strive for safety all around . Makes our job easy to know that they care about you and the land. "winter", brutal but tough times don't last, tough people do.
ReplyDeleteHey, congrats. Awesome. Winters in North Dakota really makes one appreciate the spring days and the summers.
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