Helis Has a Very Nice Well -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Some nice wells coming off the confidential list today:

• 18441, 1,067, XTO, White Federal 34X-34, Grinnell, Bakken, TFS, 17K in 3 months; 18-stage frac
• 17722, 2,068, Helis, Henderson Federal 4-26/35H, Grail, Bakken; TFS, 23K in 22 days; ~ 24-stage frac
• 19158, 333, CLR, Gronfur 1-28H, Brooklyn, Bakken, 19K in first 25 days, 30-stage frac
• 19369, 3,206, BEXP, Bratcher 10-3 1H, Ragged Butte, Bakken, 21K in 19 days; 30-stage frac
• 19088, 629, Anschutz,Wolberg 21-18H, Simon Butte, Bakken, 21K in first 90 days; 30-stage frac
• 19174, 2,090, WLL, Kannianen 43-33H, Sanish, Bakken, 55K in 3.5 months; 22-stage frac

On the other hand, this one was interesting for other reasons:

• 19122, 170, EOG, Liberty 102-01H, Van Hook, Bakken; pump put on 1/11/11, Three Forks target, 15 stage fracture, short lateral, spud 9/3/10 and already on a pump; and this is in the Van Hook -- generally a good field

Comment:
When I transcribe this data from the original source, I see the IP first and do not see the driller. I can almost guess who the driller might be based on the IPs. Helis surprised me today; I would have guessed BEXP or WLL.  XTO is hitting some nice wells.

In the past couple of days I've talked about the "confusion" regarding Bakken and Three Forks nomenclature, especially for newbies. These reports are another good example. Note that the NDIC report shows that all these wells were Bakken, but yet when you go to the well file, one finds some targeted the middle Bakken formation; others targeted the Three Forks (Sanish).

For newbies, the Bakken formations (3: upper, middle, and lower) and the Three Forks formation (2: upper and lower, but maybe more subdivisions) are all part of the "Bakken Pool."

Compare #19369 and 19088: they both produced 21K so far but one did it in 19 days (not even a month; the other took 90 days to get to that point). The Helis well was equally as good: 23K in 22 days. Some nice wells.

By the way, the Helis well was a Three Forks well.