Update on Hess' Stacked Laterals in Pleasant Valley -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Locator: 10031B.

Updated: October 14, 2023.

Current update: October 16, 2012. In retrospect, very little proppant was used; and number of stages lower than norm in 2012. These wells were drilled late 2010, early 2011.

This is an update for the six Hess wells on one large pad in Pleasant Valley. Hess requested a 2560-acre spacing unit for these six wells.

• 18775, 511, Hess, EN-Fisher-157-94-2116H-1, Pleasant Valley, t8/10; B, 18 stages; 18K lbs sand; 125K 6/18; cum 165K 8/23;
  
• 18776, 376, Hess, EN-Dolan-157-94-2833H-1, Pleasant Valley, t10/10; B, 18 stages; 17K lbs sand; 108K 6/18; cum 134K 8/23;
  
• 18777, 176, Hess  EN-Fisher-157-94-2116H-2, Pleasant Valley, t11/10; B, 22 stages, 0.9 million lbs sand; 141K 6/18; cum 178K 8/23;
  
• 18778, 182, Hess, EN-Dolan-157-94-2833H-2, Pleasant Valley, t12/10; B, 22 stages, 1 million lbs sand; 101K 6/18; cum 128K 8/23;
  
• 18779, 321, Hess, EN-Fisher-157-94-2116H-3, Pleasant Valley, t3/11; B, 22 stages, 0.8 million lbs sand; 128K 6/18; cum160K8/23;
• 18780, 236, Hess, EN-Dolan-157-94-2833H-3, Pleasant Valley, t3/11; TF, 22 stages, 1 million lbs sand;114K 6/18; cum 141K 8/23;

My original hunch: It appears that these will all be stacked laterals, one Middle Bakken lateral and one Three Forks lateral from each well. Not so sure.

Sand / Proppant Confusion

• 18776: This is a good example of the confusion I noted regarding sand/proppant. On the standard form, Hess noted in the "Lbs Proppant" box that they used 4,562 lbs of proppant, but in the details, Hess noted 17,000 lbs of sand. So, was it 17,000 lbs of sand and 4,562 lbs of ceramic, or something else? I don't know. See screen shot below.
• 18775: This is a good example of the confusion I noted regarding sand/proppant. On the standard form, Hess noted in the "Lbs Proppant" box that they used 4,666 lbs of proppant, but in the details, Hess noted 18,000 lbs of sand. So, was it 18,000 lbs of sand and 4,666 lbs of ceramic, or something else? I don't know.

Original posting: It's too early to tell how good these wells will be but based on other wells in the area, these will probably hit 100,000 bbls/well in less than two years. [Later: wrong. These wells are very poor wells -- at five years  - 6/18- most have not even got to150K bbls.]

Update: interesting model with these six wells. Is Hess trying to cut costs on the initial frac, and then go back in and re-frac them?

Screen shot, #18776, frack report: