Update: Whiting's Obrigewitch 21-17TFH -- 18,000 Bbls The First Month

 Updates

October 14, 2023: stripper well; now 50 bbls / month; t4/11; cum 287K 8/23;

December 18, 2016: production profile updated. There was some work done on the pad/storage tanks/pipe back in October, 2016, but nothing in file report to explain why well off-line in December, 2015 - February, 2016 (winter issues?).

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2016	31	1358	1350	297	1952	1890	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	29	1390	1369	382	1903	1847	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	1673	1681	442	2176	2116	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	2104	2130	542	2596	2534	0
BAKKEN	6-2016	30	2696	2680	1058	3681	3621	0
BAKKEN	5-2016	31	2807	2771	1240	3352	3290	0
BAKKEN	4-2016	29	1783	1833	732	2102	2046	0
BAKKEN	3-2016	31	1909	1878	1401	2092	2030	0
BAKKEN	2-2016	11	157	114	306	169	155	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

October 25, 2014:

This is the production profile for the first 14 months of this well:

BAKKEN	3-2012	31	7206	7251	889	7475	7349	64
BAKKEN	2-2012	23	4801	4932	360	6132	6072	15
BAKKEN	1-2012	31	7717	7749	525	10521	10402	57
BAKKEN	12-2011	24	5300	5775	0	46	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2011	26	11877	12304	619	13107	11887	1169
BAKKEN	10-2011	31	16140	16114	471	21518	21058	398
BAKKEN	9-2011	30	16212	15820	363	20285	19904	322
BAKKEN	8-2011	31	17426	17837	401	19257	6014	13181
BAKKEN	7-2011	31	18491	17950	489	19755	0	19693
BAKKEN	6-2011	30	19056	19382	447	21098	0	21038
BAKKEN	5-2011	27	17113	17600	314	17392	0	17347
BAKKEN	4-2011	30	18290	17885	9147	18136	0	18078
BAKKEN	3-2011	6	2812	1595	2488	2879	0	2867
BAKKEN	2-2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 Look at the production drop in December, 2011, compared to the previous month, November, 2011. I have trouble believing this is simply due to "the Bakken decline rate."

Original Post

Back on April 9, 2011, I reported (link here):

April 28, 2011: Due to mechanical difficulties at the Obrigewitch 21-17TFH, Whiting believes that only one or two frac stages of the well’s total 16 frac stages are contributing to current production. Despite these difficulties, the Obrigewitch well was completed flowing 1,189 BOE per day. Whiting holds a 96% working interest and a 77% net revenue interest in the well

• 19623, 1,075, Whiting, Obrigewitch 21-17TFH, Bell, t4/11; cum 270K 10/16;

I just checked the NDIC website for an update. The Obrigewitch has still not reported an IP, but for the first time it has reported sales of oil its first full month of production. At almost 18,000 bbls the first month, it looks like a good well (at $75/bbl --> $1.35 million the first month; nice cash flow):

NDIC File No: 19623     API No: 33-089-00598-00-00
Well Type: ON CONFIDENTIAL STATUS
Location: NENW 17-140-99     Footages: 350 FNL 2100 FWL     Latitude: 46.947699     Longitude: -103.201784
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: OBRIGEWITCH 21-17TFH
    Field: BELL

Monthly Sales Data:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
4-2011	17885	0