Denbury To Refrack Franchuk -- Murphy Creek -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

January 11, 2022: nothing to suggest a re-frack; simply a "steady Eddy. cum
321K 11/21;

June 19, 2017: production updates; nothing to suggest any re-frack

October 25, 2014: no new information in the well file;

October 15, 2012: down for 19 days in August, 2012; 100K 9/12;

August 17, 2012: no indication that this well has been re-fracked; it has never been taken off line as of June, 2012; until June, 2012, when it was down for 16 days in June; still flowing, no pump;

April 4, 2012: the well file does not have any new information; nothing about a re-frack. As of 2/12: 83K bbls cumulative; still flowing; no pump; 3,500 bbls/month

Original Post

A reader sent in something of interest.

Denbury has posted the slides for the Enercom conference.

Denbury says they are currently re-fracking:

• 19138, 2,616, Denbury Onshore, Franchuk 34-19SWH, Murphy Creek, Bakken; s8/10; t12/10; cum 260K 4/17; [update: on a pump; 116K 11/12]

That well was fracked November, 2010, with 23 stages, and was a good well (IP - 2,616).  Murphy Creek is a good field.

It had the typical Bakken decline rate:

•  1/11: 17,000 bbls
• 2/11: 10,000 bbls
• 3/11: 8,000 bbls
• 4/11: 7,000 bbls
• 5/11: 6,000 bbls
• 6/11: 5,000 bbls

With an IP of 2,616, perhaps Denbury thinks this well should have done better; BEXP wells with IPs this good approach 75,000 to 100,000 bbls by now; BEXP tends to frac with 30+ stages.

It will be interesting to see if Denbury re-fracs with more stages this time.