Why The Bakken Continues to Excite -- Hess Gusher Updated -- The BR Wells Previously Shut In -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

November 18, 2012: follow-up on --

• 19323, 2,521, Helis, Thompson 1-29/32H, Grail, t8/11; cum 350K 2/13; a Three Forks well; 28 stages; 3.3 million lbs; 
• 19056, 825, Hess, Devils Canyon 17-1H, Lone Butte, 29 days; fracture data never submitted (I assume it it was fracked?), t8/11; cum 129K 2/13; note decline:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2012	27	4253	4513	2238	7093	7093	0
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	5932	5982	2851	9576	9576	0
BAKKEN	7-2012	24	4410	4330	2300	6229	6160	69
BAKKEN	6-2012	30	4993	5081	966	6685	6685	0
BAKKEN	5-2012	31	5029	5453	2905	7728	7728	0
BAKKEN	4-2012	30	5343	4955	2579	7359	7359	0
BAKKEN	3-2012	31	6584	6639	3104	8315	6696	1619
BAKKEN	2-2012	29	7341	7050	4106	9330	0	9330
BAKKEN	1-2012	23	5894	6161	3924	6800	0	6800
BAKKEN	12-2011	31	8325	8505	3433	9934	0	9934
BAKKEN	11-2011	18	5949	5728	2353	7035	0	7035
BAKKEN	10-2011	13	4070	3737	1784	4555	0	4555
BAKKEN	9-2011	30	14156	14457	6608	17298	0	17298
BAKKEN	8-2011	31	25986	25346	18546	30993	0	30993

This well highly pressurized; gas exceeded 4,000 units and flares to 40 feet.

Original Post

I never grow tired of the Bakken.

I just went through the 3Q11 wells that came off the confidential list, updating IPs for those wells that were in DRL status and have now reported an IP.

The numbers really are staggering. I won't re-type all the data; if interested you can go to the link, find the well you are interested in for additional information, but look at these:

• 19283, 1,524, BR, Sunline 11-1MB-3SH, Clear Creek, t5/11; cum 88K 2/13; 4 sections;
• 18809, 753, ERF, Baker 20-34H, Heart Butte, t8/11; cum 205K 2/13;
• 19237, 862, Abraxas,  North Fork, t7/11; cum 97K 2/13;
• 19487, 2,108, BR, Cleetwood 11-27H, Elidah, t6/11; cum 165K 2/13;
• 19436, 930,  Zavanna, Louise 1-35H, Stockyard Creek, t6/11; cum 147K 2/13;
• 19285, 2,325, BR, Rising Sun 11-1MB-3NH, Clear Creek, t7/11; cum 118K 9/12; 4 sec; 
• 19108, 1,200, Arsenal,  Amy Elizabeth 11-2H, Stanley, t8/11; cum 97K 9/12;
• 19795, 2,029, NFX,  Johnson 150-99-34-27-1H, South Tobacco Garden, t5/11; cum 124K 9/12;
• 19540, ,2,032 Murex, Vanessa Abigail 33-28H, Midway, t5/11; cum 144K 9/12;
• 19834, MRO, 1,291
• 20116, 2,533, QEP,  MHA 1-05-08H-147-92, Heart Butte, t7/11; cum 170K 9/12;
• 19323, 2,521, Helis, Thompson 1-29/32H, Grail, t8/11; cum 350K 2/13; a Three Forks well; 28 stages; 3.3 million lbs;
• 19292, XTO, 1,358
• 19056, Hess, DRL -- See Above, under updates; not completed yet, not fracked and 25,986 bbls in August
• 20022, 1,067, SM, drilled as a wildcat, Jaynes 16-12H, Poe, t6/11; cum 97K 9/12;
• 19961, 2,816, KOG,  Koala 3-2-11-14H, Poe, t7/11; cum 224K 2/13;