Petro-Hunt With Cluster of Six (6) Wells in Four Bears -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Locator: 10010FOURBEARS.

Last week Petro-Hunt was granted permits for six wells that will end up being a small cluster, almost all on the same pad:

• 21800, 1,584, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 1H, Four Bears, Bakken; t11/12; cum 277K 11/17; cum 362K 11/24;
  
• 21801, 1,206, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 2H, Four Bears, Bakken; t11/12; cum 296K 11/17; cum 357K 11/24;
  
• 21802, 741, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 3H, Four Bears, Bakken; t11/12; cum 241K 11/17; cum 295K 11/24;
  
• 21803, 1,467, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 4H, Four Bears, Bakken; t5/14; cum 340K 11/17; cum 463K 9/24; off line;
• 21805, 1,361, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 5H, Four Bears, Bakken; t5/14; cum 252K 11/17; cum 326K 11/24;
  
• 21807, 1,349, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-9C-10- 6H, Four Bears, Three Forks, 31 stages; 4.7 million lbs; t5/14; cum 186K 11/17; cum 273K 11/24;
  

By the way, there are also two producing long laterals in the section just next to these six wells, with a third confidential next to these two:

• 18126, 1,001, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-17C-08-1H, Four Bears, Bakken, s12/09; t4/10; cum 350K 11/17; 20,175 feet; cum 426K 11/24;
  
• 20269, 574, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-17C-08-2H, Four Bears, Bakken, s3/11; t6/11; cum 369K 11/17; not on a pump yet; total depth, 20,494 feet; cum 465K 11/24;
  
• 20458, 555, Petro-Hunt, Fort Berthold 152-93-17C-08-3H, Four Bears, Bakken, t1/13; cum 222K 11/17; cum 321K 11/24;
  

Whiting/KOG has a fair bit of acreage in this area. Just saying.

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Halo Effect

Screenshot: note that three wells were fracked in 2014. Three wells were fracked earlier in 2012.

Let's see the production profile of the three wells fracked in 2012 during the period when the 2014 wells were fracked:

First, #21802, Three Forks well, production increased nicely for a few months after neighboring wells fracked, but then back to usual Bakken decline:

BAKKEN	1-2015	31	5113	5055	4243	4381	3927	237
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	6625	6999	5199	6142	5109	816
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	6437	5994	5161	6304	4480	1614
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	8238	8335	7183	8840	4440	4183
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	8043	8379	8007	9631	1669	7752
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	9215	8761	11340	10690	0	10473
BAKKEN	7-2014	29	4418	4254	6858	5648	0	5445
BAKKEN	6-2014	12	1253	1218	911	84	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	4	264	366	750	58	0	30
BAKKEN	4-2014	25	3015	3555	2054	3144	0	2969
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	6746	6664	3924	6093	0	5876
BAKKEN	2-2014	28	8070	7867	182	7397	0	7348
BAKKEN	1-2014	7	1095	1791	1569	786	0	737
BAKKEN	12-2013	29	6763	6410	3962	7018	0	6815
BAKKEN	11-2013	29	6840	6522	4188	7936	0	7733

Second,  #21801, middle Bakken: production decreased slightly after neighboring wells fracked.

BAKKEN	1-2015	31	4251	4197	4467	3666	3250	199
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	5355	5668	5298	4717	3832	668
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	5311	4944	5402	5183	3640	1333
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	6771	6853	7490	7272	3607	3447
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	6648	6931	8401	8006	1382	6414
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	7821	7313	12033	8948	0	8731
BAKKEN	7-2014	3	960	972	2026	1296	0	1275
BAKKEN	6-2014	12	1615	1571	1011	89	0	5
BAKKEN	5-2014	4	340	472	832	88	0	60
BAKKEN	4-2014	25	3952	4588	2280	3002	0	2827
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	8193	7986	3951	6804	0	6587
BAKKEN	2-2014	27	7699	7943	138	6793	0	6744
BAKKEN	1-2014	7	1689	1670	1156	852	0	803
BAKKEN	12-2013	26	6474	6076	4051	6982	0	6800
BAKKEN	11-2013	23	4999	4817	4217	5144	0	4983

Finally, #21800, Three Forks; production decreased significantly after neighboring wells fracked.

BAKKEN	1-2015	31	1655	1634	1385	1558	1264	77
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	2089	2211	1646	2010	1533	260
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	2073	1928	1678	2130	1400	520
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	2601	2634	2292	2945	1387	1341
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	2615	2703	2610	3248	538	2500
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	2706	2566	3438	3216	0	2999
BAKKEN	7-2014	16	1130	1111	1725	1801	0	1689
BAKKEN	6-2014	12	938	946	844	791	0	707
BAKKEN	5-2014	14	1245	1290	1970	536	0	438
BAKKEN	4-2014	25	2358	2767	1905	3203	0	3028
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	5127	5080	3554	6527	0	6310
BAKKEN	2-2014	28	6141	6206	87	8610	0	8568
BAKKEN	1-2014	6	1442	1633	3129	2073	0	2031
BAKKEN	12-2013	27	7436	7587	5247	6945	0	6756
BAKKEN	11-2013	29	7762	7418	5915	10077	0	9874