Sunday, December 18, 2011

Refracking Wells in the Bakken -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

January 21, 2025: production data updated.

Original Post 12/18/11

Elsewhere they are talking about refracking wells.

Back in July, 2011, I posted a story about Marathon (MRO) talking about refracking.  I went through the MRO wells and came up with a list of 25 wells that MRO might refrack. I went through that list tonight and came up with six wells, that based on production only, that suggests these wells have been re-worked or refracked:

  • 17753: looks like it was re-fracked/re-worked July 11
  • 17844: looks like it was re-fracked/re-worked May 11
  • 17971: definitely refracked or re-worked
  • 17865: off-line now; being re-worked?
  • 17712: probably refracked/reworked in June 11
  • 17713:  probably refracked/reworked July/Aug 11
Update: January 21, 2025: 
  • 17753: back on line as of August, 2011, and produced 3,100 bbls in June, 2012; t6/09; cum 341K 9/16; At 6/09: 0 stages; 200K proppant; API: 33-025-00851; FracFocus: fracked 8/9 - 9/10/2014; cum 516K 1/22; cum 655K 11/24;
  • 17844: only on-line for 9 days in May, 2011, and is now producing 4,000 bbls/month (June, 2012); t9/09; cum 293K 9/16; API: 33-025-00874; FrackFocus: no evidence of being fracked as of 11/26/16; IA/10/20; cum 389K 10/21; cum 401K 6/24; off line;
  • 17971: looks like it was off-line for several months last summer (2011), and is now producing 2,500 - 3,000 bbls/month (June, 2012); t9/09; cum 146K 9/16; cum 186K 1/22; cum 197K 7/23; off line;
  • 17865: was off-line last autumn (2011) for several months; it is now back on-line and produced more than 6,500 bbls in May, 2012, and almost 5,500 bbls in June, 2012; t259; cum 188K 9/16; API: 33-025-00878; according to FracFocus, fracked 12/11 - 12/11/2011; cum 236K 1/22; cum 250K 11/23; off line;
  • 17712: this well was off-line late autumn, 2011; it is now back on line producing in excess of 3,500 bbls/month (June, 2012); t4/09; cum 193K 9/16; API: 33-025-00844; FracFocus, fracked 7/24/2011; cum 245K 1/22; cum 265K 11/24;
  • 17713: this well was off-line for almost three months last summer, 2011. Before going off-line it produced 1,800 bbls/month; the first month back on-line, almost 8,000 bbls/ month. It is now pumping 3,500 bbls/month; t4/09; cum 212K 9/16; API: 33-025-00845; at 4/09, 1 stimulation stage 190K proppant; FrackFocus, fracked 8/29/11. Cum 266K 1/22;  jump in production 8/23; cum 289K 11/24;