Updates
May 14, 2012: apparently not the Lodgepole, but the Red River. See this post.
March 26, 2012: elsewhere they are looking for information on the Quale; blogs are not allowed to be mentioned at that site
Original Post
From RMOJ, March 16, 2012:
- Quale 21-30
- Six miles northeast of Beach, ND (far southwest corner of North Dakota); 6 miles east of Montana stateline
- Well spacing: 1,280 acre
- EUR: 330,000 bbls
- Investment: $7 million
- Payout, years: 3.3
- Nistler 21-25H -- no commercial hydrocarbons in the Lodgepole; shut-in after drilling a horizontal leg in the Scallion member of the Lodgepole; no hydrocarbons from this zone even after fracture.
Bruce, because the well name lacked an "H" I assumed this was another vertical well. Whiting drilled the horizontal Nistler 21-25H nearby but they've also drilled three other vertical wells in the same area. Does this well file indicate if the Quale 21-30 will be a vertical or in fact a horizontal??? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is interesting, isn't it? The source says the Quale is a horizontal well.
DeleteSpacing is 1280 so unless they are trying to tie up acreage hbp then I would guess hz.
ReplyDeleteThe Quale is a wildcat, not in a designated field. To the best of my knowledge that means the spacing has not been determined.
DeleteThe NDIC GSI map shows requested spacing for this area for the Bakken, but the NDIC GSI does not show spacing for other formations/pools. The requested spacing is 1280-acre, and that's what the source stated.