Wow, Even For Well-Seasoned Bakken Observers, This Is Exciting

Updates

August 8, 2012: 

• 20079, 2,760, Whiting, Obrigewitch 21-16TFH, Bell, t2/12; cum 117K 6/12;

Original Post

We are starting to see some clarity with regard to the TFS in southwest North Dakota. From this post earlier:

• 20828, DRL, Whiting, Frank 34-7TFH; Bell; 27K in January; 33K in February; 30K in March, 2012; no IP reported yet;
• 20893, 2,805, Whiting, Mastel 41-18TFH, Bell,  tested11/11; cum 117K 3/12; 30 stages; 2 million lbs;
• 21018, conf, Whiting, Obrigewitch 11-17TFH, Bell; 24K in December, 2011; 21K in January, 2011; 18K in February; 16K in March, 2012; no IP reported yet;
• 21527, DRL, Whiting, Buresh 34-10TFH, Dutch Henry Butte; 21K in February, 2012; 11K in March; no IP reported yet;
• 19623, 1,075, Whiting, Obrigewitch 21-17TFH; 138K, Bell, 7 stages, 7,000 lbs (no typo); s11/10; t4/11; cum 162K 3/12; F

These are huge wells. Then add this one to the mix:

• 19444, 3,106, Whiting, Hecker 21-18TFH, Stark County; 2.4 million lbs, all sand; t3/11; cum 210K 3/12; 

Where are these wells? Go the NDIC GIS map server and search for any of these wells.

The Hecker well (#19444) and the Obrigewitch well (#19623) are book ends for seven Whiting wells all on a line running west to east targeting the Three Forks twenty miles northwest of Dickinson.

Hecker (#19444) is the farthest west, and has produced more than 200,000 bbls in the first year.

Then we have four wells (#20828, 20893, 22167, and 21018) all on confidential list.

Then #22372, a Whiting Frank well, is on DRL status.

And then the bookend on the east: the Obrigewitch well (#19623) which has produced more than 160,000 bbls in less than a year. According to the NDIC it is still flowing (no pump) but it has been suggested by others that operators often delay getting this information to the NDIC (in other words, there may be a pump on this well), though the production history suggests there has been no down-time for a pump to be installed, unless possibly during the six days in December when the well was taken off-line.

East of these wells, on the same line:

• 20795, rig on site, Whiting, 3 J Trust 34-8PH, Bell field,
• 22864, loc, Whiting, Obrigewitch 41-17PH, Bell field,
• 22865, loc, Whiting, 3 J Trust 44-8PH, Bell field,
• 20079, 2,760, Whiting, Obrigewitch 21-16TFH, Bell, t2/12; cum 117K 6/12; 
• 22285, rig on site, Whiting, Buckman 44-9PH, Bell field,
• 22286, loc, Whiting, Buckman 34-9PH, Bell field,
• 22287, loc, Whiting, Obrigewitch 41-16PH, Bell field, 

Farther east, one section over:

• 19891, DRL, Whiting, Cymbaluk 21-15PH, Bell field,
• 22283, DRL, Whiting, Cymbaluk 11-15PH, Bell field, 

I have to quit here, but this line of wells just keeps going to the east. These wells are just a few miles north of Belfield.

It certainly looks like Watford City and Dickinson are sitting in the sweet spot of two different formations (the Bakken formations and the Three Forks formations).