WPX Has A New Permit in a Van Hook Section With Four Wells Already -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Locator: 30030WPX.

Section 2-150-92, Van Hook field; currently:

• 18737, 1,034, WPX, Mason 2-11, Van Hook, t2/11; cum 288K 10/16;
• 22129, 196, WPX, Mason 2-11HA,Van Hook, t7/12; cum 146K 10/16;
• 22130, TA-->WPX, Mason 2-11HW, Van Hook, "well bore issues" noted May 3, 2012; temporarily abandoned that date with plans for possible SWD;
• 22131, 502, WPX, Mason 2-11HX, Van Hook, t10/12; cum 222K 10/16;

The new permit issued today:

• 22908, 235, WPX, Mason 2-11HWR, t8/12; cum 293K 10/16;

In less than one year, the first Mason 2-11 well reached 100,000+ bbls. 

Three of the wells (22129, 22130, 22131) are on the same pad. All are in line, running west to east about 255 feet from the north line of the section.

A long lateral just to the north of these five wells:

• 19047, 1,770, Slawson, Revolver 1-35H, t11/10; cum 256K 10/16; 

I remember when I first started blogging about the Bakken, folks were happy with wells with an IP of 350, very excited with wells with IPs of 700, and headlines for wells with IPs of 1,000. I personally have gotten so used to seeing IPs greater than 1,000 that an IP of 1,770 hardly gets my attention, but these are still huge numbers. 

It's going to be interesting to see if IPs are affected much by multiple wells in the same section, especially when we start seeing six to eight wells in a 640-acre spacing unit.