500,000 Bbls in One Year: Random Update of CLR's Hawkinson-Whitman Eco-Pad in Northwest Dunn County -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA

Updates

November 5, 2018: production update here with jump in production.

September 8, 2013: this well is now approaching one million bbls produced. As of July, 2013, this well has produced 806,223 bbls; it is still flowing without a pump. It produced 23,530 bbls in July, 2013. It produced 24MMCF in July, sold 24MMCF in July, and, yes, it even flared a little, 118MCF. It was a 24-stage frack; 2.4 millions lbs sand and ceramic. 

November 1, 2012: So, how is this well doing -- it is now up to 532,874 bbls produced through September, 2012. It produced 36,000 bbls in September (a short month -- only 30 days); in July, a long month (31 days), it produced 36,883 bbls. Decline rate? What decline rate? The spacing is four sections. The NDIC shows this is still flowing without a pump, but often a pump is put on a well, and the NDIC is not informed of that until months later.  Remember: this well was completed September, 2011; one year later, 532,874 bbls.

Original Post

Just a random note on an interesting CLR Eco-Pad well in Oakdale oil field.

I assume those who have followed the Bakken closely are aware of this well, but for newbies and for others, I thought an update would be interesting.

This is the best of the four wells on this Eco-Pad; the other three are nice, but this one is incredible.

Note that the well was completed/tested back in September, 2011.  In the first full month of production it produced almost 42,000 bbls of oil. By the end of April, 2012, the well had produced almost 344,000 bbls of oil. Also, for everyone, note this: no typical Bakken decline "yet." It produced 45,000 bbls in the most recent month reported.

Note, that by the first full month of production, the well was on a natural gas pipeline; natural gas being sold, none flared (after the first month).

So, 40 stages and 4 million pounds of ceramics? Nope. A modest 24 stages and 2.4 million pounds of sand and ceramics.

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NDIC File No: 20210     API No: 33-025-01259-00-00     CTB No: 120210
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 9/6/2011     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: NWNE 34-147-96     Footages: 230 FNL 1874 FEL     Latitude: 47.516035     Longitude: -102.893285
Current Operator: CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
Current Well Name: WHITMAN 2-34H
Elevation(s): 2791 KB   2765 GR   2271 GL     Total Depth: 21230     Field: OAKDALE
Spud Date(s):  1/23/2011
Casing String(s): 9.625" 2714'   7" 11622'  
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 11622-21230     Comp: 9/6/2011     Status: F     Date: 9/9/2011     Spacing: 4SEC
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 343733     Cum MCF Gas: 313938     Cum Water: 7380
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 9/9/2011     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 803     IP MCF: 40     IP Water: 70

Columns below: pool, month, days of production, bbls of oil produced, runs (in bbls), water, gas produced, gas sold, gas flared. Also note that the natural gas was in the pipeline and being sold the very first full month. 

BAKKEN	4-2012	30	45099	45361	1047	46380	46380	0
BAKKEN	3-2012	31	43877	43718	875	44212	44212	0
BAKKEN	2-2012	29	42667	42646	832	43010	43010	0
BAKKEN	1-2012	31	52616	52790	1138	45573	45573	0
BAKKEN	12-2011	31	50038	49811	1281	40488	40488	0
BAKKEN	11-2011	30	38824	38982	592	31074	31074	0
BAKKEN	10-2011	31	41571	41339	780	39458	39458	0
BAKKEN	9-2011	25	29041	28721	835	23743	6896	16847