Check out the OXY USA wells here.
I mentioned yesterday that some days it seems like the "same ol', same ol'" groundhog day in the Bakken, but generally the Bakken never fails to surprise me.
Look at this aforementioned Whiting well:
20840, 3,376, Whiting, Maki 41-33XH, Sanish, t2/12; cum 113K 6/12; middle Bakken; 30 stages; 2.6 million pounds; all sand; spudded November 28, vertical total depth on December 4 (6 days); total depth for the lateral reached December 12 (8 days later): 13 days from spud! Gas shows were reported as being very high at times.For newbies: when I first started blogging, it was not unusual to see it take 45 days to reach total depth, and with problems one often saw 60-day wells. I remember clearly one operator setting a new record when the well was drilled in 26 days. I do not recall a long horizontal being drilled in less than 24 days. Under 20 is incredible. Under 15? My hunch is the roughnecks wanted to get home for Christmas.
There are four wells in this section, 33-154-91:
- 18298, 3,422, Whiting, Kannianen 44-33H, t1/10; cum 415K 6/12;
- 19174, 2,090, Whiting, Kannianen 43-33H, t10/10; cum 184K 6/12;
- 20437, 134, Whiting, White 43-33TFH, t12/11; cum 35K 6/12;
- 20840, as above
