Testing the Three Forks
According to its presentation, CLR:
- has drilled one-fourth of all Three Forks wells
- proved separation of the middle Bakken from the upper Three Forks (TF1)
- has a 10-well coring program to study the Three Forks formation
- the 10-well coring program shows oil in TF2, TF3, and TF4
- has redefined the "Bakken Petroleum System" -- see October hearing dockets; earlier posts: September dockets and October dockets;
- TF1 extensively drilled
- TF2 drilled and producing (CLR completed the first TF2 producer)
- TF3: first test well drilled; waiting completion
- TF4: first test well scheduled
Have they cored deeper than this? What will be th next surprise?
ReplyDeleteThere are three well-known oil-producing formations deeper than the Bakken formation: Birdbear (Nisku), Duperow, and Red River.
DeleteThe Red River is one of the bigger-yielding legacy formations in the Williston Basin and either Whiting or CLR (or both, I forget) continue to target this formation (albeit with a one-rig program, or something like that).
At "Monster Wells" each formation has at least one monster well featured:
http://www.milliondollarwayblog.com/2009/11/monster-wells.html
By the way, there is a lot of controversy about CLR's suggestion that the "four benches" are really all that "separate." In the big scheme, I'm not sure that it matters; I think it helps geologists and laymen to help understand each other about what's going on in the formation. If that makes sense.