This has to be an interesting area for the locals to be watching: three rigs in one section, all on a line along the section's south line.
23295: on a single well pad; rig on site; conf, BR, Mesa Verde 14-22TFH, Clear Creek;
18442: on a single well pad; 2,348, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22H, t3/10; cum 254K 9/12;
23293: on a two-well pad; conf, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22TFH,
23294: 2,962, on a two-well pad; BR, Mesa Verde 34-22MBH, 2-section spacing, t2/13; cum --
23261: on a three-well pad; rig on site; conf, BR, Mesa Verde 24-22TFH,
23262: on a three-well pad; conf, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22MBH,
23263: on a three well pad; conf, BR, Mesa Verde 44-22TFH,
Idle chatter: one almost wonders what the hurry is. Why three rigs in one section? The leases are held by production. My hunch: much eagerness to see what the Three Forks can do in this area, where the Bakken is already well-proved. But still: three rigs? Wow. I am not sure if there is any other section in the Williston Basin with three rigs on site.
Do you suppose they gain effiency during the finishing frac stage re equipment mobilization etc?
ReplyDeleteAlso if all the laterals are fraced at the same time is there an additional impact on surrounding rock?
Two excellent questions: "Yes" to both, in my opinion.
Delete1) Especially when they get up to four, six, and more, wells on one pad, they have their fracking equipment in one place instead of four, five, six, or more moves. Lots of time and mileage saved.
2) Someone over at the Bakken Shale Discussion Group noted that there might have been some positive effects from a neighboring frac. I have opined that fracs are not particularly effective more than 500 feet from the wellbore, and in the newest CLR studies proposed, the vertical separation between zones (e.g., TF1 and TF2) will be 68 feet, and 320 feet lateral separation for wells in different zones (TF1 and TF2). I can't help but think all that fracturing won't have additive effects.
We won't know for a couple of years, but something that will be interesting to follow.