Sunday, January 6, 2013

Significance of Two CLR Wells in the Banks Oil Field, The Bakken, Williston Basin, North Dakota -- Looking For 20+ Well Pads This Year

Updates

April 22, 2018: production data updated; note the jump in production, scroll down; see also this post.

Original Post 

It's funny how things work out. I wrote a fairly long post (everything under the asterisks below) but I put it in draft and wasn't sure I was going to post it; I felt it wasn't adding anything to the blog. Then Robb Siverson sent me a nice note. He alerted me to some aerial photos of CLR's Chicago/Syracuse system in the Banks oil field.

In his note he mentioned, with regard to CLR's Chicago/Syracuse wells, and the Atlanta pad in the Williston oil field:
The landscaping CLR did is applauded amongst the locals I've heard too which is great to hear. Looks like 14+ pads are going to be a thing of the past... 20+ pads are in the works for 2013.
To say the least, this is huge, and very, very interesting. Anyone who lives in oil country knows how much farmland is lost due to scoria/gravel roads to well sites. A single road to a 20-well pad is an incredible savings compared to twenty individual roads going to twenty different sites.

Robb has his own site. When you get to the site, robbsiverson.com, click on the photograph at the right, and then click again on the aerial photograph (or go directly here: Robb Siverson aerial photography).  Specifically, at his home page, robbsiverson.com, the image to the right is of the Chicago/Syracuse cluster in the Banks. By the way, his web page is permanently linked at my "data links" page.

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Note: I don't particularly care for the note that follows, but in light of what Robb sent (above), I thought I needed to post the note below as background. The note below was written earlier today, but I put it in draft, not sure if I would post it. 

Tomorrow there will be two very nice CLR wells coming off the confidential list, the two CLR Syracuse wells in the Banks oil field. The Banks oil field is in northeastern McKenzie County which Mike Filloon recently addressed in his article about CLR.

I believe the Charlotte wells in this field are targeting/testing the four benches of the Three Forks.

So, needless to say, the results of these two wells will be interesting. Checking out the location of these wells, it was incredible to see the amount of activity in this immediate area. The list below are the wells in a line less than 3.4 miles long, stretching west to east.
  • 23388, 3,375, Statoil/BEXP, Beaux 18-19 3TFH, Banks, t6/13; cum 278K 2/18;
  • 23387, 5,387, Statoil/BEXP, Beaux 18-19 4H, Banks,  t6/13; cum 257K 2/18;
  • 23386, 3,823, BEXP, Beaux 18-19 5TFH, Banks, t6/13; cum 203K 2/18;
  • 23385, 5,070, Statoil/BEXP, Beaux 18-19 6H, Banks, t6/13; cum 283K 2/18;
  • 24335, PNC, CLR, Lansing 3-25H, Banks,
  • 24334, PNC, CLR, Lansing 4-25H, Banks,
  • 24333, PNC, CLR, Steele Federal 3-24H, Banks, 
  • 24332, PNC, CLR, Steele Federal 4-24H, Banks,
  • 23051, 505, CLR, Syracuse 4-23H, Banks, t10/12; cum 269K 2/18;
  • 23050, 954, CLR, Syracuse 3-23H, Banks, t10/12; cum 268K 2/18;
  • 23049, 334  CLR, Chicago 4-26H, Banks, t5/13; cum 211K 2/18;
  • 23048, 606,  CLR, Chicago 3-26H, Banks, t1/13; cum 249K 2/18;
  • 23610, 731, CLR, Akron 2-27AH, Banks, t5/13; cum 276K 2/18;
  • 23609, 360, CLR, Akron 3-27AH, Banks, t5/13; cum 186K 2/18;
  • 23608, 1,303, CLR, Charlotte 5-22H, Banks, t6/13; cum 220K 2/18;
  • 23664, 657, CLR, Charlotte 3-22H, Banks, t11/12; cum 163K 2/18;
  • 23612, 673, CLR, Charlotte 4-22H, Banks, t7/13; cum 144K 2/18;
  • 23611, 988, CLR, Akron 4-34H, Banks, t6/13; cum 280K 2/18;
  • 22244, PNC, CLR, Wahpeton 3-21H, Banks, Bakken,
  • 22245, PNC, CLR, Wahpeton 2-21H, Banks, Bakken,
  • 21128, 692, CLR, Charlotte 2-22H, Banks, Bakken; t10/11; cum 219K 2/18;
  • 19918, 496, CLR, Charlotte 1-22H, Banks, Bakken; t6/11;cum 325K 2/18;
  • 19637, 443, CLR, Akron 1-27H, Banks, Bakken, t5/11; cum 316K 2/18;
  • 22423, conf-->loc, CLR, Akron 2-27H, Banks, Bakken,
  • 22424, PNC, CLR, Akron 3-27H, Banks, Bakken,
  • *****22235, 539, CLR, Syracuse 2-23H, Banks, Bakken, t6/12; cum 226K 2/18;
  • *****22375, 814, CLR, Chicago 2-26H, Banks, Bakken, t6/12; cum 236K 2/18;
  • *****19740, 646, CLR, Syracuse 1-23H, Banks, Bakken, t7/11; cum 400K 2/18;
  • *****19590, 540, CLR, Chicago 1-26H, Banks, Bakken, t5/11; cum 303K 2/18;
  • 22273, 609, CLR, Steele 2-24H, Banks, Bakken, t5/12; cum 229K 2/18;
  • 22155, IA/553, CLR, Lansing 2-25H, Banks, Bakken, t5/12; cum 178K 2/18;
  • 19915, 743, CLR, Steele 1-24H, Banks, Bakken, t8/11; cum 354K 2/18;
  • 19126, IA/76, CLR, Lansing 1-25H, Banks, Bakken, t11/10; F; cum 381K 2/18; 30 stages; 2.8 million lbs sand and ceramics
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*****22235, 33-053-03940; FracFocus: no re-frack data;

*****22375, 33-053-03972; FracFocus: no re-frack data;

*****19740, 33-053-03310; FracFocus: no re-frack data;

*****19590, 33-053-03272; FracFocus: no re-frack data; 

#22235:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN2-20182226902693640539703700270
BAKKEN1-20183110825110531881320129123597770
BAKKEN12-20171379467507957511756117506
BAKKEN11-20170000000
BAKKEN10-20170000000
BAKKEN9-201716581699562241624160
BAKKEN8-201731143016141245595659560

#22375:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN2-20182140284126678464716336135
BAKKEN1-20183112758128321719625544243121232
BAKKEN12-2017148453805210373128471277077
BAKKEN11-20170000000
BAKKEN10-20170000000
BAKKEN9-201716534755307103110310
BAKKEN8-20173115201640810305530550
BAKKEN7-201731143513208322828276860
 
#19740:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN2-2018281124511321171741891918066853
BAKKEN1-20182716833162272345231462236967766
BAKKEN12-20170000000
BAKKEN11-20170000000
BAKKEN10-20170000000
BAKKEN9-201715690976405157215720
BAKKEN8-20173117681710962406740670

#19590:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN2-20182810086101231305717610162101400
BAKKEN1-20183016821162482338127791208916900
BAKKEN12-2017413331259310226402264
BAKKEN11-20170000000
BAKKEN10-20170000000
BAKKEN9-201713500673289142814280
BAKKEN8-20173115831999910405940590
BAKKEN7-2017166300547132913263

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 at 9:21 PM

    Bruce. I thought you might like to know that CLR just completed 12 of the 14 wells in the Hamlet area. Hamlet 1-7 are complete and Salo 1-5 are complete. It looks like the last two are close. Amazing. Also XTO completed the two Christiana wells with 6 more to go. All in Williams county. Looks like multiply wells are the new approach. It has to save on the costs.

    Dennis

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    1. Bruce OksolJanuary 6, 2013 at 9:44 PM

      12 of 14 wells, wow! Isn't that incredible? It just blows me away when I see numbers like that.

      Think of all the roads that don't have to be built because they are putting multiple wells one pad. Think of all the farmland that is saved. Think of the savings in pipeline -- going to one pad rather than to a dozen separate sites.

      I just looked at the NDIC GIS map; two rigs on the Salo and Hamlet pads. I haven't done a stand-alone post on Hamlet field; maybe I should do that. Thank you for nice comment.

      Looking forward to tomorrow and three days of IPs.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2013 at 12:09 PM

      Bruce.
      I wonder what the actual amount of savings would be . It must be a great amount. I also know that XTO has four sites for 8 wells apiece on the 4 -1280 acre spacings in the West-Capa field. It just makes so much sense.

      Dennis

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    3. Bruce OksolJanuary 7, 2013 at 12:30 PM

      CLR says pad drilling cuts costs about 10%, if I recall correctly.

      The savings I see are more intangible: a) the farmland that won't be taken out of production by unnecessary roads; b) the significant decrease in time needed to move a rig from one site to another site (instead of miles, only 50 feet away to the next site); c) safety by not having to take down the rig and then drive it down the highway to the next site.

      A huge tangible that could be calculated by a bean counter: much less natural gas pipeline that needs to be laid; fewer miles driven by a oil truck and less time for the driver opening and closing gates -- and time is money.

      The biggest intangible: instead of pumpers laid out all over the section in a haphazard manner, they are landscaped on one pad as best as possible. Wind farms cannot do that. And someday, when the wells are no longer productive, the pads will be returned to farmland.

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