Mega-Pads: Reservoir Well Spacing Pilot Projects; EOG, CLR, KOG; 12+ Wells In One Spacing Unit

Mega-Pads

This is nothing new. Regular readers are aware of all this. But it was time to put all this "stuff" in one spot for easier access.

Whiting's high-density pilot projects, December, 2013. 

Summer of 2013: 24- and 48-Well/Spacing Unit Tests

• Mentioned in a January, 2013, presentation by Director, NDIC, Lynn Helms
• KOG's 16-well, Pilot Project 2.0; Four 4-well pads in Truax oil field 

EOG's 320-Acre Downspacing Test Successful; May Go To 160-Acre Downspacing

• Antelope field 
• Bakkenshale.com story

Continental's Charlotte Wells

• For background, visit this August 29, 2012, posting. This is one of my most visited pages, and one I am most happy to have posted. This is one of the first, if not the first post, to note the possibility of a trillion-bbl reserve in the Bakken.
• For the graphic and better explanation of Continentals' Charlotte test program, visit this January 27, 2013, post.

Kodiak's Smokey and Polar pilot projects.

[Update: KOG asked for a longer period of confidentiality after the pilot projects came off the confidential list but that was denied by the NDIC. Status update of these wells in that request. -- July 23, 2013]

KOG has two pilot tests going on. Results from one are starting to be reported. The 12-well test on a single 1280-acre spacing unit will target the middle Bakken with 6 horizontals, the first bench of the Three Forks with 3 horizontals, and the second bench of the Three Forks with 3 horizontals. (There are some additional subtleties if the test proves to be a success and adjacent spacing units are involved. That's where overlapping spacing units become important.)

KOG provided this in their most recent presentation (OGIS, April 16, 2013) [If I'm asked to remove this graphic, I will]:

KOG's Polar Pilot Project in southeast Williams County, north/west of the river. These wells are being updated here.

• 24374, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-3-27-34-14H, Truax,
• 24375, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-3-27-34-14H3, Truax,
• 24376, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-3-27-34-15H, Truax,
• 24604, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-27-34-13HB, Truax,
• 24605, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-27-34-13H3, Truax,
• 24606, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-27-34-13HA, Truax,
• 24607, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-4-27-34-14H3, Truax,
• 24608, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-2-27-34-15H, Truax,
• 24609, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-2-27-34-16H3, Truax,
• 24610, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-2-27-34-16H, Truax,
• 24611, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-2-27-34-16H3A, Truax,
• 24649, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-3-27-34-14H, Truax,
• 24650, conf, KOG, P Wood 154-98-3-27-16-3H, Truax, (running north)

KOG's Smokey Pilot Project in McKenzie County.

• For updates, visit this post.

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12+ Wells In One Spacing Unit

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