Eleven Wells In One Spacing Unit

In today's daily activity report, it was reported that WPX will be resurveying seven well sites on one pad in section 12-150N-92W, Van Hook oil field, Mountrail county.

That will put nine wells in that spacing unit (sections 1/12 - 150-92): there are two sites in the northwest corner of the spacing unit (with one rig on site) and seven well sites (the ones that will be re-surveyed) in the southeast section of the spacing unit. These nine wells are all "Olson wells." The only one that has been completed in this spacing unit is:

• 18754, 2,104, WPX, Olson 1-12H, Van Hook, t12/10; cum 163K 5/13; still producing about 3,000 bbls of oil/month

Just to the west, in sections 2/11 - 150-92, there are already eleven (11) well sites in that 2-section spacing unit: four wells on one pad in the northwest corner of the spacing unit, and seven sites on the southeast corner of the spacing unit. I assume these are all middle Bakken and TF1, and even so, there are large areas of the spacing unit not touched by these eleven current/future horizontal wells. In addition, along the section lines, of course, there are no wells yet. These are the Mason wells in the northwest corner, and George Evans wells in the southeast corner. These wells have lower IPs (Mason and George Evans) than the Olson wells to the east, but are still good wells.

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A Note To The Granddaughters

There's a lesson (?) somewhere to be learned in this story. 

In 2002, or thereabouts, I toyed with the idea of contacting an old flame (as they say). In my heart I knew it was the "right" thing to do. Rationally, however, and after discussing it with others, it was decided "no purpose would be served" by contacting her, and I didn't.

A short time later, completely unexpected, she died of a rare medical condition, in 2006. She would have been 57 years old. Knowing what I know now, the decision not to contact her was the correct decision, but some evenings, I have my doubts.

After reading the story at the link, the doubts seem stronger.

If the linked story is lost, or archived, try googling the lede from the Los Angeles Times:

The search for a Los Angeles woman who 53 years ago was a Sports Illustrated cover girl has ended sadly for a collector of autographs from cover subjects.

Model Dolores Greer, 81, died last month on the same day that cover autograph collector Scott Smith was being interviewed by The Times for a story that was published Tuesday.

Greer's obituary appeared in Sunday's Times.

Of the many notes I write to the granddaughters, this is one I will definitely discuss with them.