Oakdale Field Is Updated; One Well Less Than Two Years Old Closing In On A Million Barrels

I wonder what the naysayers who comment over at CarpeDiem would have to say about these oil wells in the Bakken.

Note: these wells are but two or three years old and they will produce for 39 years. 

This is the Oakdale oil field, Dunn County, just west of BR's huge Corral Creek field.

This is the field in which CLR is testing the LOWER benches of the Three Forks, but, of course, a whole lot more than just testing the lower benches is going on.

Look at this well -- still flowing on its own, no pump, 4-section spacing; at present rate, could hit 1 million bbls sometime in the next 9 months (in less than 3 years from spud):

• 20210, 803, CLR, Whitman 2-34H, Oakdale, Bakken, t9/11; F; cum 783K 6/13; 24 stages; 2.4 million lbs sand/ceramic; middle Bakken; gas shows very, very high (of course);

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	25199	25209	644	26196	20621	5575
BAKKEN	5-2013	31	27727	27764	740	28209	28209	0
BAKKEN	4-2013	30	26539	26503	647	27828	27828	0
BAKKEN	3-2013	31	25303	25422	608	25640	25640	0
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	21524	21389	522	21714	21714	0
BAKKEN	1-2013	31	22744	22733	735	24964	23889	1075
BAKKEN	12-2012	31	31564	31661	737	32236	32236	0
BAKKEN	11-2012	30	33802	33711	953	34549	34549	0
BAKKEN	10-2012	31	35417	35643	1123	35484	35484	0
BAKKEN	9-2012	30	36039	36076	910	37982	37982	0
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	31719	32101	833	34770	34770	0
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	36883	36986	853	38000	38000	0
BAKKEN	6-2012	30	39669	39813	905	38128	38128	0
BAKKEN	5-2012	31	44831	43958	1003	42516	42516	0
BAKKEN	4-2012	30	45099	45361	1047	46380	46380	0
BAKKEN	3-2012	31	43877	43718	875	44212	44212	0
BAKKEN	2-2012	29	42667	42646	832	43010	43010	0
BAKKEN	1-2012	31	52616	52790	1138	45573	45573	0
BAKKEN	12-2011	31	50038	49811	1281	40488	40488	0
BAKKEN	11-2011	30	38824	38982	592	31074	31074	0
BAKKEN	10-2011	31	41571	41339	780	39458	39458	0
BAKKEN	9-2011	25	29041	28721	835	23743	6896	16847

And then this well (but just the last few months, so the post doesn't get unwieldy long):

• 18275, single well, 1,020, CLR, Hawkinson 1-22H, t2/10; UPPER Three Forks, cum 505K 6/13; producing at 9K/month; yeah, huge decline rate. LOL; still flowing on its own; no pump; cased hole; 1.9 million lbs sand/ceramic; trip gas huge (of course)

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2013	20	6763	7305	694	8223	4233	3990
BAKKEN	5-2013	31	10000	9734	973	16137	16137	0
BAKKEN	4-2013	29	9872	9932	792	12451	12451	0
BAKKEN	3-2013	31	9357	9573	607	10290	10290	0
BAKKEN	2-2013	28	8005	7781	658	8639	8639	0
BAKKEN	1-2013	31	9336	9401	708	7325	6725	600
BAKKEN	12-2012	31	9923	9736	757	7978	7978	0
BAKKEN	11-2012	30	9660	9763	717	9386	9386	0
BAKKEN	10-2012	31	9980	9932	732	9913	9913	0
BAKKEN	9-2012	30	9055	9053	648	9085	9085	0
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	9873	10092	742	9853	9853	0
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	9056	8800	635	8901	8901	0

Notice how much flaring was done this past month. That tells you one thing: the system lacks capacity with all the other wells coming on line. The state needs more than just more pipelines; it needs gas gathering and processing plants. ONEOK.

I could watch this all day long:

Pipeline, The Chantays
Maybe I will.