Sunday, August 3, 2014

1920-Acre Standup / Laydown Drilling Units With Longer (3-Section Laterals) -- August 3, 2014

For background to this post, see yesterday's post on the CLR 3-section horizontal in northwestern North Dakota (the edge of the North Dakota Bakken, Divide County).

In addition to the well reported at that post (#25959, CLR, Haffner 1-31H), there appears to be one other CLR-completed 3-section horizontal, very similar (almost identical) to the Haffner, but targeting the Three Forks formation:
  • 23798, 349, CLR, Lannister 1-23H1, Leaf, a Three Forks well, TVD ~ 8,500 feet; TD ~24,070, ICO (requesting a stand-up 1920-acre unit); 51 stages; 6.1 millions lbs sand via 4.5 inch HZ liner with OH packers utilizing 51 stages & plug & perf; t6/14; cum 10K 6/14;
1920-acre standup/laydown units:
  • Right now it looks like there are only three 1920-acre standup units in this area, as well as a pending 1920-acre laydown unit in a neighboring field by a different operator:
Case No. 22281: Application of Oasis Petroleum North America LLC for an order amending the applicable orders for the Cottonwood-Bakken Pool to establish a 1920- acre spacing unit consisting of Sections 1, 2 and 3, T.160N., R.92W., Burke County, ND, and allow up to sixteen horizontal wells to be drilled thereon, or granting such other relief as may be appropriate. (From the May, 2014, NDIC hearing docket agenda.)
  • There are a lot of pending cases requesting 1920-acre units in the Sanish (Whiting) but they appear to be the typical L-shaped units, and neither standup nor laydown.  
  • One of the first 3-section horizontal wells, it appears, was a OXY USA well (see comment at this link):
  • 24705, 828, OXY USA, Stag 1-35-23H-142-96, Russian Creek, a Pronghorn well, the primary target "was 13' under the bottom of the Middle Bakken Lower Shale." TVD ~ 10,613 feet; TD ~25,437, 1920-acre unit; 32 stages; 2 millions lbs sand; t5/13; cum 59K 6/14; see bottom of post for the scout ticket
From the August NDIC hearing docket agenda, these are all 1920-acre stand-up units in northwestern North Dakota, Divide County:
Case No. 22845: Application of Continental Resources, Inc. for an order amending the field rules for the Baukol Noonan-Bakken Pool to create and establish a 1920- acre spacing unit comprised of Sections 1, 12 and 13, T.162N., R.96W., Divide County, ND, authorizing the drilling of a total not to exceed seven horizontal wells on said 1920-acre spacing unit, eliminating any tool error requirements and such other relief as is appropriate. 
Case No. 22846: Application of Continental Resources, Inc. for an order amending Order No. 21887 of the Commission for the Kimberly-Bakken Pool to terminate a 1920-acre spacing unit comprised of Sections 30 and 31, T.163N., R.95W. and Section 6, T.162N., R.95W., and create an overlapping 1920-acre spacing unit comprised of Sections 6, 7 and 18, T.162N., R.95W., in the Kimberly and/or Baukol Noonan-Bakken Pool, Divide County, ND, authorizing the drilling of a total not to exceed seven horizontal wells on said overlapping 1920-acre spacing unit, eliminating any tool error requirements, and such other relief as is appropriate. 
Case No. 22847: Application of Continental Resources, Inc. for an order amending the field rules for the Baukol Noonan and/or Noonan-Bakken Pools to create and establish three 1920-acre spacing units comprised of Sections 3, 10 and 15; Sections 13, 24 and 25; and Sections 22, 27 and 34, T.162N., R.95W., Divide County, ND, authorizing the drilling of a total not to exceed seven horizontal wells on each 1920-acre spacing unit, eliminating any tool error requirements and such other relief as is appropriate.
Lesson learned: it appears that CLR (and all Bakken operators) keep pushing the envelope to improve the economics of the wells in the various locations in the Bakken. It looks like CLR felt that slightly longer horizontals in Divide County might be necessary to improve the economics. This is where Teegue et al over at the Bakken discussion group got it wrong early on in the Bakken, complaining about the way the operators and NDIC were permitting the size the size of the spacing units, something I talked about from the very beginning.

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A 3-Section Long Horizontal
OXY USA
31-stage frack; 2 million lbs proppant

NDIC File No: 24705   
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 5/19/2013     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: SESW 35-142-96       Latitude: 47.068789     Longitude: -102.812441
Current Operator: OXY USA INC.
Current Well Name: STAG 1-35-23H-142-96
Elevation(s): 2627 KB   2602 GR   2602 GL     Total Depth: 25437     Field: RUSSIAN CREEK
Spud Date(s):  2/5/2013
Casing String(s): 9.625" 2377'   7" 11250'  
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 11250-25437     Comp: 5/19/2013     Status: AL     Date: 7/30/2013     Spacing: ICO
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 58870     Cum MCF Gas: 31744     Cum Water: 135470
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 5/20/2013     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 828     IP MCF: 301     IP Water: 2947
Monthly Production Data
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-201430272226477207105410540
BAKKEN5-201431319636707729120512050
BAKKEN4-201429261225037446106510650
BAKKEN3-201431318330518313125012500
BAKKEN2-2014283175304484028528520
BAKKEN1-2014313654398690096556550
BAKKEN12-201331380535468969321832180
BAKKEN11-201330403142049315434643460
BAKKEN10-2013304346411810167508050800
BAKKEN9-2013304663495511074383538350
BAKKEN8-2013315464526113070295129510
BAKKEN7-201331412940296649109110910
BAKKEN6-2013307096730713931256025600
BAKKEN5-2013126794615014189258225820

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