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

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2014	30	2722	2647	7207	1054	1054	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	31	3196	3670	7729	1205	1205	0
BAKKEN	4-2014	29	2612	2503	7446	1065	1065	0
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	3183	3051	8313	1250	1250	0
BAKKEN	2-2014	28	3175	3044	8402	852	852	0
BAKKEN	1-2014	31	3654	3986	9009	655	655	0
BAKKEN	12-2013	31	3805	3546	8969	3218	3218	0
BAKKEN	11-2013	30	4031	4204	9315	4346	4346	0
BAKKEN	10-2013	30	4346	4118	10167	5080	5080	0
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	4663	4955	11074	3835	3835	0
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	5464	5261	13070	2951	2951	0
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	4129	4029	6649	1091	1091	0
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	7096	7307	13931	2560	2560	0
BAKKEN	5-2013	12	6794	6150	14189	2582	2582	0