Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Whiting Appears To Have Set World Record For Number Of Frack Stages -- Bakken -- North Dakota -- August 19, 2014

From a reader: Whiting accomplished a 93-stage frack job using coiled tubing completion, in the Sanish, back in June:
  • 27231, 365, Whiting, Waldock Federal 14-4-3XH, Sanish, proposed middle Bakken; TVD, 10,128; TD, 19937; 1280-acre spacing unit; 92 stages; 4.1 million lbs sand; reached TD in 14 days from spud; gas units not remarkable, ranging as high as the 1,700 range; t7/14; cum --
Apparently all 90+ stages were accomplished in one trip. This number of records should constitute a world record for number of frack stages in one trip. Until told differently and verified, I will consider this a world record. Smile.

Here's the screenshot:


A huge "thank you" to the reader for alerting me to this. I doubt I would have found it on my own; if I had it would have been only through serendipity.

This is what the surrounding area looks like on the NDIC GIS map server: