Whiting Well: 150,000 Bbls In Less Than Four Months, Twin Valley -- November 20, 2014

Updates

October 13, 2016: there are 18 wells in Twin Valley. Two of the 18 wells are BR wells; the other 16 are Whiting wells and they are some of the best Whiting wells in the Bakken. All sixteen Whiting wells in Twin Valley were taken off-line for the entire month of August, 2016; no reason given. See link here. 

 Twin Valley

Twin Valley is a very, very small oil field, only 8 sections (July 28, 2015), in the northeast corner of McKenzie County, right smack in the middle of the sweet spot of the Bakken, about 14 miles northeast from Watford City. Interestingly enough, on this date (July 28, 2015), the most activity in the Twin Valley oil field is in one 1280-acre drilling unit.

Permits

2017 (none as of April 14, 2017)

2016 (none -- list is complete)

2015 (list is complete)
32329, 2,861, Whiting, Rolla Federal 11-3-1TFHU, 4 sections, t10/16; cum 341K 8/17;
32328, 2,053, Whiting, Rolla Federal 11-3-2TFH, t10/16; cum 200K 8/17;
32327, 3,149, Whiting, Rolla Federal 11-3-1TFH, t9/16; cum 215K 8/17;
32326, 2,420, Whiting, Rolla Federal 11-3-1H, t10/16; cum 188K 8/17;
31715, 3,465, Whiting, Rolla Federal 21-3-3TFH, t10/16; cum 214K 8/17;
31712, 2,274, Whiting, Rolla Federal 21-3-1H, t9/16; cum 209K 8/17;
31711, 3,810, Whiting, Rolla Federal 21-3-2TFH, t10/16; cum 230K 8/17;
31710, 2,426, Whiting, Rolla Federal 21-3-1TFH, t10/16; cum 225K 8/17;
31708, 3,101, Whiting, Rolla Federal 31-3-1H, t9/16; cum 185K 8/17;
31707, 2,546, Whiting, Rolla Federal 31-3-4TFH, t9/16; cum 179K 8/17;
31706, A, Whiting, Rolla Federal 31-3-3TFH, t --; cum 207K 8/17;
31705, 2,079, Whiting, Rolla Federal 31-3-2TFH, t10/16; cum 319K 8/17;
31704, 3,271, Whiting, Rolla Federal 31-3-1TFH, t9/16; cum 209K 8/17;
30776, 1,345, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4-3TFH, t10/15; cum 301K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;
30775, AB/IA/175, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4-4TFH, 31 stages, 4.6 million lbs, t10/15; cum -- ; what happened;
30774, 1,844, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4-5TFH, t10/15; cum 559K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;,
30688, 1,392, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4-2TFH, t10/15; cum 248K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;
30687, 1,841, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4-2H, t10/15; cum 185K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;

2014 (list is complete)
27522, 4,207, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4TFHU, 4 sections, t10/14; cum 430K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16; still no pump as of 6/17;
27521, 5,002, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4HR, t10/14; cum 430K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16; still no pump as of 6/17;
27520, 6,002, Whiting, Flatland Federal 11-4TFH, t10/14; cum 616K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16; still no pump as of 6/17;

2013
27284, 4,934, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3TFH, t6/14; cum 463K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;
on a pump sometime in 2017;
27283, 4,523, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3TFHU, 4 sections, t6/14; cum 363K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16; pump sometime in 2017;

2012
24213, PNC, BR, Raider 31-5TFH,
22361, 4,971, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-3H, t12/12; cum 560K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;
22360, 1,394, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-1H, t12/12; cum 246K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;

2011
20710, IA/606, BR, Barkley 1-5H, t10/11; cum 247K 8/17; off-line as of 5/17; back on line as of 8/17;

Other Twin Valley wells:
20589, 4,815, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4H, t10/11; cum 611K 8/17; taken off-line all of 8/16;

Original Post

Three huge Whiting Flatland Federal wells are followed at this link. 

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This well comes off the confidential list on December 6, 2014:

• 27284, 4,934, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3TFH, Twin Valley, Three Forks, not otherwise specified; probably first bench; 1280 acres; max gas, 3,749 units, 29 stages, 3.1 million lbs sand/ceramic; t6/14; cum 460K 7/17; (see production updates above)

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2014	24837	30823
8-2014	22737	33030
7-2014	43067	39924
6-2014	62247	13275

Twin Valley is in the sweet spot of the North Dakota Bakken, northeast McKenzie County. It has only eight (8) sections and borders Banks oil field. All sections are "held by production."

That well is not unique, here's another one:

• 27283, 4,523, Whiting, Skaar Federal 41-3TFHU, Twin Valley, Three Forks, possibly 2nd bench (narrative suggests 2nd bench, but permit say 1st bench); background gas max 2,408 units; 2560 acres; 30 stages; 2.5 million lbs sand/ceramic; 4 sections, t6/14 cum 358K 7/17; (see production updates above)

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2014	23061	43238
8-2014	16997	23441
7-2014	35040	51737
6-2014	47739	9377

Regular readers may remember these two wells also in Twin Valley, and now on the "Monster Well" page:

• 20589, 4,815, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4H, said to have a 7,000 boepd IP; record middle Bakken (as of Feb, 2012); Twin Valley; s8/11; t10/11; cum 608K 7/17; 30 stages; 2 million lbs sand/mesh 
• 22361, 4,971, Whiting, Tarpon Federal 21-4-3H, Twin Valley, Middle Bakken "C" facies well; 30 stages; 2.7 million lbs sand/ceramic; t12/12; cum 559K 7/17;

Note that #22361 was inactive (for operational reasons). It went off-line in the middle of August, 2014, and was off-line all of September.  In July, it's last full month of production, it was producing 8,500 bbls of oil.

Note that #20589 was also inactive (for operational reasons). It went off-line in the middle of August, 2014, and was off-line all of September.  In July, it's last full month of production, it was producing 7,000 bbls of oil.

The wells are, no doubt, off-line, while fracking is going on nearby.