Updates
October 8, 2016: it was noted that these three incredible wells were taken off-line in mid-July, 2016, and remained off-line all of August, 2016.
December 16, 2015: production update here.
September 6, 2015: a reader sent two photos of the first at Flatland Federal #27522. The reader noted that one individual (a male) suffered burns but recovered fully. The Williston Herald story is here, with one of the two photos sent me.
September 5, 2015: the three Flatland wells have been updated through July, 2015. The Flatland wells have been updated through July, 2015; note that all three wells are still flowing without a pump; also note the the wells have not been on-line the full time; in fact, #27520 was off-line the entire month of July, 2015; in July, for #27520, there was a report that the gas capture unit originally installed was removed; the wellpad is now selling to ONEOK's pipeline. The form said all three Flatland wells were affected.
May 5, 2015: production numbers for these three wells have been updated through February, 2015.
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The tables below are not being updated. The updates are at the links above. Later, 9:05 p.m. CT: silly me. I didn't think of looking at the scout ticket(s) for the other well(s) on this pad. Here they are:
NDIC File No: 27520 (Whiting considers this the best well in the Williston Basin, May, 2015)
Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109482
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4TFH
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Monthly Sales Data:Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109482
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4TFH
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
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BAKKEN | 4-2015 | 30 | 36976 | 37084 | 4012 | 67961 | 67354 | 547 |
BAKKEN | 3-2015 | 31 | 46708 | 46286 | 4808 | 181103 | 180141 | 900 |
BAKKEN | 2-2015 | 28 | 46881 | 47420 | 4187 | 146103 | 143797 | 2250 |
BAKKEN | 1-2015 | 31 | 52430 | 52198 | 4093 | 141901 | 128516 | 13323 |
BAKKEN | 12-2014 | 31 | 52103 | 51904 | 3664 | 123971 | 115165 | 8744 |
BAKKEN | 11-2014 | 30 | 50823 | 51268 | 4155 | 112069 | 42428 | 69581 |
BAKKEN | 10-2014 | 31 | 61727 | 60615 | 12213 | 117291 | 11381 | 105860 |
BAKKEN | 9-2014 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
And here's the third one:
NDIC File Number: 27521 -- t10/14; cum 402K 12/16;
Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109605
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4HR
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Monthly Sales Data:Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109605
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4HR
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
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BAKKEN | 4-2015 | 30 | 19908 | 20005 | 2296 | 34620 | 34282 | 278 |
BAKKEN | 3-2015 | 31 | 26998 | 26811 | 3157 | 100230 | 99670 | 498 |
BAKKEN | 2-2015 | 28 | 31865 | 32428 | 3174 | 92376 | 90898 | 1422 |
BAKKEN | 1-2015 | 31 | 45023 | 44921 | 3898 | 104257 | 94408 | 9787 |
Original Post
The Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation Flatland Federal 11-4TFHU is a Twin Valley field well ... the initial phase ... is a coring pilot hole, followed by a vertical and curve, landing in the Three Forks Cycle 2 formation.So, how did things turn out?
The Flatland Fed 11-4TFHU spud February 23, 2014, and reached a total depth of 21,640' MD on May 9, 2014. A month-long delay occurred when Nabors B08 caught fire on the afternoon of March 25. Nabors B15 was moved on locations April 27, 2014, and finished drilling the well.
The well is still on confidential; it should come off the confidential list April 7, 2015, but here is the scout ticket (you may want to be sitting down when you look at the first month production):
NDIC File No: 27522, t12/14; cum 395K 12/16
Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109728
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4TFHU
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Monthly Sales Data:Location: LOT4 4-152-97 Latitude: 48.023199 Longitude: -103.109728
Current Operator: WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION
Current Well Name: FLATLAND FEDERAL 11-4TFHU
Field: TWIN VALLEY
Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
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BAKKEN | 4-2015 | 30 | 20039 | 20889 | 3286 | 527 | 467 | 0 |
BAKKEN | 3-2015 | 31 | 26002 | 25795 | 3936 | 105743 | 105681 | 0 |
BAKKEN | 2-2015 | 28 | 30709 | 30975 | 4245 | 99837 | 98664 | 1117 |
BAKKEN | 1-2015 | 31 | 36223 | 35960 | 3947 | 88222 | 70289 | 17871 |
BAKKEN | 12-2014 | 31 | 37293 | 36740 | 3799 | 92836 | 57816 | 34958 |
BAKKEN | 11-2014 | 30 | 43157 | 43841 | 4865 | 96900 | 40708 | 56132 |
BAKKEN | 10-2014 | 25 | 45350 | 44087 | 17581 | 108040 | 11410 | 96582 |
BAKKEN | 9-2014 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
This should be a full month of production; the scout ticket shows no production in the month of September. Yes, the scout ticket says this well produced 44,111 bbls of oil in the first month of production.
Gas in the upper Three Forks was unremarkable, ranging from 11 units to 724 units. However, in the target zone, in the Three Forks Cycle 2 target zone, gas ranged from 17 to 8,500 units while drilling and in excess of 9,500 units during trips.
Nabors B08 was deemed unfit to continue work and had to be cut apart and removed from location. I am hoping that no one was injured in the fire, but nothing was said. This well is the first of two wells drilled on this pad.
The permit application states this is a Three Forks B1 well on a 2560-acre spacing unit.
By the way, note the oil field: Twin Valley, where Whiting is setting some records with production. I track the Twin Valley oil field here.
For newbies, 44,111 bbls in the first month is huge, but it's not unprecedented for monthly production; here is what EOG has done as just one of many EOG examples.
By the way, this is what the first few months production of a Whiting record-setting well was in the same oil field, Twin Valley:
- 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 587K 12/16; 30 stages; 2 million lbs sand/mesh (the fourth column is monthly oil production in bbls)
BAKKEN | 4-2012 | 30 | 17731 | 17767 | 1073 | 43340 | 33629 | 9652 |
BAKKEN | 3-2012 | 31 | 21492 | 22221 | 1237 | 51368 | 37957 | 13349 |
BAKKEN | 2-2012 | 29 | 22545 | 21679 | 1126 | 49092 | 36158 | 12876 |
BAKKEN | 1-2012 | 31 | 27145 | 27422 | 1256 | 51227 | 9449 | 41716 |
BAKKEN | 12-2011 | 31 | 35016 | 35708 | 1639 | 68022 | 10077 | 57883 |
BAKKEN | 11-2011 | 30 | 44240 | 43468 | 2512 | 87053 | 49455 | 37538 |
BAKKEN | 10-2011 | 20 | 26264 | 25544 | 13974 | 53817 | 0 | 53779 |
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Well, If This Will Keep 'Em Out Of The Malls
Being tweeted now: 'Journey for Justice' marchers pass St. Louis airport on 1st leg of 120-mile trek to state capital; the 7-day march is organized by the NAACP - @huyMach.
They could drive it in an hour and a half, and gasoline is really inexpensive now. I wonder if Al Sharpton will walk, ride, or helicopter?