A Reader Asked About A Hess Well In Hawkeye -- April 23, 2015

Updates

November 3, 2015: the well is back to a steady, typical decline and/or slightly choked back production profile. The February, 2015, production (almost nothing) was probably due to work on the well / pad. Now, all back to normal. 

July 6, 2015: a reader provided this comment over at the Discussion Group --

The well file shows pump problems last year that was fixed, but nothing this year. Production has been pretty consistent month to month for over 2 years.  The low month in February is more likely the well being choked back to produce less due to the extreme low oil prices at that time.

See comment below. The comment about the well being choked back in February makes sense. That "ending" date of 3/07/2015 does sound suspect, as another reader originally noted. It's the exact same date as the start date (month/day) except for the year (2012 vs 2015). I bet the original reader was correct; that "2015" date was a typo and should have been "2012." 

The company said the frack data would be provided later; there is still no frack data at the NDIC file for this well.

Later, 6:57 p.m. CT: this is really, really interesting. See first comment. I brought it up here so it is easier to google:

The fracfocus.org site shows two fracs, one starting 3/2/2012? ending 1/19/2015 and an earlier frac starting 3/07/2012 ending 3/07/2015. (the dates seem suspect)

33-053-03585-00-00 3/2/2012 1/19/2015 North Dakota McKenzie
Hess Corporation

HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H 2
47.992620 -102.887414 NAD27
33-053-03585-00-00 3/7/2012 3/7/2012 North Dakota McKenzie
Hess Corporation

HA-Dahl 152-95-0706H-2
47.990000 -102.000000 NAD83

That makes sense: they did an open hole frac when the well was completed in 2012; then in 2015, a few months ago, they went back in and re-fracked it. It will be interesting to see what kind of re-frack they did. At least that's how I would interrupt it until I get more data.

Production updates will be placed in the original post below to make it easier to follow; the narrative will remain unchanged for archival purposes.

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A reader asked about #20755 when it was noted there was "a huge jump in production between February and March 2015" according to the reader.

• 20755, 381, Hess, HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H-2, Hawkeye, t3/12; cum 247K 2/15;

From the geologist's report:

"... the Three Forks & Target Zone was first seen at the end of the curve build, encountered at a measured depth of 10,890' (10,556" TVD). The Three Forks formation is directly below the Lower Bakken unconformity, with the lowermost Pronghorn Member of the Bakken absent here. ... the lateral was drilled in 220 hours.... the lateral portion of hte well was drilled with a total of 60% in the specified target zone and 100% in the Three Forks formation in a time frame of 30 days....background gas reached a pinacle at 6,611 units with average...400-2,200 units."

I don't have the production data for March, 2015. From the well file:

The most recent forms in the well file had to do with a pump a year ago: Work on the well was completed March 22, 2014, and the sundry form was received by the NDIC on April 9, 2014.

From the report a year ago: MIRU for stuck pump; resolved (either repaired or replaced; I don't understand the jargon in the paragraph; probably repaired).

This is what the production profile looked like around that time, a year ago:

BAKKEN	5-2014	30	5360	5418	136	8751	1512	7239
BAKKEN	4-2014	30	6557	6381	176	10022	4074	5948
BAKKEN	3-2014	9	1574	1667	100	9752	2051	7701
BAKKEN	2-2014	26	4466	4467	120	21469	0	21469
BAKKEN	1-2014	31	5488	5497	228	18248	0	18248

 The most recent production at the NDIC site:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2015	30	4392	4405	94	8033	7457	576
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	4589	4449	185	7036	6493	543
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	287	385	83	235	235	0
BAKKEN	1-2015	26	3484	3498	47	7557	4771	2786
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	4150	4134	259	10949	368	10581

... and there is no production data for March, 2015, at this site, and no sundry form yet scanned in by the NDIC that might explain an increase in production in March, 2015.

I did not see the frack data at the NDIC well file, but obviously the well was fracked in early 2012 based on this initial productio profile (unless I'm wrong and this well was never fracked, it's a humdinger of a naturally-fracked area):

BAKKEN	10-2012	31	11048	11057	85	21364	21063	301
BAKKEN	9-2012	23	9957	9930	702	17944	16879	1065
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	13022	13135	1454	26028	23103	2925
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	15631	15543	941	28766	26033	2733
BAKKEN	6-2012	26	17974	17970	1191	30603	29806	797
BAKKEN	5-2012	23	22649	22529	2522	28757	28179	578
BAKKEN	4-2012	1	0	25	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2012	8	3301	3276	537	5917	74	5843

A pump was placed in September, 2012.

This well is on a 2-well pad; the earlier well:

• 16825, 307, Hess,  HA-Dahl-152-95-0706H-1, Hawkeye, middle Bakken, vertical well in 10 days; lateral in about 12 days, OH stim with 300,000 lbs and 17K bbls Slickwater; t1/08; cum 244K 4/15;

From the geologist's report:

... this well was drilled entirely within the Middle Bakken... gas appeared to be higher than indications at possum belly or flare at times throughout the well...

Note the production profile most recently, January - February, 2015 (both with about the same number of days on-line):

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2015	25	549	561	9	885	885	0
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	875	851	30	1630	1630	0
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	141	163	10	257	257	0
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	866	861	13	2561	2561	0
BAKKEN	12-2014	29	737	727	68	1964	1964	0
BAKKEN	11-2014	11	470	481	1	878	878	0

 
Amazingly, this was an open-hole stimulation/frack with 16,636 bbls of Slickwater and 298,808 lbs of Ottawa Sand.

Early production profile of #16825:

BAKKEN	7-2008	29	3899	3899	108	9078	9078	0
BAKKEN	6-2008	30	4129	4129	155	9335	9335	0
BAKKEN	5-2008	31	4497	4497	205	9498	9498	0
BAKKEN	4-2008	30	5448	5448	209	10844	10844	0
BAKKEN	3-2008	31	4599	4599	1245	8259	8259	0
BAKKEN	2-2008	29	5534	5534	2271	8144	8144	0
BAKKEN	1-2008	31	7586	7586	2461	10574	10574	0
BAKKEN	12-2007	26	9827	9827	1831	14489	14489	0

There was a typical Bakken decline until June, 2010:

BAKKEN	12-2010	31	9058	9218	295	19363	19363	0
BAKKEN	11-2010	27	10726	10646	1189	20382	20382	0
BAKKEN	10-2010	24	10305	10232	1255	23609	23609	0
BAKKEN	9-2010	20	13894	13769	1583	24842	24842	0
BAKKEN	8-2010	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2010	16	866	973	42	1922	1922	0
BAKKEN	6-2010	30	1697	1671	70	4018	2871	1147

There is a sundry form received by NDIC in July, 2010, suggesting a work-over that started about July 30, 2010. 

So there you have it.

It will be interesting if readers:

• have production numbers for these wells for March, 2015
• have information about the wells between February, 2015, and March, 2015.