Random Update Of An Enerplus Well In Spotted Horn Oil Field, 55 Frack Stages; 13 Million Pounds Sand -- April 17, 2015

In the process of updating the Spotted Horn oil field, this well caught my attention; note the number of frack stages and amount of sand:

• 26608, 1,601, ERF, Courage 150-94-06A-18H, Spotted Horn, middle Bakken, 55 stages; 13 million lbs, t6/14; cum 236K 2/15;

NDIC File No: 26608   
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 6/7/2014     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: LOT2 6-150-94         Latitude: 47.846804     Longitude: -102.760051
Current Operator: ENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATION
Current Well Name: COURAGE 150-94-06A-18H
Elevation(s): 2244 KB   2218 GR   2218 GL     Total Depth: 25023     Field: SPOTTED HORN
Spud Date(s):  10/6/2013
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Comp: 6/7/2014     Status: F     Date: 6/27/2014     Spacing: ICO
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 235,740     Cum MCF Gas: 277137     Cum Water: 107774
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 6/27/2014     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 1,601     IP MCF: 1775     IP Water: 852

Monthly Production Data

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	21193	20843	6640	35091	32566	0
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	20330	20722	5949	28462	19417	6192
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	23803	23840	7177	33324	20424	10047
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	24385	24202	8135	27254	22892	4362
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	30672	30734	12125	36316	36316	0
BAKKEN	9-2014	9	6773	6493	6301	6904	6904	0
BAKKEN	8-2014	27	28626	28867	10046	31727	31727	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	38494	38431	16628	42388	42388	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	23	41464	40920	34773	35671	35671	0

That's not the only one. Running through the list, one sees an EOG Three Forks well with 45 stages and 9 million lbs sand.

It was also interesting to note four Enerplus wells were completed / tested just a month ago, March, 2015; their permits were issued back in 2011:

• 21539, 1,852, ERF, Arikara 150-94-32D-29H TF, Spotted Horn, 2 sections, t3/15; cum 2K 2/15 (1 day)
• 21538, 2,143, ERF, TAT 150-94-32D-29H, Spotted Horn, 2 sections, t3/15; cum --
• 21537, 1,522, ERF, Hidatsa 150-94-32C-29H, Spotted Horn, 2 sections, t2/15; cum 23K 2/15;
• 21536, 1,348, ERF, Mandan 150-94-32C-29H TF, Spotted Horn, 2 sections, 40 stages; 10 million lbs, t2/15; cum 22K 2/15;

For newbies, a good example of an IP that did not correlate with ultimate production (if additional fracking was done later, I did not seen any report):

• 20359, 96, WPX/Zenergy, Bear Den 24-13H2/Dakota-3 Bear Den 24-13H2, middle Bakken, Spotted Horn, 12 stages; 2.7 million lbs; gas as high as 5,000 units, but decreased near the end of the lateral; compressor placed 8/13 for sole purpose of reducing flaring; t10/11; cum 263K 2/15; choked back to 1,400 bbls over 10 days in February, 2015;