Random Update Of A Few Monster Wells -- North Dakota, September 3, 2015

A random look at a few "monster wells." I track monster wells here. 

Long Lives

There are a few wells that are still active and have been producing longer than these two wells, but not many:

• 3580, 480, Enduro, Rusch B 1, Sherwood, t6/64; cum 2.38 million 7/15 (that's 51 years of production) 
• 1246, 161, Hess, Hawkeye-Madison Unit G-603HR, Madison, Hawkeye, s9/56; re7/05; t10/56; cum 474K 7/15; spudded 1956 (producing for 59 years); was inactive early in 2015; now active again; for an in-depth look at this well, click here

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Lotsa Water

This well is now abandoned but it was producing as recently as 2013. A reader recently pointed out to me all the water some oil wells produce. They are not so much "oil wells with water" as they are "water wells with a little bit of oil." Common in the South Red River formation.

• 15786, AB/1,119, Denbury Onshore, CHUSE 24A-18SH 15, Cedar Hills, a South Red River well, t9/05; cum 658K 11/13; 

Look at the production profile of this well near the end of its life:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
SOUTH RED RIVER B	6-2013	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
SOUTH RED RIVER B	5-2013	1	74	71	1440	27	27	0
SOUTH RED RIVER B	4-2013	0	0	54	0	0	0	0
SOUTH RED RIVER B	3-2013	31	2239	2246	39994	769	506	112
SOUTH RED RIVER B	2-2013	28	2060	2095	38373	641	496	4
SOUTH RED RIVER B	1-2013	31	2180	2165	44848	746	505	89
SOUTH RED RIVER B	12-2012	31	2106	2086	38186	641	429	71
SOUTH RED RIVER B	11-2012	30	2199	2194	43146	831	433	265
SOUTH RED RIVER B	10-2012	31	2146	2138	37797	746	484	142
SOUTH RED RIVER B	9-2012	30	2454	2412	40001	1020	605	300
SOUTH RED RIVER B	8-2012	2	174	169	2858	62	38	17

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A Monster Well Still Not On A Pump

"What happens in the field, stays in the field." It's possible this one has a pump and the paperwork simply hasn't caught up with scout ticket, but NDIC still has this well as "F" -- flowing, no artificial life:

• 20210, 803, CLR, Whitman 2-34H, Oakdale, Bakken, s1/11; t9/11; F; cum 1.31 million bbls 7/15; 24 stages; 2.4 million lbs; middle Bakken; runs south; 4 section spacing; this is an incredible well; still 19,000 bbls in July, 2015;