Update On A Record Well In The Bakken -- September 18, 2015

Updates

January 2, 2015: production updated --

30286, 1.974, EOG, Riverview 102-32H, Antelope, s3/16/15; TD 3/20/15; MD 15,564', TVD 10,523'; short lateral, 23 stages, 12.8 million lbs, 320-acre spacing, W/2 sect 29-152-94, t6/15; cum 271K 11/15; 

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
SANISH	11-2015	22	23234	24173	7765	67426	0	64716
SANISH	10-2015	31	39211	39182	10746	82984	53058	26345
SANISH	9-2015	30	45634	45278	11980	81474	56321	21521
SANISH	8-2015	23	39587	39590	11087	70189	10574	59278
SANISH	7-2015	31	86922	87531	22132	178373	0	177874
SANISH	6-2015	22	36401	35152	11454	346	0	0

From a sundry form: EOG is selling this crude oil to Shell Trading (US) Company at the lease. Shell will use Prairie Field Service as the crude transporter. Effective October 1, 2015.

From a sundry form: EOG is selling this crude oil to Enterprise at the lease. Enterprise will use Big Lease Trucking to transport the crude. Effective November 1, 2015.
There was vegetation fire in the area; well was shut in during a few days in August, 2015.

From a sundry form: "In order to increase frac volumes, EOG respectfully requests authorization to increase the hole size and lay 5 1/2" liner as described in the Preferred Option.

Original Post

I'm going to quit blogging! I have seen something so incredible, I cannot even get my hands around it as they say. This is so incredible. I thought I was overly exuberant about the Bakken, but I have been overly conservative. A reader brought this to my attention. This well is still on confidential status but look at the production in the first full month (for newbies, a well that produced 50,000 bbls in the first year back in 2007 was considered a good Bakken well. This well produced almost 100,000 bbls in the first month -- okay, a little hyperbole but 87,531 bbls of oil in the first full month of production.

• 30286, conf, EOG, Riverview 102-32H, Antelope, s3/16/15; TD 3/20/15; short lateral, tpending; cum -- 

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
7-2015	87531	0
6-2015	35152	0

Note: this was a short lateral. I don't agree completely, but some folks feel that, all things being equal, a long lateral (two sections) should double the production of a short lateral (one section), which this one was. If so, this would have produced in excess of 150,000 bbls the first full month.

But I'm kidding. I will keep blogging. But it seems I've been way too conservative in my estimates of what the Bakken can do. I hope the roughnecks and frackers were rewarded for this incredible well. The well is still on confidential list so we don't know the completion history.

The original post on this well is linked here.