Richard Zeits On Newfield, STACK, SCOOP In The Anadarko -- November 19, 2015

Richard Zeits has a nice contribution over on Seeking Alpha on Newfield, STACK and SCOOP. This is a great reference article; archived.

Summary:

• the STACK and SCOOP assets have prove to be Newfield’s core growth engines
• the plays are still very early in their life cycles, with potential for significant performance gains
• strong balance sheet enables an active drilling program in 2016 

From Zeits:

The key factor contributing to Newfield's strong recent stock performance has been the emergence of the company's SCOOP and STACK assets as differentiated return leaders within its portfolio. After several years of strategic repositioning and search for a competitive growth engine, Newfield finally has "a horse to ride."

Tighter frack clusters in the STACK

• oil EUR for a 30-year well is ~ 400,000 bo (950,000 boe)
• 60% produced in first five years
• 80% produced in first 10 years
• STACK type curve wells estimated to "payout" in ~ 2 years ... tighter frack cluster wells sooner 

Zeits compares STACK/SCOOP with the Bakken:

In the Bakken's core areas, several operators report exceptionally strong early-time performance from enhanced completions. To illustrate, I have included below two such examples, from QEP Resources at South Antelope and Halcón Resources at FBIR. In both examples, the wells appear to be on track to produce 200,000 barrels of oil on average - even more, in QEP's case - in the first year on production. 

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