Monday, January 4, 2016

Random Look At Another Possible Example Of The "Halo Effect" In The Bakken, Part II -- January 4, 2016.

Before reading this post, read the background to this post: Random Look At Another Possible Example Of The "Halo Effect" In The Bakken, Part 1 -- January 4, 2016.

As noted, that is Part 1.

In that post, I highlighted the possibility of a halo effect from fracking this index well:
  • 17758, 617, Newfield, Alice Federal 1-28H, Sand Creek, t8/09; cum 102K 11/15; 
In the graphic below, the Alice Federal is "index well, part I."



But what about "index well, part II?
  • 18323, 2,654, Newfield, Sand Creek Federal 1-21H, Sand Creek, t3/10; cum 180K 11/15; here's the production profile:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN11-2015287814786664971432539519522
BAKKEN10-2015181785141432052219993989
BAKKEN9-2015233112313575886251
BAKKEN8-201531763898401695358376
BAKKEN7-201531714690642002382659
BAKKEN6-20153011131142213289301963
BAKKEN5-20153113331331307345102490

I've always maintained that the farther the toe is from the boot in a horizontal well, the less effective is the fracking. This well (#18323, Sand Federal) seems to validate that observation (compare this post with the earlier post, Part I). In the long, long article by Mike Filloon that was linked earlier today, Mike suggested the same thing (although I believe it was one of his comments in reply to a reader and not in the main body of the Seeking Alpha post. And finally, EOG's success with short laterals seems to validate my thinking regarding this issue.

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