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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	11-2015	28	7814	7866	6497	14325	3951	9522
BAKKEN	10-2015	18	1785	1414	3205	2219	993	989
BAKKEN	9-2015	23	311	231	35	758	86	251
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	763	898	40	1695	358	376
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	714	690	64	2002	382	659
BAKKEN	6-2015	30	1113	1142	213	2893	0	1963
BAKKEN	5-2015	31	1333	1331	307	3451	0	2490

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.