Flashback: A Random Update Of One Of The First (?) Five-Well Pads In The Bakken -- February 26, 2016

Updates

February 26, 2016: the original post was dated November 23, 2011 and was very short; just pointing out the beginning of the "manufacturing stage" in the Bakken; the IPs, production profiles, and halo effect were all updated this date. 

The original 5-well pad now had a neighboring 3-well pad. Of the 8 wells, all run to the north, except #21952 and #21954, which run to the south. The wells on the 3-well pad all run to the north. For their production profiles, see the bottom of this post.

 

Original Post

November 23, 2011

 

I think this is the first bona fide 5-well pad (permits) in the Bakken, in Alger field, one of the better Bakken fields, all in SWSW 20-155N-92W, all are 350 feet from the south line; the farthest west is 950 feet from the west line, and then they are spaced 25 feet apart, so that the farthest east is 1,050 feet from the west line :

• 21952, 4,293, Statoil/BEXP, Sorenson 29-32 3H, Alger, t9/12; cum 261K 12/15; runs south;
• 21953, 2,790, Statoil/BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 2TFH, Alger, t9/12; cum 178K 12/15; runs north;
• 21954, 3,078, Statoil/BEXP, Sorenson 29-32 4H, Alger, t9/12; cum 227K 12/15; runs south;
• 21955, 2,972, Statoil/BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 3H, Alger, t9/12; cum 201K 12/15; runs north;
• 21957, 1,779, Statoil/BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 4TFH, Alger, t7/14; cum 86K 12/15; runs north;

Pretty cool.

When you get to the Alger field (see link above), check out the huge BEXP wells in that field, and then do a head-to-head comparison of IPs with other drillers in that field.

This is where some record IPs were recorded by BEXP (Cvancara and Sorenson). I need to go find the links. This is really quite incredible.

Interestingly enough, these wells are just a few miles to the northeast of where KOG acquired the North Plains Energy acreage. Very, very exciting.

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Production Profiles For Past Few Months

21952, 4,293, BEXP, Sorenson 29-32 3H, Alger, t9/12; cum 261K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	11	2655	2331	1249	1227	771	456
BAKKEN	11-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	11	1726	1292	885	2092	1910	182
BAKKEN	9-2015	14	1633	2239	948	872	758	114
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	4246	4094	2961	2249	1988	261
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	4722	4931	2821	4309	3445	864

21953, 2,790, BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 2TFH, Alger, t9/12; cum 178K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	31	2489	2415	5087	1744	1744	0
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	3237	3332	4113	1719	1719	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	19	2632	2355	2846	1304	1300	4
BAKKEN	9-2015	1	69	277	37	74	45	29
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	3072	3144	1218	2717	2150	567
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	3804	3803	545	4303	3696	607

21954, 3,078, BEXP, Sorenson 29-32 4H, Alger, t9/12; cum 227K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	11	2116	1993	1429	1866	1679	187
BAKKEN	11-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	11	1692	1750	777	1919	1919	0
BAKKEN	9-2015	14	1441	1301	561	1861	1861	0
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	4118	4255	1109	4507	4507	0
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	4045	4074	1425	5414	5414	0

21955, 2,972, BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 3H, Alger, t9/12; cum 201K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	31	4938	4767	3640	4989	4824	165
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	6009	6153	3201	5025	4767	258
BAKKEN	10-2015	20	4603	4731	3103	2154	2012	142
BAKKEN	9-2015	13	2586	2403	1310	3181	2895	286
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	6277	6380	2309	7310	6078	1232
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	7208	7167	3935	7138	6304	834

21957, 1,779, BEXP, Cvancara 20-17 4TFH, Alger, t7/14; cum 86K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	30	4324	4029	6839	6048	4607	1441
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	2915	3025	3692	3668	3548	120
BAKKEN	10-2015	19	2589	2321	2994	2282	2190	92
BAKKEN	9-2015	1	86	317	106	185	180	5
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	3444	3606	5036	6745	6332	413
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	5312	5163	5337	7917	6788	1129
BAKKEN	6-2015	29	3388	3520	5902	4630	4387	243
BAKKEN	5-2015	31	6223	6285	7168	9296	9024	272

Just one example of the halo effect. The first four wells were taken off-line in the summer of 2014, when the fifth well was fracked. This is the production profile of one of those four wells (#21954) around that time:

BAKKEN	9-2014	29	12815	12681	5361	16534	16491	43
BAKKEN	8-2014	20	11698	11389	3749	15559	14245	1314
BAKKEN	7-2014	2	3	369	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	18	11747	11722	4978	14928	13518	1410
BAKKEN	4-2014	13	9543	9663	1604	7510	6452	1058
BAKKEN	3-2014	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2013	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2013	31	2349	2879	690	1894	0	1894
BAKKEN	9-2013	15	3839	2914	1210	2902	0	2902

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Production Profiles Of The Three "New" Wells

26344, 1,896, Statoil, Dvancara 20-17 5H, t7/14; cum 115K 12/15:
26345, 1,463, Statoil, Cvancara 20-17 6TFH, t7/14; cum 60K 12/15:

26346, 2,384, Statoil, Cvancara 20-17 7H, t7/14; cum 152K 12/15:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	31	7689	7348	6110	3716	3113	603
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	8165	8155	4504	7084	3172	3912
BAKKEN	10-2015	25	4403	4640	3292	1707	1610	97
BAKKEN	9-2015	13	2935	2898	1868	4459	3308	1151
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	9464	9602	6245	5306	2596	2710
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	10649	10382	6985	5290	2848	2442
BAKKEN	6-2015	29	7188	7347	4456	3676	1374	2302
BAKKEN	5-2015	31	11309	11388	5658	3479	2520	959
BAKKEN	4-2015	30	12702	12967	9383	2478	1853	625
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	15478	15204	7739	4494	3786	708
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	16082	15919	7653	5776	5040	736
BAKKEN	1-2015	13	9759	9589	6405	4547	4222	325
BAKKEN	12-2014	18	10151	9692	15157	3061	2920	141
BAKKEN	11-2014	0	0	1382	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2014	14	17951	18580	5826	8912	7630	1282
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	3950	1939	1732	2562	2229	333
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	0	35	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	3847	3812	130	4309	3014	1295

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A Re-Frack

21957, 1,779, Statoil, Cvancara 20-17 4TFH, spud 5/10/12; TD reached 6/3/12; t7/14; cum 86K 12/15;

This well was originally fracked 8/31/12: 5 stages; 534,092 lbs of proppant (sand + ceramic); obviously something went wrong with the frack or they were simply seeing what 5 stages would do (I doubt it) -- at the time of the application, they were planning on 33 swell packers to complete the well.

They came back and re-fracked on 6/11/2014: 35 stages; 3.3 million lbs proppants
(again, sand + ceramic).

The sundry form for both fracks was received by the NDIC on August 16, 2014. 

Even though it was re-fracked in July, 2014, the well did not reach significant production until several months later, December, 2014. There may have been operational reasons -- there are four other wells on that pad and another multi-well pad in the immediate area.

Full production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2015	30	4324	4029	6839	6048	4607	1441
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	2915	3025	3692	3668	3548	120
BAKKEN	10-2015	19	2589	2321	2994	2282	2190	92
BAKKEN	9-2015	1	86	317	106	185	180	5
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	3444	3606	5036	6745	6332	413
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	5312	5163	5337	7917	6788	1129
BAKKEN	6-2015	29	3388	3520	5902	4630	4387	243
BAKKEN	5-2015	31	6223	6285	7168	9296	9024	272
BAKKEN	4-2015	30	7281	7436	9662	7852	7479	373
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	8914	8764	10940	5286	5186	100
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	9416	9911	9473	6330	6166	164
BAKKEN	1-2015	30	14890	14554	20991	14076	13862	214
BAKKEN	12-2014	25	13778	13155	27258	6294	5987	307
BAKKEN	11-2014	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2014	4	44	62	6	145	0	145
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	41	20	1142	15	11	4
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	0	30	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	3340	3310	42761	2824	1810	1014