FAQ: How Much Oil Can One Reasonably Expect That A Bakken Well Will Produce Over The Lifetime Of That Well?

In shorthand, or in "oil jargon," one is asking what is the EUR of a typical Bakken well.

March 27, 2018: CLR presentation --

• 2011: 430 mboe
• 2014: 603 mboe
• 2015: 800 mboe
• 1H17: 980 mboe
• 2018: 1,100 mboe; payout period down to ten months

August 23, 2016: from the Whiting presentation at the Enercom Conference --

• Whiting's enhanced completions are tracking 900,000 boe EUR-type curves
• non-enhanced completions are tracking 700,000 boe EUR-type curves
• enhanced completions are defined as using over 5 million pounds of sand / well
• the 900,000 boe EUR-type curves are for enhanced wells drilled since January 1, 2015, with 200 days of production
• the data is from 48 enhanced wells across six counties: Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Stark, and Williams

August 23, 2016: from CLR's corporate presentation released August 23, 2016 --

• 2015 average EUR: 800,000 boe EUR (normalized to 9,800-foot lateral)
• 2016 average EUR: 900,000 boe EUR(normalized to 9,800-foot lateral)
• enhanced: 30 stages
• 2016 DUCs: 850,000 boe EUR