Back To Where It All Began -- The Bakken, EOG, And Parshall Oil Field -- January 1, 2017

Over the last couple of days I have been highlighting several EOG wells for various reasons. One thing I failed to notice, until today, is how close those wells are to the very first wells that EOG drilled in the Bakken that led to the boom starting the following year.

In the graphic below the production profile, the "discovery wells" are eight (8) miles southeast of recent EOG activity using significantly more sand and more stages to frack newer wells. Also, note again how far east these wells are. 

The two EOG wells that started it all:

• 16164, 463, EOG, Parshall 1-36H, "Bakken SS", 640-acre spacing; TD = 11,325; TD, 5/13/06; frack completed November 5, 2006; 4 stages; 238,620 lbs sand; t6/06; cum 220K 11/16;
• 16324, 883, EOG, Parshall 2-36H, "Bakken SS", 640-acre spacing, TD = 12,111, TVD = 9292; TD, on 9/13/06; perforated/fracked/completed March 26, 2007; t9/06; cum 360K 11/16;

16324, first year production profile (reminder: ceased drilling September, 2006; perfed/fracked/completed March, 2007):

BAKKEN	10-2007	31	7878	8323	65	2831	0	2800
BAKKEN	9-2007	30	8556	8018	71	3108	0	3078
BAKKEN	8-2007	31	9501	9613	84	3449	0	3418
BAKKEN	7-2007	31	10136	10162	84	3672	0	3641
BAKKEN	6-2007	18	5345	4962	44	1863	0	1846
BAKKEN	5-2007	31	9751	10301	80	3519	0	3488
BAKKEN	4-2007	28	10017	10166	83	3673	0	3645
BAKKEN	3-2007	17	5075	4789	42	1893	0	1877
BAKKEN	2-2007	28	9813	9811	81	3309	0	3281
BAKKEN	1-2007	26	7647	7449	45	2833	0	2809
BAKKEN	12-2006	16	3771	3891	3	1260	0	1245
BAKKEN	11-2006	30	8508	8681	7	2679	0	2649
BAKKEN	10-2006	29	13896	14101	14	3778	0	3749
BAKKEN	9-2006	2	3064	2025	5	280	0	278