The Staggering Bakken -- It Never Quits -- August 6, 2017

Updates

September 3, 2017: this well has been updated at this post; includes the full production profile up to this date.

Original Post 

From a reader, another example of a jump in production after being shut-in for quite some time. I am too busy to complete this post so will come back to it later.

The well:

• 21786, 1,494, XTO, Rink 12-4ESH, Garden, t4/12; cum 162K 7/17;

For now, the note from a reader (much, much appreciated for this example):

Another example: the Rink SE (#21786) was shut-in for about two years while other wells were drilled from this pad. The original frack zone had a chance to re-charge in addition to the recent fracking halo of nearby wells. In June, this well produced over 24,000 barrels of oil. It’s best month when completed in 2012 was less than half this volume. This is a Three-Forks 1st bench well in the Garden Field north of Watford City. 

The graphic:

There are a number of stories here; when I come back to this post, hopefully I will remember those thoughts.

• This well was originally fracked in 2012; considered uneconomic in 2015 and shut in. All indications this well was not re-fracked: the reader suggests that it was not re-fracked;
• the sundry forms suggest this well was not re-fracked; and,
• no data at FracFocus to suggest any re-frac.

If this production holds (not a mistake, due to commingling reporting), this is quite remarkable.

For now, I only have time to post the production profile for the index well (#21786) since February, 2015 (production profile for other wells in the graphic at this post):

Monthly Production Data, #21786:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	24207	25920	32714	55514	36037	19356
BAKKEN	5-2017	13	3718	1936	10639	13269	11438	1695
BAKKEN	4-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2015	8	552	1235	735	1788	1718	0
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	3283	3144	2443	7742	7087	254
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	2552	2105	2322	4629	3878	420

Initial production following the original frack:

BAKKEN	9-2012	30	5661	5719	3469	14113	14107	6
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	6497	6397	3813	15402	15385	17
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	6444	6618	3839	15897	2645	13252
BAKKEN	6-2012	30	8003	7612	4201	21458	0	21458
BAKKEN	5-2012	31	11393	11654	7001	30865	0	30865
BAKKEN	4-2012	17	7430	6802	10775	15236	0	15236