MRO Reports A Record DUC; Re-Fracks A Neighboring Well -- December 22, 2017

Disclaimer: in a long note like this there will be typographical and factual errors. If this information is important to you, go to  the source.

Why I love to blog and never get tired of the Bakken. I'm always surprised: I thought this was going to simply be a "same-old, same-old" post. And then, surprise, surprise. In addition to a "record" (or "near-record) IP being reported, look at this (down below): an existing well was re-fracked at the same time the DUC was completed. And it was a Marathon well. Marathon took the lead in a re-frack program and it looks they are trying something different. Wow, I simply love it. It seems every operator is "bringing something different to the Bakken table."

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The DUC

Reported today, this DUC:

• 32888, 6,278, MRO, Forsman USA 44-22H, Antelope, Sanish, 45 stages; 15 million lbs, t12/17; cum --

That's a huge IP for oil; 6,278. It may be a record IP for crude oil alone (see below). For BOE, is it a record?

• IP oil: 6,278 (oil only; this may be a Bakken record)
• IP mcf: 6,989 = 1,164 boe
• IP total boe: 7,442 boepd

So, nope it's not a record but it's certainly very close. Note: I have not captured every IP of every well in the Bakken so I may have missed the record well, but does it really matter? Whether this well set a record or not, it's a huge well. See graphic below for the location of this well.

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IP FAQs

From FAQs, question #9: What is the record IP to date in the Williston Basin? This is just a small piece of the answer; go to the link for the full answer.

From the Whiting 1Q15 transcript: The Flatland Federal 11-4TFH well produced at an initial rate of 7,800 BOEs per day during a 24-hour test of the Three Forks formation, making this the very best well in the basin. The Flatland Federal 11-4HR well produced at an initial rate of 7,100 BOEs per day during a 24-hour test of the Middle Bakken formation.

From a November 11, 2014, post (see also the November 25, 2014, post, same subject); The first well, in the Middle Bakken formation, was completed with 94 stages and was flowing 7,120 BOE/d on October 10, 2014, according to the operator. When the well was completed, it established a world record for number of stages in a single well.

Soon after, an offset well in the Upper Three Forks formation was completed with 104 stages. This well was flowing 7,824 BOE/d on October 11, 2014. This was a hybrid completion comprising 97 NCS GripShift cemented casing sleeves, with seven NCS BallShift cemented ball-drop sleeves in the lower section of the well. In both wells, all stages were successfully fractured. 

Statoil reported an IP of 5,387 on July 19, 2013: #23387, Beaux 18-19 4H, Banks oil field. This might be a new record (this is the IP for crude oil only). 

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The Graphic

 This is the daughter well:

• 32888, 6,278, MRO, Forsman USA 44-22H, Antelope, Sanish, 45 stages; 15 million lbs, t12/17; cum --

This is the parent well:

• 19144, 952, MRO, TAT USA 34-22H, Antelope, Sanish, t3/11; cum 337K 10/17; 
• second frack: 11/3/17; 7 stages, 1.44 million lbs; IP after this second frack: 1,675 crude oil 1,793 mcf
• first frack: 2/25/11; 20 stages, 2.8 million lbs
• FracFocus: shows two fracks (as above); API: 33-053-03182

Note: there is a problem with the graphic above. With regard to the 6-well pad in the lower left of the graphic: there are seven horizontal legs emanating from the pad. I could not identify the 7th permit/file number. I could only identify six (as shown).

• 30134, SI/NC, MRO, Rough Coulee USA 24-22TFH, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 30135, SI/NC, MRO, Deane USA 24-22H, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 30131, SI/NC, MRO, Blue Creek USA 24-22TFH-2B, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 30488, SI/NC, MRO, TAT USA 14-22H, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 30133, SI/NC, MRO, Veronica USA 14-22TFH, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 33290, SI/NC, MRO, Lena USA 14-22H, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,

• 32972, conf, MRO, LaMarr USA 13-23TFH, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 32971, conf, MRO, Whitebody USA 14-23H, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 32970, conf, MRO, Loren USA 14-23TFH, Antelope, no production data,

• 32891, SI/NC, MRO, Begola USA 34-22H, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 32890, SI/NC, MRO, Murphy USA 34-22TFH-2B, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 32889, SI/NC, MRO, Lockwood USA 44-22TFH, Antelope, Sanish, no production data,
• 32888, see above

Production of #19144 (will be updated in a few months):

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
SANISH	10-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	9-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	8-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	7-2017	3	120	225	51	194	8	136
SANISH	6-2017	30	2411	2485	536	2778	0	1941
SANISH	5-2017	31	2487	2510	520	2887	15	2014
SANISH	4-2017	30	2578	2565	487	2863	21	1987
SANISH	3-2017	27	2248	2259	452	2508	2	1772
SANISH	2-2017	28	2463	2460	474	2760	33	1941