Looking For Information On Well In Northwest North Dakota -- January 3, 2018

Updates

Later, 9:29 p.m. CT: most likely explanation for increased production? A new, more efficient pump optimized for very deep wells.

Original Post 

A reader wondered why this well continues to flare all natural gas. It was first drilled/stimulated/producing in late 2011. There was a small jump in production (3x production) this past summer but there is nothing in the file report to explain why. FracFocus shows no re-frac but does note the 2011 frack (which is pretty good -- I don't usually find frack reports prior to 2012 in FracFocus. I don't think work-over rigs are generally noted in the file report.

There is a form in the file report that this well meets stripper well status, dated December 27, 2016.

Some readers would be interested if anyone has more information on this well:

• why the jump in production
• why the well has never captured any natural gas (I assume it is because of the remoteness of the well, and laying a pipeline at this point would not be economical)

The well:

• 20251, 313, CLR, Blue Jay 32-29-163-95H, Kimberly, 26 stages, 2.1 million lbs sand, t12/11; cum 100K 11/17;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	1046	1135	3002	2072	0	2072
BAKKEN	10-2017	31	1255	1194	3257	2518	0	2518
BAKKEN	9-2017	30	1443	1424	3349	2884	0	2884
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	1847	2135	3826	3764	0	3764
BAKKEN	7-2017	25	1468	1154	3720	2899	0	2899
BAKKEN	6-2017	13	91	0	340	201	0	201
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	474	489	1352	978	0	978
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	505	558	1344	911	0	911
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	521	650	1573	1022	0	1022
BAKKEN	2-2017	28	479	479	1343	900	0	900
BAKKEN	1-2017	31	519	717	1417	1008	0	1008
BAKKEN	12-2016	31	546	247	1485	987	0	987