Why The Bakken Was So Exciting In The Early Days -- January 20, 2018

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A few months ago I started tracking wells that produced in excess of 50,000 bbls in a single month, a phenomenon that was occurring more often in 2017 with higher intensity fracks (more stages; more proppant).

But as it turns out, there was an occasional well in the early days that produced in excess of 50,000 bbls in one month. Look at this one. EOG drilled a short lateral that produced 50,042 bbls in its first month of production:

• 17287, 1,137, EOG, Austin 22-31H, Parshall, t10/08; cum 893K 11/17;

POOL	Month	Days	Bbbls Oil	Runs	Bbls Water	MCF prod	MCF Sold	Flare
BAKKEN	9-2009	30	22435	22006	1004	10715	9738	831
BAKKEN	8-2009	31	28544	28813	941	12701	11701	852
BAKKEN	7-2009	27	25238	24827	1809	10932	9319	1484
BAKKEN	6-2009	30	26882	27211	875	5214	2816	2250
BAKKEN	5-2009	31	19827	19522	356	9923	0	9768
BAKKEN	4-2009	30	15957	15615	4	7876	0	7726
BAKKEN	3-2009	27	15010	15806	2	7358	0	7226
BAKKEN	2-2009	7	5206	5327	0	2486	0	2461
BAKKEN	1-2009	11	7379	7326	40	3593	0	3556
BAKKEN	12-2008	31	19929	19909	175	9639	0	9493
BAKKEN	11-2008	30	32835	32722	1555	16527	0	16385
BAKKEN	10-2008	31	50042	48477	11992	25250	0	25097

Note again, this was a short lateral. Extrapolated to a long lateral, this well produced 100,000 bbls of crude oil in the first month back in 2008; a open hole frack using about 2 million lbs sand.