Now, The Update Regarding Those Two Slawson Dual Long Lateral Wells In Big Bend -- July 8, 2018

Okay, let's go back to this one.

Disclaimer: in a long note like this there will be factual and typographical errors. I used poetic license to tell part of the story. If I stepped on any toes, let me know and I will make it all "right." It should be noted that one can buy soft drinks at J Dub's in Williston.

Disclaimer: I can't stress enough that there might be factual and typographical errors in this post. If this is important to you, go to the source. Hearsay at J Dub's is probably not "the source," but I bet you can get some pretty good stories. 

I posted this graphic earlier as a stand-alone post with no narrative but said I would get back to it later.

I'm going to do this from memory. It would take too much time and effort to go back to get the details. So if this is wrong, and affects the story, let me know and I will correct it. As noted I used poetic license to tell part of the story. Don't take that part seriously.

It's just for fun.

The other night I was updating wells that were drilled in 2015.

I came across this completion report:

Wow, 81 stages! In two fracks: a 40-stage frack followed by a 41-stage frack. But then I remembered it was a Slawson well, and Slawson would never do anything so audacious as an 80+ stage frack. LOL. Nope, they did something more audacious.

Wow, the Bakken never ceases to amaze me.

So, when I saw that 81-stage frack done in two stages, it took me three seconds to take another look -- I think what jumped out at me was the fact that the target for the first frack was different than the target for the second frack.

At least one date in the geologist's drilling report was wrong (the "cease drilling date" was said to be before the spud date -- I'm pretty sure about that, but could be wrong). Other dates are probably correct, but I can't reconcile them. But, then, I can't reconcile a lot of things in the Bakken. See the sundry form below, and then compare the target/test date (circled in red) with the target/test date in the completion report above (also circled in red).

The dates may be correct, and I may be missing something but the dates don't matter for the story.

So, for #30412, Slawson drilled a typical long lateral into the upper bench of the Three Forks (TF1). MD was 10,771 feet (vertical before they went horizontal).

On a Sunday some months later, with April Fool's Day coming up, after a long night at J Dub's, the Lightning Federal site manager drives out to the pad, #30412, and suggests to the team, "hey, why not cut a window in the casing of the TF1 horizontal / kick-off point and drill the TF2?"

Nothing better to do, and something to impress the boss, that's exactly what they did. They cut a window in the TF1 casing at/near the kick-off point and drilled the TF2. MD was 10,793 feet, about 22 feet deeper.

That simply amazes me. The roughnecks drill down two miles deep into the earth and then cut a hole in the cement casing, and then hit another target, just 22 feet deeper. I don't know about you but for me that's as impressive as NASA landing a drone on an asteroid.

Maybe more impressive. After all, NASA doesn't need a permit or an environmental impact statement to land on an asteroid.

Some time later, the boss told the Lightning Federal site manager that he and the roughnecks were  probably just lucky.

The site manager replied, "Here, hold my drink." The site manager then had the roughnecks do the same thing 105 feet to the east (distance between surface holes).

This time, MD for TF1 was 10,880 feet and the MD for TF2 was 10,906 feet, a difference of 26 feet.

Production data for 30412, note the production jump after the frack:

NDIC File No: 30412     API No: 33-061-03486-00-00     CTB No: 230412 Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 4/15/2016     Wellbore type: Horizontal Location: SWSE 24-152-93     Footages: 261 FSL 1361 FEL     Latitude: 47.964030     Longitude: -102.519260 Current Operator: SLAWSON EXPLORATION COMPANY, INC. Current Well Name: LIGHTNING FEDERAL 6-24-13TFH Elevation(s): 1982 KB   1958 GR   1958 GL     Total Depth: 20590     Field: BIG BEND Spud Date(s):  6/9/2015 Casing String(s):  9.625" 1909'   7" 10838'   Completion Data    Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 10793-20590     Comp: 4/15/2016     Status: AL     Date: 4/27/2017     Spacing: 2SEC Cumulative Production Data    Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 363542     Cum MCF Gas: 332004     Cum Water: 312290 Production Test Data    IP Test Date: 4/16/2016     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 2684     IP MCF: 668     IP Water: 1600

Monthly Production Data Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare BAKKEN 5-2018 31 10043 10292 9259 6228 2092 2896 BAKKEN 4-2018 30 10947 10302 9895 18491 17166 0 BAKKEN 3-2018 31 13883 14442 11892 11244 9535 66 BAKKEN 2-2018 15 5667 5592 5197 5991 5133 165 BAKKEN 1-2018 31 12576 12586 11407 20466 18973 0 BAKKEN 12-2017 31 14107 14248 12693 19595 17848 91 BAKKEN 11-2017 30 14232 14041 13003 18977 17293 0 BAKKEN 10-2017 31 16351 16460 15060 17611 14870 817 BAKKEN 9-2017 30 16715 16717 15267 20543 18578 0 BAKKEN 8-2017 31 18842 18940 17248 22963 20760 0 BAKKEN 7-2017 31 23257 23066 19820 23452 20516 243 BAKKEN 6-2017 30 25509 25613 19760 26303 23364 0 BAKKEN 5-2017 31 27317 27806 23101 18163 15036 0 BAKKEN 4-2017 29 21006 20621 19255 10876 4312 4156 BAKKEN 3-2017 30 27637 26690 25506 14359 10948 3261 BAKKEN 2-2017 28 19876 20443 26165 10261 6238 3883 BAKKEN 1-2017 24 6561 6273 7010 5611 5491 0 BAKKEN 12-2016 1 0 66 0 6 1 0 BAKKEN 11-2016 5 3463 3224 2837 2268 2243 0 BAKKEN 10-2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BAKKEN 9-2016 4 1028 2156 507 703 683 0 BAKKEN 8-2016 31 21457 21186 11861 19004 18849 0 BAKKEN 7-2016 31 19752 19538 14390 17654 17499 0 BAKKEN 6-2016 30 14793 14456 10762 12192 12042 0 BAKKEN 5-2016 28 17188 17908 10395 9038 6134 2764 BAKKEN 4-2016 1 1335 0 0 5 0 0

The production profile for #30414 was similar and won't be re-posted here.

What about #30413, a middle Bakken well:

Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare BAKKEN 5-2018 31 3998 4330 3477 2872 1087 1200 BAKKEN 4-2018 30 4560 3902 3715 6273 5637 0 BAKKEN 3-2018 31 4996 5413 4460 3886 2776 424 BAKKEN 2-2018 27 4535 4407 2719 5237 4400 208 BAKKEN 1-2018 25 5795 5812 4262 6192 5404 50 BAKKEN 12-2017 31 6882 6700 4761 7432 6507 38 BAKKEN 11-2017 26 6009 6074 4267 6399 5626 0 BAKKEN 10-2017 31 10255 10389 5653 9901 8005 637 BAKKEN 9-2017 22 5300 5379 3185 4880 4185 8 BAKKEN 8-2017 29 6845 6868 3811 6811 5928 0 BAKKEN 7-2017 30 5495 5315 4498 5184 4373 67 BAKKEN 6-2017 30 6097 6238 7414 6117 5304 0 BAKKEN 5-2017 30 12953 13495 13587 12072 10523 0 BAKKEN 4-2017 8 2796 2595 3373 2680 2332 0 BAKKEN 3-2017 31 9311 9131 10417 8595 8440 0 BAKKEN 2-2017 23 6804 6127 9724 4074 3022 937 BAKKEN 1-2017 1 17 0 0 10 0 5 BAKKEN 12-2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BAKKEN 11-2016 2 549 776 23 319 309 0 BAKKEN 10-2016 19 13531 13782 8573 8299 5969 2235 BAKKEN 9-2016 4 3596 4442 1565 2108 2060 28 BAKKEN 8-2016 31 22894 22336 11861 18117 17962 0 BAKKEN 7-2016 31 19640 19411 14390 16955 16800 0 BAKKEN 6-2016 30 24313 24078 10952 15176 15026 0 BAKKEN 5-2016 29 15172 16261 5401 9081 6866 2070 BAKKEN 4-2016 1 1704 0 124 5 0 0

We might as well finish this by looking at #18827, about 1,530 feet to the west of #30412:

• 18287, 911, Slawson, Skybolt 1-24H, t1/10; cum 305K 5/18;

Part of the production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	4347	4497	1180	3370	1042	1706
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	3394	3117	875	2970	2459	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	3550	3999	1039	3048	2413	105
BAKKEN	2-2018	28	3103	2921	861	2733	2181	73
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	3660	3708	909	3102	2562	3
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	3336	2693	784	2897	2221	169
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	3322	3409	800	2766	2227	33
BAKKEN	10-2017	19	2450	2687	752	3230	1317	1557
BAKKEN	9-2017	21	1848	1916	696	2499	1345	845
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	4100	4388	1653	5468	3194	1678
BAKKEN	7-2017	31	4928	5063	2009	6600	3663	2253
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	4129	4112	2207	5510	3145	1765
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	3388	3136	1886	4502	2511	1473
BAKKEN	4-2017	12	1471	1917	743	1929	1048	664
BAKKEN	3-2017	22	1897	1778	1366	2480	1279	1091
BAKKEN	2-2017	26	1521	1188	1715	1989	868	991
BAKKEN	1-2017	26	2185	1770	3518	1833	1703	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2016	8	88	0	50	114	22	52
BAKKEN	9-2016	25	3047	3675	1061	2347	2132	90
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	5798	5659	1508	4358	4024	179
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	9624	9318	2287	7044	6873	16
BAKKEN	6-2016	30	4986	5523	1530	3757	3518	89
BAKKEN	5-2016	31	5982	5345	1925	8669	4291	4223
BAKKEN	4-2016	27	3670	4049	1166	5316	2894	2287
BAKKEN	3-2016	22	4122	3662	1192	3259	3149	0
BAKKEN	2-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	1	464	830	181	503	498	0
BAKKEN	12-2015	26	11010	10578	5040	8502	7667	705
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	2	949	1007	0	1368	0	1358
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	1	19	0	0	31	0	26
BAKKEN	3-2015	3	38	473	2	56	12	29
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	524	366	125	559	419	0
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	1410	1393	416	2115	1622	338
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	1389	1153	478	1635	1480	0
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	1351	1407	412	2022	1582	290
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	1398	1415	424	2207	2052	0
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	1400	1562	454	2134	1946	38
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	1464	1318	523	2389	2234	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	1492	1786	375	2350	2195	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	30	1488	1211	497	2272	2122	0
BAKKEN	5-2014	31	1535	1955	474	2294	2139

When looking at the production data, be sure to note that the older middle Bakken well was a short lateral (one mile long) whereas the Three Forks wells were long laterals.

Look at the IPs for the long lateral TF wells compared to the old middle Bakken well and the newer long lateral middle Bakken well:

• 18287, 911, Slawson, Skybolt 1-24H, middle Bakken, short lateral, t1/10; cum 305K 5/18;
• 30412, 2,684, Slawson, Lightning Federal 6-24-13TFH, t4/16; cum 364K 5/18;
• 30413, 1,008, Slawson, Lightning Federal 2-24-13H, t4/16; cum 204K 5/18;
  
• 314014, 1,622, Slawson, Lightning Federal 7-24-13TFH, t4/16; cum 338K 5/18; 

Finally, look at the monthly production for #30414, drilled back in 4/16 -- more than two years ago:

Monthly Production Data:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	10755	11126	9259	10245	3633	5301
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	11691	10940	9895	13979	12538	34
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	15347	15905	11892	13471	6219	5449
BAKKEN	2-2018	15	5639	5494	4797	6668	5685	293
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	14816	14594	11360	23946	22207	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	16026	15820	12693	21471	19403	202
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	17313	18051	13003	18624	16604	2
BAKKEN	10-2017	31	20058	19966	15060	18883	14381