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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Random Update Of Several BR Midnight Run Wells -- Implications For The Bakken -- August 9, 2018

The note before the note: This is an incredibly important note on several levels regarding BR's Midnight Run wells. It might be a bit confusing, but it speaks volumes about the potential of the Bakken. Things to think about:
  • neighboring fracks
  • heel-to-toe / toe-to-heel (we first talked about this back on October 26, 2011)
  • 31-stage frack (rather than typical 60-stage frack)
  • 9 million lbs / 31 stage = almost 300,000 lbs / stage vs typical <200 bakken="" in="" lbs="" li="" nbsp="" stage="" the="">
  • daughter wells: TFH
  • parent wells: middle Bakken
The Midnight Run wells are tracked here.

The note:

This is quite cool. I highlighted this well some time ago:  Update On A Poorly Performing BR Midnight Run Well That Is Now Doing Well; No Explanation -- December 7, 2016. At that time, this was posted:
Update on a well that had a huge IP, but subsequent production was poor, and is now doing well:
  • 20323, 3,325, BR, Midnight Run 11-1MBH, Union Center, t12/11; cum 299K 10/16; poor producer after 1/15; most recent sundry form dated November, 2012 [until recently --  12/7/16]. There were two separate frack reports, but both fracks accomplished on two consecutive days in November, 2011. The first frack 11/9/11, 8 stages, 641K lbs; the second frack 11/10/11, 12 stages, 1.7 million lbs proppant; maximum recorded gas was 4,710 units with a 25' trip flare. The south leg total lateral was 100% in targeted dolostone pay; 0' above target; and 0' in the lower middle Bakken pay. Target pay was located at 11 - 26' beneath the base of the upper Bakken shale. The well went to INACTIVE status for several months in mid- and late-2015. API: 33-053-03438.
There is nothing in the file report to explain the production profile; there were no neighboring wells fraced at the time production improved.
At the link above, check out the graphic.

Then look at the updated graphic:



Note the new heel-to-toe well; the new well since the last time the graphic was updated:
  • 31317, 157, BR, Midnight Run 2-8-12MTFH, Union Center, Three Forks, 31 stages, 9.4 million lbs, t3/18; cum 55K 6/18;
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-2018181613816047749926296262290
BAKKEN5-20182725366254391197533880245629211
BAKKEN4-2018141320012843771418998142094733
BAKKEN3-2018512612601301

Now, back to #20323, a Middle Bakken well --

Production at that time, 20323:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20163127983069495830283020
BAKKEN9-20163028682819476810381030
BAKKEN8-20163133343139708935693560
BAKKEN7-20163138743696458972397230
BAKKEN6-20161120632093286353235320
BAKKEN5-20162022612018497726172610

Look at the new production data, 20323, a Middle Bakken well:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-20182462156380278411660116000
BAKKEN5-20183173657372418014229141520
BAKKEN4-20182694459379472815023149580
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-20180000000
BAKKEN12-20174186243245805700
BAKKEN11-20173019212185201530052260
BAKKEN10-20173125882386366656164840
BAKKEN9-201724285026853176407626186
BAKKEN8-2017445245201000
BAKKEN7-20172017291871415450144510
BAKKEN6-20171824212470353518651410
BAKKEN5-20172019771845360561955690

But even more incredibly, look at this earlier well. FracFocus -- no data that it was re-fracked, #20324, a Three Forks well:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-2018241222112510705618264182040
BAKKEN5-20183116918167331047728121280440
BAKKEN4-201830218919962010252124470
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-20180000000
BAKKEN12-20170000000
BAKKEN11-201710267567117547290
BAKKEN10-20173019491987444490648320
BAKKEN9-20171914501102617319631500

It gets better, another middle Bakken well; even farther away:
#20325:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-201813411940541836667966470
BAKKEN5-201855082721200
BAKKEN4-20180000000
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-20183000700
BAKKEN12-20176361523511249649585
BAKKEN11-20173017271832150302129470
BAKKEN10-20173019351843193309030160

And, it doesn't quit there, another well, farther to the west:
#22675:

PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-201830406738551486478747870
BAKKEN5-201831454045371840653865380
BAKKEN4-201830706371382977946194610
BAKKEN3-201828788278212477926092560
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-2018300010100
BAKKEN12-20170000000
BAKKEN11-2017231065947241240324000
BAKKEN10-20173120192013496381338130

 #24537: even farther to the west and even that one might have been affected:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN6-20181213491370400214321130
BAKKEN5-201816433544221792755575150
BAKKEN4-201825530853472209793978770
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-2018100015150
BAKKEN12-20172532683208415778777250
BAKKEN11-20173043684289533851484400
BAKKEN10-20173161106350784874086630
BAKKEN9-2017226301731311260
BAKKEN8-20170000000
BAKKEN7-20170000000
BAKKEN6-20170000000
BAKKEN5-20171000000
BAKKEN4-20172215811632242437443190

2 comments:

  1. Tough to tell if the production increase is solely due to neighbor fracks, or letting the well sit and re-pressurize (is frack water mobilizing more oil or is natural gas mobilizing more oil?). either way, quite a performance upgrade.

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    1. You are absolutely correct. Re-pressurizing or something else. Regardless, but taking the well off-line for a few months -- that's an easy experiment....

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