Monday, November 5, 2018

Random Update Of A WPX Victor Elk Well In Reunion Bay -- November 5, 2018

I don't add many wells to my "monster well" page; there are just too many. To get added as a "monster well" these days something remarkable must be noted.

Example. This well certainly would not be considered a "monster well" in 2018. Look at its production as of November, 2016:
  • 28590, 1,258, WPX, Victor Elk 32-29HB, Reunion Bay, 25 stages; 3.5 million lbs; t1/15; cum 242K 11/16;
Not very remarkable by today's standards except that it was completed tested in early 2015, and less than two years later was at 242,000 bbls.

But, now look at this:
  • 28590, 1,258, WPX, Victor Elk 32-29HB, Reunion Bay; t1/15; cum 367K 9/18;
In less than two years, another 125,000 bbls.

But not only that, it did something we are not supposed to see in a well. After declining production, all of a sudden in January, 2018, this well had a huge jump in production. The "peak oil" folks / conventional oil folks tell us that is not supposed to happen during primary production.

The well was taken off line for eighteen (18) days when it came back and produced almost 17,000 bbls in one month (over 27 days it extrapolates to 18,443 bbls over 30 days). 

Apparently this is not seen in conventional oil wells. I don't know. I never followed the oil industry until I started following the Bakken. But reading the peak oil blogs, it's my impression that jumps in production once a well starts to decline is not generally seen. Whatever. 

Relevant portion of production profile:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN9-201830545154582163627550870
BAKKEN8-201831691969242661806066960
BAKKEN7-2018317183722031737952651148
BAKKEN6-20183078857884348987286382908
BAKKEN5-20183186638672438895897428609
BAKKEN4-20183076597613683484786895275
BAKKEN3-20183155005466648260884761460
BAKKEN2-201820495150276295548130221730
BAKKEN1-2018271659916784756418375129603396
BAKKEN12-2017121399135311121509801406
BAKKEN11-201730485449492194537331351334
BAKKEN10-201722350932741701388419261241

So, this well must have been re-fracked.

Nope. No FracFocus data and and no sundry form to suggest this well was re-fracked. I guess it just happened.

By the way, there are two other Victor Elk wells on this 3-well pad. One of the two has been inactive / off line for quite some time; the other showed a jump in production but much less obvious, and that jump may or may not be significant or noteworthy.

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