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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	5451	5458	2163	6275	5087	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	6919	6924	2661	8060	6696	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	7183	7220	3173	7952	6511	48
BAKKEN	6-2018	30	7885	7884	3489	8728	6382	908
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	8663	8672	4388	9589	7428	609
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	7659	7613	6834	8478	6895	275
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	5500	5466	6482	6088	4761	460
BAKKEN	2-2018	20	4951	5027	6295	5481	3022	1730
BAKKEN	1-2018	27	16599	16784	7564	18375	12960	3396
BAKKEN	12-2017	12	1399	1353	1112	1509	801	406
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	4854	4949	2194	5373	3135	1334
BAKKEN	10-2017	22	3509	3274	1701	3884	1926	1241

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.