Thursday, November 8, 2018

The Bakken Never Ceases To Amaze Me -- Random Update Of A CLR Kennedy Well -- November 8, 2018

I've blogged many, many times on the CLR Miles-Kennedy wells in Dimmick Lake.

This is something I had not seen before.

Everyone following the Bakken knows the routine:
  • drill
  • complete/frack or go to SI/NC status, but eventually complete/frack
  • after completion, first one or two months of "constrained flow" while getting things in order
  • flow freely for about six months; max production first few months and then decline
  • place well on pump
There are exceptions. Occasionally a well is not placed on a pump at six months; rarely we see some wells go for years without being placed on a pump.

On the other hand, I seldom see a well be changed from a well to free flowing. But here is one case. (I will check the other wells in the area later.)  This well was completed/fracked in early 2015. It was placed on a pump, but recently it was noted that:
 Sundry form, operator requests change from pump to flowing:


And the scout ticket verifies that was not a typographic error. Note that the well is on "F" status, flowing, no AL (artificial lift). Also note that although this is an "old well" (drilled back in early 2015) it is drilled on a large overlapping 2560-acre unit:


The well:
  • 29124, 633, CLR, Kennedy 3-31H, Dimmick Lake, t3/15; cum 254K 9/18;
Relevant portion of production profile; this well has not been re-fracked:

PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN9-2018301038910621779318161646111343
BAKKEN8-2018301183211304844219962334116240
BAKKEN7-201831153891550911442279571642211136
BAKKEN6-2018228243829568751667690317444
BAKKEN5-20181416001351130928571944913
BAKKEN4-20180000000
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-20180000000
BAKKEN1-20181720822326975646664660
BAKKEN12-20173142194209180912711127110
BAKKEN11-20173047944882197812336123360
BAKKEN10-20173142354035229885878304283


Maybe this happens a lot. Maybe I just haven't noticed. But this one is a new one for me. The Bakken never ceases to amaze me.

The Kennedy-Miles wells are tracked here.

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