Random Look At Production From Bakken Wells Coming Off Confidential List Today -- December 3, 2018

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Random examples of incredible wells coming off confidential list today. For newbies, in the early days of the Bakken it was not uncommon to see monthly production immediately after fracks to peak at less than 7,000 bbls/month. Now, anything less than 25,000 bbls/month in the "core Bakken" following a frack is disappointing. In addition, it appears operators are "moderating" completion strategies, back to about 50 stages and 8 million lbs of proppant (10 million in the middle Bakken; maybe 6 million in the Three Forks; but amount of proppant continues to vary between 6 million lbs and 10 million lbs -- anecdotal, not statistically sound; others will disagree with me). Note one well with production that exceeded 50,000 bbls in one month; not common, but not exactly rare any more. I believe all of these wells produced more oil in less than four months than what we used to see in one or two years in the early days of the Bakken.

Disclaimer: I am inappropriately exuberant about the Bakken and there may be a bit of hyperbole in the previous paragraph.

• 30543, 2,837, Bruin, Fort Berthold 151-94-26A-35-6H, Antelope-Sanish, a 50K+ well; t6/18; cum 172K 10/18; 

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
SANISH	10-2018	28	26291	26197	24211	35284	14125	18800
SANISH	9-2018	15	14907	14841	24676	15488	11025	2704
SANISH	8-2018	31	32766	32829	67328	44954	22985	19163
SANISH	7-2018	31	53187	53082	81509	75961	34423	37497
SANISH	6-2018	30	44723	44403	50258	67078	39049	24725
SANISH	5-2018	2	0	0	114	0	0	0
SANISH	4-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

•  33242, 1,129, Oasis, Muri 5198 12-4 5B, Banks, 50 stages; 10 million lbs, t6/18; cum 157K 10/18;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	37076	37079	33145	88583	43636	44761
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	32182	31875	31751	70394	35842	34372
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	30148	30148	33803	65336	40268	24882
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	32186	32186	32496	73583	69734	3663
BAKKEN	6-2018	27	25323	25323	25571	53146	45039	7945
BAKKEN	5-2018	1	275	275	184	1604	0	1598

• 33110, 1,720, CLR, Wiley 10-25H, Pershing, 51 stages; 8.2 million lbs; a huge well: t7/18; cum 132K 10/18;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	26531	26528	14672	47268	42872	4159
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	32446	32422	21386	58301	53000	5035
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	32176	32234	25895	56273	52382	3650
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	38217	38044	30670	65401	61450	3729
BAKKEN	6-2018	4	1086	1086	0	663	0	663
BAKKEN	5-2018	3	903	903	1730	6528	0	6528

• 31264, SI/NC, Oasis, Kjorstad 5300 34-22 9B, Willow Creek, a huge well; t--; cum 98K 10/18;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	16338	16389	26305	29165	28905	0
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	20775	20696	26093	28032	27780	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	23	19542	19555	23132	21136	20943	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	30	18598	18422	28777	20938	18805	1881
BAKKEN	6-2018	30	22728	22498	44336	25624	25013	359