The Bakken Never Quits -- Another Amazing Story -- December 19, 2018

Updates

Later, 8:59 p.m. CT: see first comment. Don't forget, the Whitman 3-34H was originally drilled short due to pressure issues, and wasn't stimulated to begin with. Fascinating stories. Absolutely fascinating. I am absolutely amazed how good these roughnecks/geologists are -- how they prevented a blowout -- had there been an aggressive driller or an aggressive project manager .... the story could have been much different. And not necessarily a good story.

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The CLR Whitman wells in Oakdale were early wells in the Bakken and very, very good wells. They have been posted numerous times. They are tracked here (to some extent). It's interesting to read about #20210 at that link.

The Whitman wells always intrigued me. When they were first drilled, CLR mentioned them often. Of the two wells running south, one was huge, producing 1 million bbls; whereas the other one was lousy (open-hole frack/unfracked). I was always curious when CLR would go back and re-frack the that well (#20212). Well, now they have and the results are amazing (and consistent with what one expected of the Whiman wells).

For newbies: Bakken wells will produce for 35 years. During that time they will have work over rigs; undergo mini-refracks; major refracks; and, impacted by fracking of neighboring wells.

Here's another example (but be sure to read the linked post first to bring yourself up to speed regarding "20210").

The well:

• 20210, 803, CLR, Whitman 2-34H, 33-025-01259, middle Bakken; Oakdale, t9/11; cum 1.6229 million bbls 10/18:

Recent production; FracFocus has no data to suggest this well was re-fracked --

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	12158	12190	3987	13439	11887	1133
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	13999	14197	6835	15432	14036	1011
BAKKEN	8-2018	4	2075	1375	1231	2073	1580	443
BAKKEN	7-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	0	0	221	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	2	0	0	19	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2017	3	22	0	21	1	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2017	3	2	38	0	1	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2017	16	3829	3858	232	4800	4703	0
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	9112	9143	428	10829	10590	0

However, it's neighbor well was re-fracked. The well:

• 20212, 482, CLR, Whitman 3-34H, 33-025-01261, Three Forks, Oakdale, t9/11; cum 260K 10/18; again, an incredible well for the cost of a re-frack; completion data: 1,008; t10/17; cum 61 stages; 14.5 million lbs sand;

Recent production, re-fracked:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	37074	36992	10813	39302	35611	3272
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	36826	36625	14331	38670	34010	4265
BAKKEN	8-2018	4	4731	4441	2378	4621	3785	786
BAKKEN	7-2018	1	67	67	84	4	0	3
BAKKEN	6-2018	1	1	138	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	0	0	403	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	16	3239	3127	473	2465	2376	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	19	5486	5631	756	4317	4139	50
BAKKEN	2-2018	25	5310	5088	595	4445	4261	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	10513	10725	1869	8937	8641	50
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	21903	21790	4841	24087	23839	0
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	19452	19809	5379	19667	18479	968
BAKKEN	10-2017	21	12150	11401	6847	13549	7191	6268

By the way, #20212 is a Three Forks well:

Full production is here: link here.