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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Around The Bakken -- December 1, 2018

Activity southeast of Williston in the Avoca oil field: the CLR Collison wells are being completed. There is a rig on site.

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Stockyard Creek

There is a rig on site on this pad for these wells:
  • 35170, loc, Zavanna, George 19-25 2HXW, Avoca,
  • 29800, conf/rig on site, Zavanna, George 19-30 3TFHXW, Stockyard Creek, 
  • 29799, conf, Zavanna, George 19-30 4H, Stockyard Creek, 
  • 35171, drl, Zavanna, George 19-30 5TFH, Stockyard Creek, 
  • 35172, drl, Zavanna, George 19-30 6H, Stockyard Creek, 
  • 22044, 700, Zavanna, George 19-30 1H, Stockyard Creek, t10/12; cum 373K 6/18 -- off line as of 6/18;
  • 35173, drl, Zavanna, George 19-30 7TFH, Stockyard Creek,
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Wheelock -- Northeast of Williston

Rig on site, completed wells running north:
  • 33653, 1,270, Hess, GO-Vinger-156-98-2116H-5, Wheelock, t318; cum 93K 10/18;
  • 33654, SI/NC, Hess, GO-Vinger-156-98-2116H-4, Wheelock, t--; cum 60K 10/8;
  • 33655,1,087, Hess, GO-Vinger-156-98-2116H-3, Wheelock, t318; cum 92K 10/18;
  • 33656, 1,100, Hess, GO-Vinger-156-98-2116H-2, Wheelock, t318; cum 83K 10/18;
  • 34669, conf, Hess, GO-Bergstrom-156-98-2833H-5, Wheelock, no production data;
  • 34670, conf, Hess, GO-Bergstrom-156-98-2833H-4, Wheelock, no production data;
  • 34671, rig on site/conf, Hess, GO-Bergstrom-156-98-2833H-3, Wheelock, no production data;
  • 34672, conf, Hess, GO-Bergstrom-156-98-2833H-2, Wheelock, no production data;
To the east, holding the drilling unit lease with production:
  • 19398, running south, 1,945, Hess, Bergstrom 2-28H, Wheelock, t1/11; cum 181K 10/18;
To the east, holding the drilling unit lease with production:
  • 20351, running north, 1,093, Hess, GO-Vinger-156-98-2116-1, t8/11; cum 246K 10/18;
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Brooklyn Oil Field 
Rig On Site


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Apache, The Shadows

Happy Birthday, Ms Kate Hopkins #1, Sixty-One Years Old -- December 1, 2018

This well was drilled/completed/tested: 12/6/1957 -- December 6, 1957 -- I was six years old.

This well is celebrating her 61st year of production, a vertical well:
  • 1509, 248, CLR/Prima, Kate Hopkins 1, Antelope field; Sanish; spacing: 160 acres; t12/57; cum 600K 10/18; slowing down significantly; every other month with no production; then as of 10/16 began producing 300 bbls/month every month; up to 500 bbls as of 5/18; note steady production once again, 5/18:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
SANISH10-20183144641408220403
SANISH9-20183046119308340429
SANISH8-2018314762221058400421
SANISH7-20183140037905250146
SANISH6-201830353223110332090
SANISH5-20183152822106340433
SANISH4-2018513001374000
SANISH3-20180000000
SANISH2-20180000000
SANISH1-20180000000
SANISH12-20170000000
SANISH11-20170000000
SANISH10-201723172002460117
SANISH9-2017225001600
SANISH8-20172731023005170301
SANISH7-20172125454503980238
SANISH6-201730317005230291
SANISH5-201730298222255360304
SANISH4-201727401452375340394
SANISH3-20172429421404760292
SANISH2-201722228433303380227

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Road Runner, Imelda May

Around The Bakken; October, 2018, Production Now Being Reported -- December 1, 2018

Gudmunson Wells Updated

The Gudmunson wells wells have been updated; outstanding wells; still waiting for three Gudmunson wells be to be fracked.

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Unexplained Jump In Production

From an earlier post: October 23, 2018: #28154; jump in production 8/18; no neighbors; pump re-set; jump in production. Other wells in this section with small jump in production; I don't see any neighboring wells re-fracked; I cannot explain the jump in production for this well, I believe there was some work on the pump but that was all I could find:
  • 28154, 1,361, XTO, Gilbertson 34X-26BXC, Charlson, t11/14; cum 160K 10/18:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-201831567357129638959860672
BAKKEN9-2018307254701515781216411019944
BAKKEN8-201851012105912834932303232
BAKKEN7-20182117071512104766712856275
BAKKEN6-20180000000
BAKKEN5-20180000000
BAKKEN4-20182312831132173980896610
BAKKEN3-2018319281019355861683750

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10-Fold Jump In Production After Neighboring Wells Fracked

From an earlier post: October 21, 2018: #18651, neighboring wells fracked May/June, 2018. So, let's see production profile after neighboring wells have been fracked. This well has not been re-fracked:
  • 18651, 462, Oasis, Berquist 34-27H, Banks, t8/10; cum 366K 10/18, recent production profile:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-201831983810015185932234821700338
BAKKEN9-20185165997989473165307441
BAKKEN8-20180000000
BAKKEN7-20180000000
BAKKEN6-20180000000
BAKKEN5-20180000000
BAKKEN4-20180000000
BAKKEN3-20180000000
BAKKEN2-2018154276361097465960
BAKKEN1-20183111231172308243421240
BAKKEN12-20173113481194400333430240

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Neighborly-Fracking Did Not Hurt This Well

From an earlier post: October 13, 2018: #33701; coming back on line after neighboring well fracked; see this post; the well:
  • 33701, 754, Slawson, Snakeeyes 4-29-20H, Big Bend, t10/17; cum 181K 19/18; not re-fracked, but a young well; neighboring wells that were fracked appeared not to hurt this well:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-201831198961992316940959115375759
BAKKEN9-201830240012375716042129429958242
BAKKEN8-201842800232815721423101489
BAKKEN7-20180000000
BAKKEN6-20180000000
BAKKEN5-2018132520500
BAKKEN4-20182216606168046128820343441970
BAKKEN3-201830223012253599611075755342684
BAKKEN2-201826209172100910715102977149770
BAKKEN1-2018312905228827141201397234737234
BAKKEN12-20173139811401881562319006127313359
BAKKEN11-20176342829471475163801237
BAKKEN10-2017824301922012520884

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This Well Driving Me Nuts

From an earlier post: October 3, 2018: #16990. See this post. The well:
  • 16990, 3,744, EOG, Austin 5-14H, Parshall, a single section/short lateral well, TD = 14,693 feet; t5/08; cum 694K 10/18, recent production:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20183143374300752158213282
BAKKEN9-201888147795092892300
BAKKEN8-20180000000
BAKKEN7-20184000100
BAKKEN6-20181783289234914551165158
BAKKEN5-201831180418772512915260959
BAKKEN4-20183017701720182275325120
BAKKEN3-2018311945191619230392679109

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All About That Bass, Postmodern Jukebox

MRO's Spectacular String Of Wells Continues -- A Sibyl USA Well -- Almost 120K In Just Over One Month -- December 1, 2018

Holy Mackerel: This Is What The Bakken Is All About

For obvious reasons, extrapolation has to be taken with a proverbial grain of salt, but ...

Look at #33943, the last well on this page: only 45 stages, only 6.6 million lbs; Three Forks B1.

I just posted this last week:
  • November 27, 2018: #17568, neighboring MRO wells in Reunion Bay fracked; now this, 
  • 17568, 539, MRO, Charles Shobe-USA 44-19H, Reunion Bay, t2/09; cum 220K 10/18; now re-fracked; 10/18 production extrapolates to 65K over 30 days:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20181838867399892466947393045170
BAKKEN9-201812003283332716032596
BAKKEN8-201810171498098
BAKKEN7-20181100000
BAKKEN6-20180000000
BAKKEN5-201800710000
BAKKEN4-2018235195175462035672
BAKKEN3-20183170872870897256394

These were the new neighboring wells recently completed, fracked for the first time:
  • 33940, 5,602, MRO, Axell USA 34-19TFH, Reunion Bay, 33-061-04119, t10/18; cum 47K 10/18; 10/18 production extrapolates to 85K over 30 days:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20181645091447272939560301057309
BAKKEN9-20182182917409299160799
  • 33941, 6,943, MRO, Rue USA 44-19TFH, Reunion Bay, 33-061-04120, t10/18; cum 63K 10/18; 10/18 production extrapolates to 111K over 30 days:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20181763078625894013974355070187
BAKKEN9-2018221578205251093252501140
  • 33942, 6,516, MRO, McDonald USA 44-19H, Reunion Bay, 33-061-04121, t10/18; cum 47K 10/18; 10/18 production extrapolates to 122K over 30 days:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-20181040770404462195944629041940
BAKKEN9-201826698637160311130682
  • 33943, 6,396, MRO, Sybyl USA 34-19TFH, Reunion Bay, Three Forks B1, only 45 stages; 6.6 million lbs, 33-061-04122, t918; cum 118K 10/18; years ago Lynn Helms said TF wells would be most likely be better than middle Bakken wells:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN10-2018318849587749690161186860113630
BAKKEN9-20181029474289882094236373034709

How Did I Ever Miss This One? Music Video -- December 1, 2018

Silver Lining, First Air Kit

I don't want to wait anymore
I'm tired of looking for answers
Take me some place where there's music and there's laughter
I don't know if I'm scared of dying but I'm scared of living too fast, too slow

Regret, remorse, hold on, oh no I've got to go
There’s no starting over, no new beginnings, time races on
And you've just gotta keep on keeping on
Gotta keep on going, looking straight out on the road
Can't worry 'bout what's behind you or what's coming for you further up the road
I try not to hold on to what is gone, I try to do right what is wrong
I try to keep on keeping on
Yeah I just keep on keeping on
Lyrics as good as any of Leonard Cohen's.

Yeah, that explains it: a Swedish folk band. 

Week 48: November 25, 2018 -- December 1, 2018

Beautiful, beautiful day in north Texas. Not a cloud to be seen; bright sunshine. Almost 60 degrees now and should hit 70 degrees by the end of the day. No precipitation forecast for the next five or six days and I did not look at the forecast any farther out.

Top energy story of the week: Hubbert's peak oil theory with another nail in the coffin. Despite $50 oil, US oil and natural gas reserves hit a new all-time record -- and by a large, large margin. My hunch: the record will be broken again. And it won't take as long this time. The previous record was back in 1970, I believe. Graphics here. USGS jaw-dropping assessment of the Permian.

International: Mexico says it will drill 40 conventional onshore wells for $1.47 billion.

National:
US crude oil inventories now over 450 million bbls; more than 7% higher than average.
US oil production is rising at its fastest pace in 98 years.
Oil glut? Made in the USA.
WTI drops below $50 before recovering to $51.
Record low gasoline prices not "moving" gasoline demand.
Earthquake shuts down Alaska pipeline.

Back to the Bakken

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories
State takes "wait-and-see" approach on flaring
Alaskan earthquake shuts down Trans-Alaska pipeline -- S&P Global
Dickinson Airport plans $64 million upgrade to runway -- KFYR-TV
After struggles, North Dakota grows into its ongoing oil boom -- NPR  
Judge allows preliminary work on Keystone XL Pipeline -- Bismarck Tribune  
Assessment misleads public on economics of climate change -- Institute for Energy Research  
North Dakota rated one of the top 10 states to make a good living -- Moneywise


Operations
MRO reports two huge Reunion Bay wells 
CLR reports an incredible Wiley well
Production per well continues to increase
Reader's update on Newfield's Yellowfin wells

DUCs
Update

Natural gas
Production growth requires the equivalent of 16 new processing plants

Production by association
Many examples; this is a Kermit well
Wiley and Bailey
The Nathan Hale

Commentary
The manufacturing stage of the Bakken