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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
SANISH	10-2018	31	446	414	0	822	0	403
SANISH	9-2018	30	461	193	0	834	0	429
SANISH	8-2018	31	476	222	105	840	0	421
SANISH	7-2018	31	400	379	0	525	0	146
SANISH	6-2018	30	353	223	110	332	0	90
SANISH	5-2018	31	528	221	0	634	0	433
SANISH	4-2018	5	130	0	137	40	0	0
SANISH	3-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	2-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	1-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	12-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	11-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SANISH	10-2017	23	172	0	0	246	0	117
SANISH	9-2017	2	25	0	0	16	0	0
SANISH	8-2017	27	310	230	0	517	0	301
SANISH	7-2017	21	254	545	0	398	0	238
SANISH	6-2017	30	317	0	0	523	0	291
SANISH	5-2017	30	298	222	25	536	0	304
SANISH	4-2017	27	401	452	37	534	0	394
SANISH	3-2017	24	294	214	0	476	0	292
SANISH	2-2017	22	228	433	30	338	0	227

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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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	5673	5712	963	8959	8606	72
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	7254	7015	1578	12164	11019	944
BAKKEN	8-2018	5	1012	1059	128	3493	230	3232
BAKKEN	7-2018	21	1707	1512	104	7667	1285	6275
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	23	1283	1132	173	9808	9661	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	928	1019	355	8616	8375	0

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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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	9838	10015	18593	22348	21700	338
BAKKEN	9-2018	5	1659	979	8947	3165	3074	41
BAKKEN	8-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2018	15	427	636	109	746	596	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	1123	1172	308	2434	2124	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	1348	1194	400	3334	3024	0

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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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	19896	19923	16940	9591	1537	5759
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	24001	23757	16042	12942	9958	242
BAKKEN	8-2018	4	2800	2328	1572	1423	1014	89
BAKKEN	7-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	1	3	252	0	5	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	22	16606	16804	6128	8203	4344	1970
BAKKEN	3-2018	30	22301	22535	9961	10757	5534	2684
BAKKEN	2-2018	26	20917	21009	10715	10297	7149	770
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	29052	28827	14120	13972	3473	7234
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	39811	40188	15623	19006	1273	13359
BAKKEN	11-2017	6	3428	2947	1475	1638	0	1237
BAKKEN	10-2017	8	2430	1922	0	1252	0	884

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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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	4337	4300	752	1582	1328	2
BAKKEN	9-2018	8	814	779	509	289	230	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	17	832	892	349	1455	1165	158
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	1804	1877	251	2915	2609	59
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	1770	1720	182	2753	2512	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	1945	1916	192	3039	2679	109

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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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	18	38867	39989	24669	47393	0	45170
BAKKEN	9-2018	12	0	0	32833	32716	0	32596
BAKKEN	8-2018	1	0	171	4	98	0	98
BAKKEN	7-2018	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	0	0	71	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	23	519	517	54	620	356	72
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	708	728	70	897	256	394

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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	16	45091	44727	29395	60301	0	57309
BAKKEN	9-2018	2	1829	1740	929	916	0	799

• 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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	17	63078	62589	40139	74355	0	70187
BAKKEN	9-2018	2	21578	20525	1093	2525	0	1140

• 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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	10	40770	40446	21959	44629	0	41940
BAKKEN	9-2018	2	6698	6371	603	1113	0	682

• 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:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	88495	87749	69016	118686	0	113630
BAKKEN	9-2018	10	29474	28988	20942	36373	0	34709

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