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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

For Newbies: What The Bakken Is All About -- March 20, 2019

For newbies: this is what the Bakken is all about --
  • drill, complete
  • a pump at about 6 months
  • work-overs as needed
  • mini-re-fracks
  • neighboring fracks
  • major re-fracks
  • repeat
For the archives.

All four Paul wells on this pad were re-fracked in 2/18:
  • 25306, 2,460, QEP, Paul 1-26-35BH, Grail, t12/13; cum 441K 1/19; huge jump in production 3/18; 
  • 25305, 2,243, QEP, Paul 2-26-35BH, Grail, t12/13; cum 393K 1/19; huge jump in 2/18; 
  • 23278, 2,143, QEP, Paul 1-26/35H, Grail, Three Forks, t1/14; cum 281K 1/19; huge jump in 3/18; re-fracked 2/18; 30 stages; about 9 million lbs; 
  • 25304, 2,257, QEP, Paul 2-26-35TH, Grail, t12/13; cum 338K 1/19;
Production profile for two of these wells for the past year or so.

#25305:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN1-20193068286823388618435127285556
BAKKEN12-2018234879486848281225093432781
BAKKEN11-20182856425663280318752138814671
BAKKEN10-20183089779063527127504248942396
BAKKEN9-2018301070410561611326891197427099
BAKKEN8-20182488078980473424680166148066
BAKKEN7-2018311400214053743135997331152882
BAKKEN6-2018301702317060977039183341295054
BAKKEN5-20183122665226151384748496436364860
BAKKEN4-20183031451312862361155051496635388
BAKKEN3-20181816359163482454924435218662569
BAKKEN2-2018120931000
BAKKEN1-201833362831268157890
BAKKEN12-20173127022933908616360130

#25304:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN1-20192779837895887721345147376433
BAKKEN12-2018163591370830931038079172356
BAKKEN11-20182980968022698724569181876120
BAKKEN10-20183181698235761624014217352092
BAKKEN9-20183092939154867221663159045719
BAKKEN8-20182267186862599214983100864897
BAKKEN7-2018311124711250972724556225901966
BAKKEN6-20183011859118961106425900225593341
BAKKEN5-20183116438163771586331570284063164
BAKKEN4-20182920602206572249134540311603380
BAKKEN3-20183024956247794331637711337463965
BAKKEN2-2018110829000
BAKKEN1-201832091821126155960
BAKKEN12-20173118131979753407239730
BAKKEN11-20173019091809784306829999

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Midnight Fugue 
I could watch this all night. I watch this one with the audio on MUTE.  If you want to see the entire clip, at YouTube , search: soldier surprise son taekwondo:


I had never heard this song (below) until this evening. Don't ask me how I came across it. The video is pretty cheesy, and the song is just as cheesy , but if one is in the right mindset, this will bring tears to your eyes. It did for me. Our son-in-law served fifteen years in the US Navy, a submariner.

Sailor, Petula Clark

Interestingly, I would prefer listening to this than Petula Clark's Downtown.

Midnight fugue, here.
After midnight I start with a random song on YouTube.com which leads me to another and then another. Later, sometimes hours later, I end up somewhere not knowing how I got there. Often I am in a fugue state. I am sure I am not alone.
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Copeland's Famous New Orleans Restaurant, Southlake, TX

I cannot say enough about the hospitality shown by this restaurant today. The food was incredible.

But what made it memorable: our hostess, Amber, and our server, Brad.

The tip: slightly less than 50% of the fare.

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The Book Page

Following comments received regarding the "military-themed" videos above, I posted the following from the book I was reading at the time, The Comanche Code Talkers Of World War II, William C. Meadows, c. 2002. I forget the specifics, but I believe Meadows (the author) says he spoke to each and everyone of the Comanche code talker except one who had passed away.
In pre-reservation times, the Comanches are better viewed as a number of linguistically and culturally related tribes [generally described as divisions], as they never comprised a single political or geographically centralized entity until after their  entrance onto a reservation.

After more than 150 years of warfare, competition with numerous other tribes and Anglo nations, and disease, the last remaining autonomous bands of Comanches were forced onto the collective Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in Southwestern Oklahoma in 1875.

What followed were decades of status as governmental wards, forced reduction of their lands, inadequate food, mandatory boarding schools, denial of citizenship and civil rights, continual broken treaties and legal agreements, forced allotment of their remaining lands, and a Anglo-based assimilationist war against their culture, religion, and language.

Sixty-five years later the United States Army came seeking the aid of the Comanches and their language in preparation for World War II. The Comanches had numerous reasons to resent the Taiboo' [Anglos]. But in spite of all the past experiences and the often paternalist treatment of the Comanches by the government, when the call of duty came, they, like other Native American populations patriotically joined  in the defense of America.
Prior to their recruitment, the Comanches had no idea of the ultimately unique role that they and their language would play in the outcome of the war, There was no way they could have known that they would be selected to carry out highly specialized communications service that would be unique in the European campaign. The Comanches represent a population whose loyalty to their people and the American country was unswerving in its devotion, and they were unhesitant in their decision to make the necessary sacrifices called for in the Second World War. -- p. xii.
One needs to be reminded that not all Americans thought we needed to be involved in a European war (Lindbergh comes to mind; he was pro-Nazi Germany and against the US going to war with Germany). And with regard to the Pacific theater, there were Americans against going to war.



 

4 comments:

  1. These surprise homecoming videos simply make me sad. The easy and more popular opinion tends to get caught up in the happiness of the moment. "News" has become this sort of informational junk food. None of the reporters are asking, "What are we doing in Jordan and Syria?" No one seems to question what threat is so great to the survival of the nation that we should fund a man to live abroad for 10 months away from his family. Instead he could be at home raising his son and contributing positively to the economy. Bring them home, this is sad as hell.

    The less diplomatic, but much funnier reaction: https://twitter.com/brokebo111/status/1108528397620310017?s=12

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    1. Yes, a number of emotions run through me every time I watch it. I served thirty years in the military, much of that time away from home. Our two daughters have always said they had no problems.

      My wife's father served two full one-year tours in Vietnam. She and her two brothers were similarly proud of their father, and again, no regrets.

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  2. My take on the military industrial complex and tactics of patriotic brainwashing might be a bit harsh. I'm taking the train up to visit my friend in West Point next weekend, I friends in the military and respect the need for a defensive force. What I don't respect is how that force has been handled at the top for the past 70 years. If you want your socialists, you didn't have to wait for AOC, they're defense contractors.

    Here I am ruining the day again... Sorry.

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    1. Not ruining my day. It's interesting hearing comments of others. My father spent two (maybe a full three) years away from home during WWII. He was homesick much of that time, but looking back he says those were the best years of his life.

      My father-in-law, two full years in Vietnam: he never had regrets; always proud of his service.

      I spent many years away from home over my thirty-year career. Best years of my life; family says same thing. And it's an all-volunteer force now. Anyone who doesn't like the family separations can leave at any time (obviously they have to complete the enlistment. After their initial two, three, or four years, officers can leave any time. They don't sign a contract -- unless they sign for extra pay, bonuses, etc. But, for the most part, once initial enlistment served, can leave any time. And for everyone, entry is voluntary.

      Even our older granddaughter who got full US Air Force ROTC scholarship to University of Arizona, after one year, said the military was not for her and USAF released her from her commitment, no questions asked.

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