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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Random Look At A Petro Harvester Madison Well In Portal Oil Field -- May 9, 2019

Again, for newbies: this is not a Bakken well. This is a Madison well in the center of the Williston Oil Basin; the well is north of Williston. The well is located 1.75 miles south of the Canadian border. There is a fair amount of activity in this area.


The well:
  • 33938, drl, Petro Harvester Operating Company, LLC, PTL2 4-28 164-92 C, target: Madison, Portal oil field, some production reported;
Production:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
MADISON3-201920131563511980378627861000
MADISON2-20190000000


From the well file:
  • permit says the spacing unit is 560 acres (slightly less than the standard section of 640 acres)
  • target: Midale/Nesson Porosity; 30' thick seam; 
  • this grassroots well was spud on November 9 and reached TD of 15,175' MD on November 28, 2108
  • approx 2.5 miles southwest of Portal, ND, in the central portion of the Williston Basin
  • lateral #1 produced 7,924' of 6" openhole volume after intermediate casing point of 6,619' MD in the 30' foot thick Midale/Nesson Target (92% in Target)
  • vertical hole drilled to 1,373 MD'
  • KOP in the Triassic Spearfish formation
  • the Mississippian lower Midale target top was drilled at 6,490' MD / 5,923' TVD
  • TD on November 3, 2018
  • TD was projected to be 8,880.04' 
  • [0.04' = 0.48 inch]
  • average background gas, 450 units
  • connection gases as high as 3,800 units
  • "prepared for an anticipated hydraulic frac job to enhance, then produce, the moderately tight porosity / permeability observed in the Midale/Nesson target

2 comments:

  1. Produced water vs. oil. Wow. I wonder what the profit is having to dispose of all of that water.

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    1. On the flip side of the coin, look at the money that can be made hauling water. Harold Hamm began his career hauling water.

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