The Sporadic Nature And Unpredicatability Of The Bakken -- May 14, 2019

Previously:

September 22, 2016: watch for halo effect on #16473; check to see why #24229 and #24230 were off-line so much in 4/16 through 7/16;  #24229 with huge halo effect;

So, let's see what these wells are doing doing now.

The well:

• 24230, 2,927, BR, State Veeder 11-25MBH, 33-053-04530, Blue Buttes, t5/13; cum 339K 3/19; 

Recent production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2019	4	125	585	287	141	112	19
BAKKEN	2-2019	28	4940	5421	2662	4480	4410	0
BAKKEN	1-2019	28	6325	6014	3531	6893	6823	0
BAKKEN	12-2018	29	9156	9148	4617	10143	10071	0
BAKKEN	11-2018	26	9238	8780	4980	10427	10362	0
BAKKEN	10-2018	20	2582	2402	4953	8384	8334	0
BAKKEN	9-2018	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	1	48	43	56	147	145	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	594	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	6	27	0	54	15	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	387	203	83	529	455	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	2439	2336	723	4012	3935	0

Note:

• small jump in production; 
• off line again in 3/19 
• FracFocus: no data suggeting a re-frack

Another well in the area has show some unusual jumps in production which did not last long:

• 16473, 351, BR, State Veeder 41-36H, Blue Buttes, t4/07; cum 200K 3/19; recent production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2019	31	1102	1380	396	2613	2237	299
BAKKEN	2-2019	28	1166	935	326	1715	1353	292
BAKKEN	1-2019	12	529	229	307	359	306	23
BAKKEN	12-2018	15	522	694	231	314	277	0
BAKKEN	11-2018	30	1913	1864	587	2148	2074	0
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	2451	2570	1145	2182	2105	0
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	3463	3422	1363	4037	3963	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	4804	4941	2089	5715	5638	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	30	5068	4917	2848	5513	5439	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	30	7276	7391	3222	4982	4279	629
BAKKEN	5-2018	7	1698	1373	1121	2004	916	1071
BAKKEN	4-2018	29	0	0	0	72	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	683	923	75	284	207	0
BAKKEN	2-2018	14	399	237	87	155	120	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	3	90	232	7	66	59	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	1058	974	120	463	386	0
BAKKEN	11-2017	23	717	699	195	232	175	0

FracFocus: no data suggesting a re-frac.

For newbies: the Bakken is dynamic. Once a well is drilled and producing that is not the end of the story. That well will take on a life of its own: re-works, small re-fracks; major re-fracks; impacts from neighboring activity. In the immediate area of this well there is so much activity it would be hard-pressed to state exactly what is causing the sporadic jumps in production.