A Closer Look At A Whiting Well That Came Off Confidential List Today; Neighboring Well With 700K Bbls Cumulative Crude Oil -- February 21, 2020

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Later, 9:34 p.m. Central Time: see first comment --

Eerie point in this story that the EXTRA Bakken ethane that needs to be pulled out of the gas (not all of it, just the extra) would be enough to fill a cracker.

https://btuanalytics.com/bakken-gas-quality/.

Call Burgum. [Governor Doug Burgum, North Dakota]

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The well:

• 35945, 983, Whiting, White 43-33H, 37 stages; 8.4 million lbs; Sanish, t9/19; cum 82K 12/19;

Production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	15589	15582	4018	19628	18465	1114
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	15670	15609	3851	17637	17345	247
BAKKEN	10-2019	28	21346	21335	6882	21836	13348	8441
BAKKEN	9-2019	28	23357	23580	8554	22719	0	22671
BAKKEN	8-2019	8	5664	5358	3497	3504	0	3469

From the file report:

• spud date: March 10, 2019
• cease drilling: March 27, 2019
• middle Bakken: 9,997' TVD, one foot low to the prognosis;
• background gas averaged 780 units in the middle Bakken;
• the top of the Three Forks, 10,089' TVD, three feet high to prognosis; background gas averaged 700 units;
• 1st aquitard: 10,127' TVD, one foot high to prognosis; background gas averaged, 750 units;
• Three Forks 2nd bench: 10,138' TVD, two feet high to prognosis; average gas, 200 units;
• 2nd aquitard; 10,175' TVD; ten feet high to prognosis; background gas averaged 180 units;
• Nisku: 10,339' TVD; 99 feet high to prognosis; background gas at 150 units;
• drilling the lateral:
• difficulty with initial lateral
• sidetrack #1, successful;

Older, producing, neighboring wells:

• 19174, 2,090, Whiting, Kannianen 43-33H, Sanish, t10/10; cum 391K 4/19; off line 4/19; remains off line 12/19;
• 20437, 134, Whiting, White 43-33TFH, Sanish, t12/11; cum 177K 12/19; off line 2/19 - 8/19; minimal jump in production when it came back on line;
• 18298, 3,422, Whiting, Kannianen 44-33H, Sanish, t10/10; cum 702K 4/19; off line 4/19; remains off line 12/19; from spud to NW lateral, 13 days drilling; sidetrack #1, twenty-one days from spud; during a trip back into the hold, gases reached 9,598 units with a 20' flare;