The Bakken Wells Are Simply Incredible -- March 20, 2020

I'm simply posting the initial production data for the wells coming off the confidential list and here we have another one: 100K in three or four months. It's so common now, I (unfortunately) am taking them for granted. But 100K in three or four months is actually not that great any more: they aren't considered monster wells any more.

• 34853, 1,125, CLR, Uhlman Federal 4-7HSL, 40 stages; 9.2  million lbs; Banks, t11/19; cum 101K 1/20;    

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	39129	39190	21441	55660	55117	140
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	28075	28402	33920	39652	39171	78
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	26291	25868	32815	34259	33864	5
BAKKEN	10-2019	10	6855	6478	9238	9923	9730	193
BAKKEN	9-2019	5	810	810	2009	919	0	919

I don't have a strict definition for a "monster" well -- it evolves over time as the Bakken evolves. But I need to see 40,000 bbls/month to get me excited any more.

The well above: 100K in three months.

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Best Bakken Blog 

A pat on my own back. Wow, I love this blog. For me, and I might be a bit biased (wow, thank goodness the Phoenicians put a "b" in the alphabet -- and to think that "B" is only 20th in the list of letters most commonly used -- but I digress) -- where was I? Oh,  yes, I might be a bit biased but in my little mind, this is the best Bakken blog on the net. Where else would you learn this bit of trivia:

• first note, June 13, 2015:
• 21387, 2,502 White Butte Oil Operations, LLC, Panzer 4-20MLH, original permit for a Three Forks well but name change suggesting a middle Bakken well; in January, 2014, along with the name change (from TF to middle Bakken), Slawson also requested a revision "to allow for an additional lateral, would submit a revised plan for a single lateral plan"; in July, 2014, the thee Panzer wells were transferred to White Butte Oil from Slawson; the business address for Slawson and White Butte were identical, 1675 Broadway, Suite 1600, Denver, CO.; and that connects the last dot. 

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Speaking of Slawson 

This is a hard well for me to understand:

• 18199, 290, Slawson, Zulu 1-21H, Van Hook t12/09; cum 210K 1/20;

Recent production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	1-2020	29	3753	3632	1531	3967	3376	52
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	4545	4621	1984	5721	5085	0
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	3036	3077	1486	3403	2928	3
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	3123	3022	1774	3093	2590	16
BAKKEN	9-2019	29	3378	3560	2414	3061	2538	14
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	4332	4199	3373	4205	3553	31
BAKKEN	7-2019	31	4728	4789	4151	4541	3875	0
BAKKEN	6-2019	30	5087	4959	4596	4324	2923	702
BAKKEN	5-2019	31	6347	6432	7582	5536	4555	145
BAKKEN	4-2019	30	6398	6506	7354	5536	4680	23
BAKKEN	3-2019	31	5525	5537	10188	5081	4340	0
BAKKEN	2-2019	17	1431	1351	4057	1168	838	95
BAKKEN	1-2019	21	2705	2357	6181	1900	661	849
BAKKEN	12-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2018	7	358	606	180	384	287	24
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	1405	1441	727	1762	1462	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	1470	1333	566	1941	1628	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	1459	1409	616	2171	1859	0

Initial production back in 2009:

BAKKEN	7-2010	31	2524	2545	828	605	295	0
BAKKEN	6-2010	30	2905	2958	1235	2321	2021	0
BAKKEN	5-2010	31	3417	3341	1948	2968	2658	0
BAKKEN	4-2010	28	4675	4793	1790	2967	2687	0
BAKKEN	3-2010	13	2888	2759	2096	1091	961	0
BAKKEN	2-2010	23	1683	1618	1114	230	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2010	31	2432	2347	833	310	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2009	31	4006	4431	2203	310	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2009	21	5020	4298	3839	210	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2009	1	26	0	386	10	0	0

This well has had so many ups and downs, I may have to add another category of wells in the Bakken: the roller coaster wells.

This well produced 4,000 bbls in its first full month. Pathetic.

Recently, ten years later, it's producing as much as 6,000 bbls in a month. The numbers are too low to suggest a re-frack, so let's look at the map. There are six Zulu wells, and several Fox/Shakfox wells in the area but nothing particularly noteworthy. Just a lot of activity over the years, and that probably explains the "crazy" production profile. Full production profile is here.