A Closer Look At A WPX Blue Racer -- June 8, 2020

The WPX Blue Racer wells have been updated. They are tracked here.

These are incredible wells. One example:

• 36505, drl/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HZ, Mandaree (Squaw Creek?), t--; cum 91K over 59 days; Three Forks B1; FracFocus: fracked 2/20/2020 - 3/3/2020; 5.2 million gallons of water; 83.4% water by mass; friction reducer: 0.0247;

Production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	44558	44624	24442	54272	32471	16876
BAKKEN	3-2020	29	45011	44783	34565	54823	20697	29158

Some things to note:

• friction reducer by mass: 0.0247
• this was a very, very small frack: only 5.2 million gallons of water
• target: Three Forks first bench

Form the well file:

• permit said field was Squaw Creek; scout ticket, says Mandaree oil field; NDIC map clearly shows horizontal in the Squaw Creek oil field;
• target: Facies Y of Unit 6 of the Three Forks formation;
• target was 21' below the top of the Three Forks
• the curve begun on December 22, 2019, and completed the same day;
• landing achieved at a TVDof 11,052'; approx 27' below the top of the Three Forks;
• lateral began on January 4, 2020 (typo in the well file); ended on January 7, 2002