From the September, 2020, NDIC hearing dockets:
Case No. 28553: Application of Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP for an order amending the applicable order for the Sand Creek-Bakken Pool to authorize up to thirty horizontal wells to be drilled on a 2560-acre spacing unit described as Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34, T.153N., R.96W., McKenzie County, ND, and granting such other and further relief as may be appropriate.
The graphic:
The wells:
- 30326, TFH, 2,652, t2/17; cum 425K 4/20; off line 5/20; remains off line 6/20; 29 stages; 7.4 million lbs;
- 30325, TFH, IA/1,683, t12/16; cum 103K 8/17; F; off line 9/17; remains off line, 6/20, almost three years; letter from NDIC to BR notifying this well needs to be plugged and abandoned, or placed back into service, dated April 15, 2020; 33 stages; 15.1 million lbs;
- 30224, MBH, IA/2,544, t1/17; cum 339K 2/20; off line except for a few days each month starting 3/20; remains off line 6/20; 34 stages; 5.2 million lbs;
- 30225, MBH, 2,640, t10/16; cum 294K 4/20; F; half month, 5/20; off line, 6/20; 31 stages; 9.7 million lbs;
- 30226, TFH, IA/1,560, t1/17; cum 378K 5/20; off ine 6/20; 24 stages; 7.8 million lbs;
- 30227, TFH, IA/792, t10/16; cum 428K 5/20; off line 6/20; 31 stages; 14.3 million lbs;
- 31639, MBH-R, IA/2,640; t2/17; cum 335K 4/20; half month,5/20; off line 6/20; 33 stages; 5 million lbs; permitted as MBH-R, so a revised plan before submitting to NDIC;
- 30231, MBH, dry,
- 30232, MBH, IA/2,405, t11/15; cum 359K 5/20; off line 6/20; 27 stages; 4.3 million lbs;
- 30233, TFH, 1,363, t11/15; cum 140K 5/20; off line 12/19; returns to production 4/20; half-month, 5/20; 37 stages; 4.3 million lbs;
- 30234, TFH, IA/1,844, t11/15; cum 344K 5/20; off line 11/19; back on line 3/20; offline 5/20; remains off line 6/20; 37 stages; 4.3 million lbs;
- 20336, H-R, IA/1,162; t9/11; cum 362K 4/20; F; off and on since 1/20; off line as of 5/20; original permit was "H-R", so this was a revised plan prior to submission to the NDIC; 32 stages; 4.2 million lbs;
- 18662, H, IA/2,145, t5/10; cum 445K 5/20, F; off line 6/20; four separate fracks: 10 stages / 2 stages / 4 stages; 4 stages; 944K lbs / 236K lbs / 463K lbs / 479K lbs: total: 20 stages; less than 2 million lbs proppant;
- 22914, TFH, IA/2,954, t5/13; cum 369K 5/20; off line 6/20; three separate fracks: 5 stages / 21 stages / 4 stages; 402K lbs / 2.4 million lbs / 480K lbs: total: 30 stages; less than 4 million lbs proppant;
- 22912, TFH, IA/2,972, t5/13; cum 308K 5/20; off line 6/20; two separate fracks: 10 stages / 20 stages; 1.02 million lbs / 2.3 million lbs: total 30 stages; less than 4 million lbs proppant;
Summary:
- fifteen wells; 8 Three Forks; 7 middle Bakken; one dry (a middle Bakken)
- most were small fracks; one huge frack;
- some still said to be flowing (no pump)
- most are now off line due to low price of oil
- this drilling unit is only one mile wide; thirty horizontals across this one mile; fifteen in each formation, the middle Bakken and the first bench, Three Forks;
- still not at max density infill in either formation;
- deeper benches of the Three Forks yet to be drilled
- BR looking for 30 wells in this drilling unit; 14 already there; sixteen more
- note: technically only eight more in each 1280-acre unit (if that make sense)
Disclaimer: in a long note like this, there will be typographical and content errors; if this is important to you, go to the source.
It's a 4 mile by 1 mile section. The wells are going from the middle in either direction and are standard length (2 miles long). There are only 15 wells next to each other in terms of horizontal density (wineracked view), not 30.
ReplyDeleteIt's the equivalent of a 15-well development of a normal (2 by 1 section) with normal 2 mile laterals. Still impressive, especially given only 1TF and MB. But "30" is very misleading. I mean I could have 60 if I did a 4 by 2 or 8 by 1 section also. But the actual development that matters is the number of laterals per mile, looking at the wineracked view.
P.s. Can also be confused if you have short laterals, but that does not appear to be the case here. And still wineracked view and hz lateral spacing gives you correct insights always, in contrast to wells per acre measurements.
Absolutely correct: I tried to make that clear in my last bullet but you did a much, much better job.
DeleteThere are many ways of looking at this: I often look at this from a mom-and-pop ownership of a single acre in this 2560-acre drilling unit: they will likely have interests in as many as 30 wells, and perhaps many more down the road, something pointed out in the blog years ago, when many "laymen" did not understand the Bakken.
So, it may not be impressive, and it may be misleading, but for June and John R-----, they may soon have interests in 30 wells. Kind of fun, wouldn't you say?