The Bakken Never Ceases To Amaze Me -- June 28, 2020

An incredible number of wells that came off the confidential list in 1Q20 and 2Q20 did not report any production; some were placed on drl status; others were DUCs (SI/NC).

Now, interestingly, a lot of those wells are now reporting production. I honestly did not expect to see this so soon. It is not unusual for DUCs to remain DUCs for one to two years.

I started going through these wells earlier this evening, but there were so many, I just had to quit. I could have done this all night.

These are some huge wells. These are infill wells. Analysts say these wells should not be this "huge." Just think when they go back and re-frack all those wells drilled back before 2014 (seven years of wells -- 2007 - 2014 -- that will need to be re-fracked). And, then of course, for every middle Bakken well there needs to be a corresponding Three Forks first bench well where the Three Forks exists, and maybe a second bench and a third bench well, as well. There's a lot of work left to be done in the Bakken assuming the world still uses oil five years from now and the next administration doesn't ban fracking.

These are the posts:

• miscellaneous;
• WPX Meadowlark;
• BR Veeder wells;
• BR Franklin wells;
• BR Tailgunner wells (possibly previously posted);
• Hess HA-Nelson wells;
• Rimrock Two Shields Butte wells;

Disclaimer: I went through a lot of wells very quickly. There will be content and typographical errors. If this information is important to you, go to the source. 

Rimrock Two Shields Butte Wells Starting To Report -- June 28, 2020

The Two Shields Butte wells are tracked here.

Came off confidential list 1Q20: not completed, no production data. Now starting to report:

• 36398, SI/NC, Rimrock, Two Shields Butte 4-24-12-4H3U, Mandaree, t--; cum 44K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	2	344	1182	1733	805	731	48
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	17458	17136	55102	17106	15563	809
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	15727	15354	57846	15057	13829	551
BAKKEN	1-2020	23	9434	9537	45221	10761	7160	2827
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	749	444	3314	389	0	389

• 36399, SI/NC, Rimrock, Two Shields Butte 4-24-12-4H3, Mandaree, t--; cum 20K 3/20; off line 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2020	9	259	448	11119	277	210	40
BAKKEN	2-2020	28	9023	9017	49043	6114	5285	292
BAKKEN	1-2020	25	10407	10218	53425	7235	3153	3760

• 36400, SI/NC, Rimrock, Two Shields Butte 3-24-12-3H, Mandaree, t--; cum 92K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	23030	23081	29335	21628	17329	2036
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	26765	26653	33366	23006	17438	3321
BAKKEN	2-2020	28	20295	20267	41040	17471	15102	835
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	22306	21896	79160	17346	7560	9014

Hess HA-Nelson Wells In Hawkeye Now Reporting Production -- June 28, 2020

Updates

July 8, 2020: production data updated when DUCs reported on July 7, 2020 --

34828:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	20788	20761	12216	34159	33002	1157
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	25191	25491	17120	47714	43833	3881
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	36111	35676	28034	68920	29843	39077
BAKKEN	2-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

34826:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	25670	25615	11993	45385	43848	1537
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	26953	27019	12291	45494	41793	3701
BAKKEN	3-2020	18	17509	17298	8300	31900	13813	18087

34827:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	18992	18987	15081	43147	41686	1461
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	26722	26853	18314	49853	45797	4056
BAKKEN	3-2020	24	22724	22450	19185	42166	18258	23908

 Original Post

Came off confidential in 1Q20; not completed; no production reported. Now reporting some production. Remains on drl status.


The wells:

• 34827, drl, Hess, HA-Nelson A-152-95-3427H-8, Hawkeye, t--; cum 49K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	26722	26853	18314	49853	45797	4056
BAKKEN	3-2020	24	22724	22450	19185	42166	18258	23908

• 34828, drl, Hess, HA-Nelson A-152-95-3427H-7, Hawkeye, t--; cum 61K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	25191	25491	17120	47714	43833	3881
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	36111	35676	28034	68920	29843	39077
BAKKEN	2-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 34829, drl, Hess, HA-Nelson A-LE-152-95-3427H-1, Hawkeye, t--; cum 83K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	31395	31648	9687	53663	49298	4365
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	35043	35329	15426	53306	23082	30224
BAKKEN	2-2020	6	17034	16326	4089	30343	1	30342

A BR Well Producing At A Rate Of 125K Over 30 Days? -- June 28, 2020

Came off confidential list 1Q20; not completed and no production reported at the time. Now, we have production.

It seems I have posted this one before, but possibly I have not. Can't remember, but even if I have, it's worth reporting again.

The well:

• 35690, SI/NC-->F/NC, BR, Tailgunner 1E MBH, North Fork, t--; cum 54K after 13 days;

Production: 53,936 bbls over 13 days extrapolates to a mind-blowing  124,468 bbls over 30 days, assuming no typographical error in the report:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	13	53936	53690	23690	63486	49400	13398

Other Tailgunner wells:

• 35689, SI/NC-->F/A, BR, Tailgunner 1D TFH, North Fork, t--; cum 16K over 5 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	5	15595	15431	5400	96736	95408	0

• 35687, SI/NC-->SI/A, BR, Tailgunner 1B TFH, North Fork, t--; cum 62K over 27 days; extrapolates to 69,004 bbls over 30 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	27	62104	61449	39847	69452	58390	10249

 

BR's Franklin Wells -- DUCs -- Now Starting To Report -- June 28, 2020

DUCs in 1Q20. Now reporting.

The wells:

• 33185, 60, BR, Franklin 34-36TFH, Little Knife, t12/19; cum 66K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	29467	29316	33069	45149	44404	160
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	7440	7538	8514	10367	10161	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	9431	9269	16047	12075	11634	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	9	19781	19781	30786	25068	23926	342
BAKKEN	12-2019	3	137	137	13153	1254	1105	0

• 33186, 220, BR, Franklin 34-36MBH, Little Knife, t12/19; cum 89K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	27	26339	26386	27056	38285	37787	0
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	27963	28315	31707	38176	36089	1356
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	34335	33744	32277	41920	40388	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2019	5	774	774	12800	1506	1327	0

Veeder Wells In Blue Buttes Starting To Report Production -- One Monster Well, So Far -- June 28, 2020

There are several Veeder wells on this pad. They were DUCs, and reported minimal production the first few days after "completion" and then taken off line. But it appears, these wells are starting to report nice production. Also, note that the wells below went from SI/NC-->F/NC.

The well:

• 34382, SI/NC-->F/NC, BR, Veeder 3B MBH, Blue Buttes, minimal production; then none after the first eight days; then 69K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	68656	68000	9173	76027	48099	27904
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	7	703	703	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	1	206	206	8948	654	651	0

• 34383, SI/NC-->F/NC, BR, Veeder 3B TFH, Blue Buttes, minimal production; then none after the first seven days; then 23K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	23005	22785	5778	33792	32520	1256
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	4	827	827	7277	632	629	0

• 36286, SI/NC-->F/NC, BR, Veeder 3E MBH, Blue Buttes, minimal production; starting to produce, 3/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	4620	4604	972	43478	43107	0
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	2070	2042	858	20685	20299	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	10	309	309	15594	1217	1098	0

A Closer Look At Four WPX Meadowlark Wells In Heart Butte -- June 28, 2020

Assuming this is not an error, this could be quite a well. This is one of many wells that came off the confidential list in 2Q20 but did not report any production data at the time it was released. Since then, production has been reported.

The well:

• 36964, drl/drl, WPX, Meadowlark 6-34HB, Heart Butte, t--; cum 21K over 7 days;

Production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	7	20726	20631	13111	15192	10084	2859
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Now, if that is accurate, and not an error, the well produced 20,726 bbls over seven days which extrapolates to 88,826 bbls over 30 days.

Do you know what they called these wells in 1969? Gushers.

The four wells on that pad:

• 36964, see above
• 36963, drl/A, WPX, Meadowlark 6-34HW, Heart Butte, t--; cum 18K over 7 days;
• 36962, drl/A, WPX, Meadowlark 6-34HA, Heart Butte, t--; cum 34K over 25 days;
• 36961, drl/A, WPX, Meadowlark 6-34HQL, Heart Butte, t--; cum 14K over 17 days;

Early production:

• 36963:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	7	17646	17565	15804	16740	14820	0
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 36962:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	25	33561	33408	25425	24601	16491	4392
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 36961:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	17	14300	14136	29228	10483	4351	4526
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

To the east, and in the same drilling unit, there is a WPX 5-well Nighthawk pad, all wells on drl/drl status. 

A bit farther to the west, is a Rimrock Two Shields Butte well that might be impacted by the Meadowlark wells, but it's a bit far to the west, so hard to say, but it was taken off line 3/20 and remains off line 4/20:

• 30642, 3,572, Rimrock, Two Shields Butte 13-22-33-16H, Heart Butte, t9/15; cum 423K 3/20 -- note almost 500K bbls crude oil cumulative in five years. 

The graphics:

Updating Some 1Q20 Wells That Came Off Confidential List But Reported No Production At The Time, Part 1 -- June 28, 2020

These are wells that were released from the confidential list during the 1Q20 but did not report production or an IP at the time they came off the confidential list. Tonight I'm running through the list and will post those that have not previously been posted. [Note: I have only gotten through a small part of the list; I may or may not complete this exercise later.]

• 36964, drl/drl, WPX, Meadowlark 6-34HB, t--; cum 21K over 7 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	7	20726	20631	13111	15192	10084	2859
BAKKEN	3-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 4727, drl/drl, Hess, BB-Federal B-151-95-2122H-5, Blue Buttes, t--; cum 2K over 2 days; 

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	2	2011	1976	2563	7302	0	7282

• 34728, drl, Hess, BB-Federal B-151-95-2122H-4, Blue Buttes, t--; cum 15K over 8 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	8	14830	14573	15605	31850	66	31704

• 34729, drl, Hess, BB-Federal B-151-95-2122H-2, Blue Buttes, t--; cum 28K over 26 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	26	28072	27585	21308	52295	1770	50267

• 34730, drl, Hess, BB-Federal B-151-95-2122H-2, Blue Buttes, t--; cum 30K over 20 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	20	30434	29906	20042	49233	7857	41178

• 35819, 752, Oasis, Oasis Meiers 5692 11-19 9BX, Alger, t10/19; cum 171K 4/20; 

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	15384	15489	19020	20600	19202	978
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	21508	21490	24820	24934	17002	7498
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	25699	25684	26836	27266	15925	10935
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	32459	32341	37580	25858	18073	7352
BAKKEN	12-2019	25	15962	16237	17796	12728	9260	3118
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	43358	43269	67131	37682	31422	5841
BAKKEN	10-2019	15	16408	16101	25249	15275	13562	1503

• 37007, SI/NC, Crescent Point Energy, CPEUSC Chase Douglas 1A-32-29-159N-100W MBH, Blue Ridge, t--; cum 21K after two months;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	12809	12506	69128	8580	8476	104
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	7867	7283	62708	4889	4830	59
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	0	0	0	0	0	0

•  37042, drl, Eagle Operating, Wobbly 19-9, Great Northern, a Madison formation well; a vertical well; t--; cum 3K over 32 days;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
MADISON	4-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	3-2020	5	353	603	221	0	0	0
MADISON	2-2020	27	2813	2290	979	0	0	0

• 35746, SI/NC, Zavanna, Usher 28-21 4TFH XW, Patent Gate, t--; cum 84K 4/20;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	9569	7766	18002	14178	13666	65
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	14202	12839	23817	24125	18166	5497
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	16663	14332	27407	34747	28714	5601
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	21570	19012	38226	31203	1636	21339
BAKKEN	12-2019	28	21971	20316	46986	28427	2363	25647
BAKKEN	11-2019	3	0	0	8874	103	0	58