A Hess EN-Labar Well Extrapolates To 100K; Gas Levels In #37061 At Record Levels -- January 18, 2021

Production Data

37062, F/A, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94-1003H-5, Alkali Creek, first production, 11/20; t--; cum 138K 3/20; fracked 10/21/20 - 10/26/20; 6.6 million gallons of water, a small frack; 81.2% water by mass; see this post;

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The well:

• 37063, drl/A, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94-1003H-6, 33-061-04615, Alkali Creek, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 108K 11/20; 27K over 8 days extrapolates to 100K over 30 days; fracked 6/7/20 - 6/18/20; 6.6 million gallons of water; 84.1% water by mass;
  

  Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
  BAKKEN	11-2020	18	11915	11896	7359	18694	18054	640
  BAKKEN	10-2020	21	16503	16598	9841	24409	24082	327
  BAKKEN	9-2020	30	25032	24994	15530	39730	37720	2010
  BAKKEN	8-2020	31	28338	28201	24633	59476	37500	21976
  BAKKEN	7-2020	8	26663	26663	9808	31535	12983	18552

There are seven wells on this pad, running diagonally from the northwest to the southeast;

The horizontals will run north from section 15 to section 3.

As of this date, January 18, 2021, all wells are on confidential status. Most likely all are fracked.

From the file report for #37063:

• spud date: March 31, 2020
• cease drilling: April 9, 2020
• TVD: 10,605.61' (0.61 feet = 7.32 inches)
• MD: 21,212'
• target: Three Forks
• surface location: NENW 15-154-94
• bottom hole location: section 3-154-94, 115.05' NFL and 2,199.14' FEL
• Three Forks encountered at 10,935' MD, 10,623' TVD
• the center of the ideal geological target located 31' from the top of the Three Forks formation;
• gas units: averaged 362 units with a maximum of 4,014 units;

The other wells on this pad:

• 37067, conf, Three Forks, 33-061-04619, fracked 5/27/20 - 6/5/20,  6.6 million gallons of water, 84.1% water by mass;
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2020	22179	33147
10-2020	25030	37530
9-2020	28146	42572
8-2020	41331	35496

• 37066, conf, middle Bakken, 33-061-04618, fracked 5/28/20 - 6/5/20; 6.5 million gallons of water, 83.8% water by mass;
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2020	25487	36968
10-2020	26456	41469
9-2020	30017	44685
8-2020	41384	34128

• 37065, conf, Three Forks,

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2020	20885	33467
10-2020	15993	22895
9-2020	24303	36162
8-2020	30925	35527
7-2020	11063	5250

• 37064, drl/A, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94-1003H-7, 33-061-04616, middle Bakken; Alkali Creek, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 116K 11/20; already off line again after less then three months of production; huge;
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2020	677	917
10-2020	17093	26403
9-2020	33144	49728
8-2020	42737	49309
7-2020	22398	15256

• 37062, drl/A, middle Bakken, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 38K 11/20;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
11-2020	38348	55161

• 37061, drl/A, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94-1003H-4, Three Forks B1, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 131K 11/20; fracked 6/7/20 - 6/17/20; spud date, April 20, 2020; cease drilling, April 29, 2020; curve ended in the Three Forks; took 23 hours to build; took almost exactly 72 hours to drill the horizontal; TVD: 10,576.37'; TD: 21,494'; max gas: 9,270 units;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	11-2020	17	11804	11792	5698	20402	19703	699
BAKKEN	10-2020	21	17922	18041	7953	25777	25432	345
BAKKEN	9-2020	30	29418	29390	13700	45839	43519	2320
BAKKEN	8-2020	31	36809	36631	22816	67912	42819	25093
BAKKEN	7-2020	19	35046	35046	15048	51005	20999	30006

 Older wells of interest:

There are three older wells sited in section 3. The horizontals of these wells run south into section 10. Two of the horizontals will parallel the newer EN-Labar wells; a third horizontal, #17561, runs diagonally across these newer wells:

• 17561, AB/197, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94 0310H-1, Alkali Creek, t2/09; cum 93K 10/15; offline since 10/15;
  
• 22550, IA/1,053, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94 0310H-2, Alkali Creek, t8/12; cum 311K 4/20; remains off line;
• 22551, IA/1,041, Hess, EN-Labar-154-94 0310H-3, Alkali Creek, t8/12; cum 324K 3/20; remains off line; 

The nearest well outside this drilling unit, to the west is:

• 23445, 1,291, Hess, BB-Budahn A-150-95-0403H-3, Blue Buttes, t6/13; cum 368K 11/20; not taken off line while the new EN-Labar wells were fracked;