Comparing The Jaw-Dropping Initial Production Of A Bakken Daughter Well With That Of Her Parent Well -- April 18, 2021

Let's compare the initial production data for a "parent" well with that of a "daughter" well in the Bakken. 

First the "parent" well.

The parent well in this case:

• 18693, 560, MRO, Betty Shobe USA 41-8H, Reunion Bay, t9/10; cum 353K 2/21; recent production; full production profile can be found at this post. Initial production back in 2010:

BAKKEN	1-2012	31	5030	4956	940	4496	3645	665
BAKKEN	12-2011	31	5805	5883	1150	4694	2071	2437
BAKKEN	11-2011	24	6322	6174	1308	518	13	362
BAKKEN	10-2011	31	3554	4037	538	1181	258	745
BAKKEN	9-2011	30	4602	4116	910	3683	2393	1110
BAKKEN	8-2011	31	5150	5067	1054	5282	4293	806
BAKKEN	7-2011	31	5925	5866	1291	5593	3620	1787
BAKKEN	6-2011	30	6160	6626	1313	6925	6296	452
BAKKEN	5-2011	30	5256	5190	997	6199	5366	674
BAKKEN	4-2011	30	6439	6524	1367	7333	6561	597
BAKKEN	3-2011	26	5719	5625	1068	6293	5549	606
BAKKEN	2-2011	27	6547	6501	1370	7119	6602	367
BAKKEN	1-2011	31	8766	8546	1977	8183	7999	0
BAKKEN	12-2010	31	10469	10624	2457	9636	4925	4525
BAKKEN	11-2010	30	12918	12643	3033	11818	0	11642
BAKKEN	10-2010	24	9119	9300	2288	7876	0	7742
BAKKEN	9-2010	30	14935	14788	4995	12872	0	12692
BAKKEN	8-2010	2	423	0	30	370	0	358

Now the initial production for one of the daughter wells to this parent well.

A daughter well:

• 36922, AL/A,  MRO, Lang USA 41-8TFH, Reunion Bay, first production, 10/20; t--; cum 206K 2/21. The MRO L-O-T-V pad is tracked here. Note: 64,505 bbls over 17 days extrapolates to 113,832 bbls of crude oil over 30 days; 26,150 bbls over 8 days extrapolates to 98,063 bbls of crude oil over 30 days. 

ool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	2-2021	28	27922	27988	24527	62227	59251	2790
BAKKEN	1-2021	31	31653	31782	30434	47235	45363	1741
BAKKEN	12-2020	30	55580	55486	51198	73570	70260	0
BAKKEN	11-2020	8	26150	26539	22025	30526	28983	0
BAKKEN	10-2020	17	64505	63607	67387	67918	44020	20158

Feel free to put your jaw back in place after comparing the first five months of production for the daughter well with that of the parent well. 

From 9/10 through 1/11 (five months): 56,207 bbls of crude oil produced (as reported) for the parent well.

In seventeen days, the daughter well produced 64,5005 bbls. 

'Nuff said. For now.