The Bakken Never Ceases To Amaze Me; Remind Me Again About Hubbert's Theory -- November 28, 2021

On my way to looking up something else, I happened to come across a great well.

I was checking up on wells that came off the confidential list in 4Q15, six years ago. I only got through a handful of such wells when I stumbled upon this.

I ran across a couple of BR CCU Gopher wells that had a very interesting production profile; that led me to check up on #30780.

The four well pad:

• 30777, 1,960, BR, CCU Red River 7-2-15TFH, Corral Creek, t10/15; cum 248K 9/21;
• 30778, 1,844, BR, CCU Red River 8-2-15MBH, Corral Creek, t9/15; cum 311K 9/21;
• 30779, 2,325, BR, CCU Gopher 1-2-15TFH, Corral Creek, t9/15; cum 240K 9/21;
• 30780, 2,525, BR, CCU Gopher 2-2-15MBH, Corral Creek, t9/15; cum 419K 9/21;

Recent production:

• #30778:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	23	1018	1015	2981	1384	1383	0
BAKKEN	8-2021	31	1415	1413	3991	1658	1653	4
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	1319	1320	4245	1493	1216	276
BAKKEN	6-2021	30	1222	1215	4604	1164	1065	98
BAKKEN	5-2021	11	750	747	1260	1081	530	551
BAKKEN	4-2021	2	8	8	1	4	4	0
BAKKEN	3-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2020	0	0	125	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2020	29	3073	3104	1583	4148	3608	514
BAKKEN	10-2020	31	2912	2883	2222	2329	1777	525
BAKKEN	9-2020	1	119	0	77	102	102	0

• #30779:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	30	1214	1207	4484	1429	1416	12
BAKKEN	8-2021	31	1255	1248	3640	1755	1206	548
BAKKEN	7-2021	10	384	381	423	213	213	0
BAKKEN	6-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2021	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2021	12	403	423	666	320	320	0
BAKKEN	2-2021	28	1588	1589	3222	2991	2048	941
BAKKEN	1-2021	4	255	232	0	193	190	0
BAKKEN	12-2020	0	0	52	0	0	0	0

For newbies, when you see production profiles like that in the Bakken, it generally means one thing: a neighboring well is being drilled, fracked, or re-fracked.

It didn't take long to find that well:

• #30780:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	22	7397	7353	8350	5935	5722	208
BAKKEN	8-2021	26	7481	7498	9311	8533	8475	54
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	10410	10402	13761	13071	10825	2241
BAKKEN	6-2021	24	7893	7840	10753	9451	7702	1745
BAKKEN	5-2021	5	3038	3172	5346	3391	3328	62
BAKKEN	4-2021	30	24767	24820	37597	29574	29562	0
BAKKEN	3-2021	31	36792	36776	37948	45281	45257	0
BAKKEN	2-2021	10	13578	13393	7288	9197	9186	0
BAKKEN	1-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2020	1	0	30	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2020	13	491	614	370	436	433	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	2053	2143	1282	415	412	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	2579	2530	1502	731	481	246

So, let's see if the file report this well has anything to add: nope, nothing. The most recent sundry form is dated 2016, a workover. So, this well was re-fracked. 

Full production report is located here.

And that's going to take us to the other Gopher wells. Stay tuned.