Back To Those Incredible Slawson Submariner Wells -- December 12, 2021

The other day, I think it was Friday I was simply updating some wells that were drilled a year or so ago; I forget the specifics. Not cherry-picking wells that I was going through; I was simply going down the list of wells drilled last year or whenever it was when I stumbled across an incredible Slawson well, and then another, and then another. [Until that moment, I had forgotten all about the Submariner wells; it's been a long time since I've seen Slawson active in the Bakken.]

The wells in question:

• at this link, the dreaded Bakken decline: 32274, 2,117, Slawson, Submariner Federal 2SLH, Big Bend, t6/19; cum 26K after 21 days; cum 165K 10/20; TD = 27,332 feet; 94 stages; 16.4 million lbs; cum 377K 10/21;
• at this link, 440K in less than three years: 32272, A/IA/1,927, Slawson, Submariner Federal 2-23-20H, Big Bend, t6/19; cum 28K after 18 days; cum 193K 2/20; TD = 28,186 feet; three section lateral; 102-stages; 18.1 million lbs; off line 1/20; remains off line 10/20; cum 440K 10/21;
• at this link, OMG, look at what Slawson is doing in the Bakken: 31561, 2,175, Submariner Federal 6-23-20TFH, Big Bend, t6/19; cum 41K in 27 days; cum 139K 2/20; TD = 27,537 feet; 97 stages, 15.4 million lbs; 3-section lateral; remains off line 10/20; back on line 12/20; cum 365K 10/20;
• at this link; off line almost one year, comes back stronger than ever: 2274, 2,117, Slawson, Submariner Federal 2 SLH, 31 stages; 2.6 million lbs; 63 stages; 13.8 million lbs; Big Bend, t6/19; cum 165K 2/20; remains off line 9/20; back on line 2/21; cum 377K 10/21; 

I'm bringing this up again because it seems there is "something going on in the Bakken" that is new -- either new technology or new strategies for completions or a combination of both. I've not seen anyone else writing about this in the mainstream media. My hunch is if that's accurate -- something new occurring -- it will eventually be discussed in quarterly conference calls or at some oil conference. 

A reader writes:

When we finally 'learn' just what the heck Slawson is doing with those Submariner wells, we will know how this formation pressure situation is being implemented. 

The virtual lack of decline coupled with the presence of - literally - hundreds of thousands of barrels of produced water is as clear a 'smoking gun' evidence that injected water is being used to drive the hydrocarbons to the well bore. 

Eventual public revealing of these techniques will absolutely rock the energy world. 

[It seems there are very few if any] who are both monitoring and posting this absolutely tectonic evolution in unconventional production.