Random Update Of The BR CCU Gopher Wells -- Re-Fracked -- Some Fracked For The First Time -- November 28, 2021

The CCU Gopher wells are tracked here.

It appears BR is in the process of fracking and/or re-fracking some of these CCU Gopher wells. Whether these are initial fracks or re-fracks we'll sort out later. I assume at least one reader could tell me. The first one below is obviously the first frack:

We'll end up looking at all of them but for now, this one should get our attention:

• 33806, SI/A (a DUC), BR, CCU Gopher 6-2-15TFH, Corral Creek, first production, 3/21; t--; cum 150K in six months of production (see below);

#33806? Guess when that well was permitted? July 21, 2017 -- over four years ago. On that date the following Gopher wells were permitted, and all are currently being listed as DUCs by the NDIC:

• #33806 - #33811, inclusive:
• 33806: 6-2-15TFH; fracked early 2021; Three Forks first bench; stimulated (fracked) 2/16/20; test date, 2/11/21; IP 22 bbls (no typo); 33 stages; lbs proppant, 7,994,240 lbs proppant; max production, 42K over 28 days extrapolates to 45K over 30 days;
• 33807: 6-2-15MBH; stimulated (fracked) 12/16/20; test date: 2/2/21; 33 stages; IP: 24 bbls (no typo); lbs proppant: 7,931,630 lbs; max production, 22K 5/21;
• 33808: 5-2-15TFH; max production, 27K over 23 days, 3/21; extrapolates to 35K over 30 days;
• 33809: 7-2-15MBH; max production, 26K over 31 days;
• 33810: 8-2-15TFH; max production, 29K over 29 days;
• 33811: 8-2-15MBH; max production, 31K over 30 days;

Now, back to #33806, full production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	14	9594	9617	11427	13706	13402	292
BAKKEN	8-2021	31	19962	19959	22119	27487	27108	365
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	21191	21219	23835	28739	23202	5525
BAKKEN	6-2021	30	21113	21044	24385	28145	22489	5644
BAKKEN	5-2021	31	24218	24178	27265	29455	28757	685
BAKKEN	4-2021	14	11992	12150	13846	11802	11797	0
BAKKEN	3-2021	28	41817	41588	43750	29866	29834	16
BAKKEN	2-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2021	9	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

Happy Festivus -- November 28, 2021

Sophia's elementary school principal -- here in Texas -- sends out a weekly newsletter. Today, my wife noted this in the newsletter:

Wow! The [elementary school] special days/dress schedule didn’t miss any holidays — Hannukah, Christmas, Diwali, Ramadan, Kwanzaa …!

In fact, she did. LOL.

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Grocery Store -- Sunday After Thanksgiving

Random observations at our local grocery store, not Target:

• casual observations: any shortages on the shelves not immediately noticeable
• closer observations: some shortages, but if one can afford "average" grocery store prices, no one will go hungry
• pasta: I was surprised to see so little spaghetti and similar pasta on the shelves; pasta has been in limited supply for months; I believe that's also true for beans and rice, although I did not check tonight;
  
• beef, pork, chicken: no shortages; I did not check the prices; however, I did not see any whole chickens, though I did not look very hard; a small selection of chicken livers which I never buy any more but used to enjoy; prefer gizzards (LOL);
• with rotisserie chickens so affordable, I have no idea why folks buy fresh / frozen chicken to cook at home except for special occasions or special events (e.g., beer can chicken on the Weber)
  
• beer: normal prices; six packs running at $9.99 which was discounted from $10.99 and $11.99; last summer one could find same six packs running at $8.99 (discounted); Yuengling beer recently introduced to Texas always least expensive; often discounted;
  
• no Spam on the shelf except for two cans of Spam Lite; store brand "Spam" instead, but limited quantities
• potato chips on sale, some brands markedly reduced; I see this periodically in this particular store
• turkeys: still large quantities and priced at 99 cents / lb
• canned tuna on sale at $1.00 / can
• Campbell's soup getting more expensive, but store brand very competitive; e.g., Bean and Bacon (Campbell's): $1.69, but store brand at 99 cents;
• white, sliced bread: the "off-brands" still easily found at 99 cents/loaf
• I bought brand-name hot dogs; real hot dogs, not those "turkey dogs"; don't remember exact price but I wouldn't have bought them if more than what I used to pay (I seldom buy hot dogs but like to have some in freezer / refrigerator -- in case Sophia wants one for a snack);
• I did not look at the bacon; even if being given away, I was not in the mood to buy any;
  
• russet potatoes: 89 cents / pound;
• the one thing I came in for: Ken's Honey Mustard salad dressing; regular, not lite; don't remember the price but it was no more than what I expected to pay;

Williston Mayor Howard Klug On Fox And Friends Sunday Morning -- November 28, 2021

A reader writes: Williston mayor Howard Klug on Fox and Friends Weekend this morning.

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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream

Twenty months old. Pretending to eat ice cream out of the side of a toy fire truck. At the end, Levi is upset because they're "run out" ice cream. After the movie stops, Judah scraped some of his "ice cream" off his spoon and gave it to Levi.

Twins driving their fire truck. Levi always gets to drive; Judah never gets to drive. Second thought: looks like they are riding a motorcycle.

Initial Production Data For Wells Coming Off The Confidential List This Next Week -- November 28 ,2021

The wells:

• 38252, conf, CLR, Kukla 9-16H1 Chimney Butte, no production data, SWSW 9-T146N-R95W; from section 9, Kuklas run south, Candees run north
• parent well to the north
• 16509, a dual lateral, AB/484, CLR, Candee 11-9H, Chimney Butte t6/07; cum 206K 12/19;
  
• 37440, conf, Oasis, Wold 5297 11-6 2B, Sand Creek,
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	30143	91190
8-2021	29619	86416
7-2021	26595	65780
6-2021	13460	38793

• 38046, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 3-28-33H, Big Bend, no production data, 
• 38266, conf, CLR, Dvirnak 12-7HSL1, Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 38047, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 5-28-33TFH, Big Bend, no production data, 
• 38267, conf, CLR, Pletan 12-18HSL, Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 38048, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 4-28-33TFH, 
• 37623, conf, Oasis, Nikolai Federal 5297 11-6 6B, Banks,
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	26601	99302
8-2021	30195	94476
7-2021	30894	83210
6-2021	19430	57074

• 36816, conf, Whiting, S-Bar 12-2H, Sanish,
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	16774	8936
8-2021	18693	5675
7-2021	11646	3690
6-2021	4950	2267

• 38268, conf, CLR, Jensen 8-8HSL, Chimney Butte, no production data, SWSW 8-T146N-R95W; one section to the west of the Candee / Kukla wells;
• the parent well, #16316:
• 16316, a dual lateral, IA/280, CLR, Jensen 1-5H, Chimney Butte, cum 227K 11/19;
  
• 38236, conf, CLR, Mittlestadt 10-17HSL1, Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 38269, conf, CLR, Jensen 9-H1 Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 38237, conf, CLR, Jensen 11-8HSL1, Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 36897, conf, Whiting, Satterthwaite 14-7XH, Sanish, SWSW 7-T153N-R92W

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	16313	14700
8-2021	16734	9540
7-2021	9202	854
6-2021	459	0
5-2021	65	0

• the parent wells to #36897:
• 17964, IA/571, Whiting, Satterthwaite 11-7H, t6/09; cum 189K 3/21;
  
• 21252, 690, Whiting, S-Bar 11-7TFH, t2/12; cum 114K 9/21; was off line 4/21 - 8/21; back on line 92/1;
  
• 38270, conf, CLR, Middlestadt 9-17H1, Chimney Butte, no production data, 
• 36818, conf, Whiting, S-Bar 12-2-3H, Sanish,
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	12303	11231
8-2021	16743	5906
7-2021	15749	4835
6-2021	5817	3493
5-2021	4265	2516

Wells Coming Off The Confidential List -- November 28, 2021

Monday, December 6, 2021: 55 for the month, 58 for the quarter, 309 for the year:
38250, conf, CLR, Candee 10-9H1,
36863, conf, Whiting, Satterthwaite 13-7XH,

Sunday, December 5, 2021: 53 for the month, 56 for the quarter, 307 for the year:
38251, conf, CLR, Kukla 8-16HSL, 
37624, conf, Oasis, Nikolai Federal 5297 11-6 10BX,

It's been a long time since we've seen wells coming off the confidential list every day of the next week.

Saturday, December 4, 2021: 51 for the month, 54 for the quarter, 305 for the year:
38252, conf, CLR, Kukla 9-16H1,
37440, conf, Oasis, Wold 5297 11-6 2B,

Friday, December 3, 2021: 49 for the month, 52 for the quarter, 303 for the year:
38046, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 3-28-33H,

Thursday, December 2, 2021: 48 for the month, 51 for the quarter, 302 for the year:
38266, conf, CLR, Dvirnak 12-7HSL1,
38047, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 5-28-33TFH,

Wednesday, December 1, 2021: 46 for the month, 49 for the quarter, 300 for the year:
38267, conf, CLR, Pletan 12-18HSL,
38048, conf, Slawson, Muskrat Federal 4-28-33TFH,
37623, conf, Oasis, Nikolai Federal 5297 11-6 6B,
36816, conf, Whiting, S-Bar 12-2H,

Tuesday, November 30, 2021: 42 for the month, 45 for the quarter, 296 for the year:
38268, conf, CLR, Jensen 8-8HSL,
38236, conf, CLR, Mittlestadt 10-17HSL1,

Monday, November 29, 2021: 40 for the month, 43 for the quarter, 294 for the year:
38269, conf, CLR, Jensen 9-H1,
38237, conf, CLR, Jensen 11-8HSL1,
36897, conf, Whiting, Satterthwaite 14-7XH,

Sunday, November 28, 2021: 37 for the month, 40 for the quarter, 291 for the year:
38270, conf, CLR, Middlestadt 9-17H1,
36818, conf, Whiting, S-Bar 12-2-3H,