From A Jack To A King -- From 900 Bbls/Month To 9,000 Bbls/Month -- The Bakken Never Ceases To Amaze Me -- June 22, 2024

Locator: 48021B.

BR has a couple of active rigs in Pershing oil field:

I was curious -- you can usually spot an old well -- when you see a singleton in an active area ... so I was curious -- what's going on with that singleton in the screenshot below?

Zooming in:

The well of interest is 15 years old and barely getting started based on that jump in production, see below:

• 17371, 695, BR, Parrish 1-31H, Pershing, t2/09; cum 239K 4/24;

The horizontal to the west, just 528 feet from the well of interest is:

• 37933, A/loc, BR, Parrish 4A MBH, Pershing, t4/24; cum 27K in first month of prodution.
  

Production data.

First, the 15-year-old well, recent production.

• 17371:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2024	30	9628	9471	8934	14664	13826	495
BAKKEN	3-2024	31	5324	5521	5244	5054	4386	280
BAKKEN	2-2024	25	4823	5014	5346	7709	7122	274
BAKKEN	1-2024	27	6571	6327	3255	9167	8479	350
BAKKEN	12-2023	22	5982	5869	3769	6884	6279	329
BAKKEN	11-2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2023	26	628	479	259	1541	1183	32
BAKKEN	9-2023	25	595	724	556	1688	1341	34
BAKKEN	8-2023	31	633	717	162	1173	751	34
BAKKEN	7-2023	31	653	700	133	1168	745	35
BAKKEN	6-2023	21	573	719	62	976	688	25
BAKKEN	5-2023	31	712	478	128	1237	811	38
BAKKEN	4-2023	30	767	851	144	678	265	37
BAKKEN	3-2023	30	885	750	132	1178	761	41
BAKKEN	2-2023	20	949	1156	90	1715	1423	41
BAKKEN	1-2023	2	291	0	26	314	242	47
BAKKEN	12-2022	2	54	0	1	25	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2022	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2022	23	548	470	85	1528	886	36
BAKKEN	9-2022	19	628	700	102	1525	996	28
BAKKEN	8-2022	31	612	888	138	1782	921	44
BAKKEN	7-2022	31	523	465	86	1545	685	43
BAKKEN	6-2022	30	640	693	125	1911	1077	43
BAKKEN	5-2022	31	806	825	164	2083	1211	55
BAKKEN	4-2022	26	434	417	75	820	744	11
BAKKEN	3-2022	31	705	357	147	1229	1114	38
BAKKEN	2-2022	26	659	723	121	920	855	0
BAKKEN	1-2022	31	659	963	172	590	513	0
BAKKEN	12-2021	31	681	489	152	488	411	0
BAKKEN	11-2021	30	719	719	191	898	824	0
BAKKEN	10-2021	31	795	941	510	491	414	0

17371, initial production, back in 2009:

BAKKEN	7-2009	29	3736	3452	735	4707	4707	0
BAKKEN	6-2009	27	4934	5144	1403	7228	7228	0
BAKKEN	5-2009	17	2322	2561	391	2642	2642	0
BAKKEN	4-2009	30	5203	5259	992	7592	7592	0
BAKKEN	3-2009	31	7340	7532	1502	11247	11247	0
BAKKEN	2-2009	26	9303	8718	2291	5337	5337	0
BAKKEN	1-2009	6	3495	3244	3357	4800	0	4800

Now, let's see when that horizontal well to the west was drilled.

• 37933, full production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2024	30	27415	27085	13060	46597	46464	123
BAKKEN	3-2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2024	20	0	0	6060	0	0	0

Note the dates.

It looks like another example of a daughter well going to do a whole better than the parent well, something "experts" say isn't supposed to happen.  

The Bakken never ceases to amaze me.