Locator: 50143B.
WTI: just spiked 5.61%; spiked $4.19 / bbl; now trading at $78.85.
Just when I thought it was going to be a boring day a reader sends me this!
A huge thanks to the reader who caught this. I missed it (at least a quick search of the blog I did not see it).
From October 12, 2011: fifteen years ago! Link here. All these wells are doing incredibly well in early production:
- Watchman wells; and,
- Devils Backbone wells.
From January 17, 2026:
One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:
- 39388, 954, BR, Watchman Peak 1-8-11MBH, Westberg, t1/25; cum 475K 1/26; McKenzie County; t 1/1/25; 57 stages; volume fluid to frac: 270,934 bbls; lbs proppant: 5,929,692; spacing: 2 / 11 / 14 / 23 - 152 - 97. Halo effect? Yes.
Full production profile:
| Pool | Date | Days | BBLS Oil | Runs | BBLS Water | MCF Prod | MCF Sold | Vent/Flare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKKEN | 1-2026 | 31 | 84585 | 84508 | 14612 | 88046 | 87211 | 775 |
| BAKKEN | 12-2025 | 30 | 41776 | 41788 | 22296 | 127325 | 126117 | 1130 |
| BAKKEN | 11-2025 | 30 | 35701 | 35723 | 21478 | 122026 | 120831 | 1117 |
| BAKKEN | 10-2025 | 30 | 53471 | 53432 | 31749 | 150123 | 146424 | 3579 |
| BAKKEN | 9-2025 | 22 | 23458 | 23536 | 17261 | 57624 | 56880 | 690 |
| BAKKEN | 8-2025 | 21 | 27853 | 27860 | 24377 | 75746 | 73928 | 1743 |
| BAKKEN | 7-2025 | 31 | 28652 | 28604 | 19704 | 75546 | 74570 | 869 |
| BAKKEN | 6-2025 | 29 | 25235 | 25161 | 14252 | 54080 | 52241 | 1779 |
| BAKKEN | 5-2025 | 30 | 26308 | 26344 | 14298 | 64679 | 63107 | 1514 |
| BAKKEN | 4-2025 | 27 | 24131 | 24064 | 13764 | 58451 | 56619 | 1779 |
| BAKKEN | 3-2025 | 14 | 11804 | 11972 | 7283 | 29958 | 27763 | 2166 |
| BAKKEN | 2-2025 | 27 | 45076 | 45090 | 20487 | 119452 | 101335 | 18034 |
| BAKKEN | 1-2025 | 24 | 47253 | 47037 | 9833 | 112279 | 105880 | 6347 |
| BAKKEN | 12-2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAKKEN | 11-2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAKKEN | 10-2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAKKEN | 9-2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 | 266 |
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