Updating A Huge XTO Well In Bear Creek -- 400K Bbls Crude Oil In One Year -- August 22, 2020

The well:

• 34358, 30 (no typo), XTO, Bobcat Federal 14X-35EXH, Bear Creek, 60 stages, 12.0 million lbs, t5/19; cum 413K 6/20:

The graphic: pending, if the spirit moves me but not tonight. 

Production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2020	30	21590	21845	18327	46208	44044	2127
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	29073	28854	23145	58360	54778	3552
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	28726	28967	23563	48334	45293	3033
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	28497	28149	22692	39376	38981	295
BAKKEN	2-2020	15	12240	12462	11997	16365	12400	3920
BAKKEN	1-2020	29	25617	25547	21390	35208	24156	10965
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	33870	33738	29159	45929	32965	12863
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	34869	35105	29572	39322	33176	6048
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	34492	34576	34518	38273	38172	0
BAKKEN	9-2019	30	38132	38221	34052	51273	44198	6977
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	48796	49057	56932	63245	57779	5466
BAKKEN	7-2019	31	62002	61806	52245	80462	2054	78313
BAKKEN	6-2019	13	14974	14228	18060	16881	8076	8769
BAKKEN	5-2019	17	395	0	9563	944	0	944

Whiting With Two New Permits: MRO Reports Two Huge DUCs -- July 21, 2020

EU stimulus package: close, but no cigar. $572 billion. Won't be nearly enough. "Green" focused. Really, really bad news. For the EU. LOL.

WTI: up 2.82%; up over a buck; trading at $41.96 and, then, a speed bump -- large, and again (how many times have we heard this?), an unexpected crude oil build. The API consensus, predicted an inventory draw of almost 2 million bbls. In fact a whopping increase in crude oil inventories: 7.5 million bbls. If they were basing their estimate on the declining number of rigs, it sort of expalins how they missed the number.

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ICYMI: Tesoro High Plains Pipeline shutdown; failed to obtain lease through reservation. Affects MRO / Marathon refinery in Mandan; posted earlier.

Active rigs:
 

$41.96	7/21/2020	07/21/2019	07/21/2018	07/21/2017	07/21/2016
Active Rigs	11	55	67	59	31

Two new permits, #37729 - #37730, inclusive:

• Operator: Whiting
• Field: Sanish (Mountrail)
• Comments: 
• Whiting has two new permits 
• Foreman Federal, lot 3 section 4-152-92, 565 FNL 1665 FWL, Sanish oil field,
• Pennington, lot 1 section 4-152-92, 451 FNL 846 FEL, Sanish oil field

Four producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 35891, conf, Whiting, Sondrol 11-29H, Pembroke, producing, a 23K month;
• 35892, SI/A, Whiting, Rauser 11-29H, Pembroke, t--; cum 83K in 3.5 months; a 29K month;
• 34601, drl/A, MRO, Salveson USA 24-21H, Reunion Bay, t--; cum 170K 3.5 months; a 54K month;
• 34602, drl/A, MRO, Gerhardt USA 14-21H, Reunion Bay, t--; cum 145K 3 months; a 56K month;

Three permits renewed:

• Petroshale: two Anderson South permits, and one Petroshale US permit, all in McKenzie County;

Two permits canceled:

• Petro-Hunt: two Eric Stratton Federal permits in McKenzie County

Dry hole:

• 34677, dry, EOG, Clarks Creek 65-07H, McKenzie County

Producers now abandoned: 8, of interest:

• 10103, Liberty Resources, Iverson State A 1,  

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Additional Information Regarding Some Of The Wells Above

The wells:

• 10103, PA/32, Liberty Resources, Iverson State A 1, Glass Bluff, t1/185; cum 13K 7/93; last produced in 1993; very erratic production for years; 

• 34677, dry, EOG, Clarks Creek 65-07H, McKenzie County, from the file report:
• spud December 25, 2020 (sic) (must have been 2019)
• KOP: 0700 hours, January 11, 2020
• curve began at 1730 hours January 11, 2020
• curve TD reaced at 0600 hours January 12, 2020
• lateral 
• begun at 0130 hours, January 15, 2020
• abandoned at 14,226' MD on 1/16/2020 due to lower shale strike 

• 34601, drl/A, MRO, Salveson USA 24-21H, 33-061-04204; Reunion Bay, t--; cum 170K 3.5 months; a 54K month; fracked 1/12/2020 - 1/26/2020, 8.3 million gallons of water; 99.99965% water by mass;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	35603	35645	20017	52348	0	50209
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	53827	53895	45437	65539	0	62381
BAKKEN	3-2020	29	46754	46820	44990	52231	0	49489
BAKKEN	2-2020	15	33998	33589	65974	40193	0	3821

• 34602, drl/A, MRO, Gerhardt USA 14-21H, 33-061-04205; Reunion Bay, t--; cum 145K 3 months; a 56K month; fracked 1/12/2020 - 2/10/2020; 7.7 million gallons of water; all water?

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	31310	31352	16385	43477	0	41605
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	48352	48515	39310	58332	0	55495
BAKKEN	3-2020	30	55850	55549	43312	59891	0	56616
BAKKEN	2-2020	5	9038	8929	8337	9030	0	8507

FracFocus, screenshots:

34601:

34602:

Sixteen Wells Coming Off The Confidential List -- July 6, 2020

Renewable energy: there's no "there" there. ISO New England -- this morning -- 92% natural gas and nuclear; 5% renewable energy.

OPEC basket, link here, $42.93.

Friends again: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait restart production at shared oil field. Link here. So, while Saudi Arabia bullies rest of OPEC countries to cut production, it re-starts a huge field. Okay.

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Active rigs:

$40.52	7/6/2020	07/06/2019	07/06/2018	07/06/2017	07/06/2016
Active Rigs	11	58	65	57	31

Sixteen wells coming off confidential list --

Monday, July 6, 2020: 25 for the month; 25 for the quarter, 470 for the year:

• 35974, drl/NC, XTO, Skarpsno Federal 22X-20F, Haystack Butte, no production data,
• 31521, SI/A, CLR, Steele Federal 6-24H, Banks, t--; cum 179K in less than five months; 57K months;
• 31520, SI/A, CLR, Steele Federal 5-24H1, Banks, t--; cum 118K in less than five months; 

Sunday, July 5, 2020: 22 for the month; 22 for the quarter, 467 for the year:

• 37043, drl/NC, CLR, Simmental Federal 13-16HSL2, Elm Tree, no production data,
• 36428, SI/A, Whiting, Lindseth 11-1-2H, Sanish, t--; cum 106K over five months;
• 35973, drl/NC, XTO, Skarpsno Federal 22X-20B, Haystack Butte, no production data,
• 32434, drl/NC, MRO, Stillwell 21-13H, 33-025-03101, Lost Bridge, first production, 8/20; t--; cum 215K 9/20; fracked, 8/19/20 - 8/25/20; 7.9 million gallons of water; 81.2% fresh water by mass; 6.4% produced water by mass; production; note 90K in first full month of production; 215K in three months. Early in the boom, EURs of 300K were the expected.

Saturday, July 4, 2020: 18 for the month; 18 for the quarter, 463 for the year:

• 37044, drl/NC, CLR, Charolais South Federal 2-10HSL Elm Tree, no production data, 
• 36819, drl/NC, WPX, Omaha Woman 24-13-12HY, Squaw Creek, no production data,
• 35972, drl/NC, XTO, Skarpsno Federal 22X-20E, Haystack Butte, no production data,
• 35694, SI/A, Oasis, Joplin 5397 42-32 6T, Banks, t--; cum 70K over four months;

Friday, July 3, 2020: 14 for the month; 14 for the quarter, 459 for the year:

• 37045, drl/NC, CLR, Simmental Federal 12-16H, Elm Tree, no production data,
• 36820, drl/NC, WPX, Omaha Woman 24-13-12HC, Squaw Creek, no production data,
• 35971, drl/NC, XTO, Skarpsno Federal 22X-20AXD, Haystack Butte, no production data,
• 35693, SI/A, Oasis, Joplin 5397 42-32 5B, Banks, t--; cum 137K over five months;
• 35692, SI/NC, Oasis, Joplin 5297 42-32 4T, Banks, t--; cum 70K over four months;

RBN Energy: rulings on KXL permit cloud other oil and gas pipeline projects.

The demand destruction caused by COVID-19 hasn’t only hurt producers and refiners; it’s also slowed the development of a number of planned midstream projects. In fact, the only multibillion-dollar crude-related project to reach a final investment decision (FID) during the pandemic is TC Energy’s Keystone XL, which in late March won financial backing from Alberta’s provincial government. But Keystone XL soon hit another snag, this time in the form of U.S. district and appellate court rulings that vacated the project’s Nationwide Permit 12 for construction in and around hundreds of streams and wetlands along the U.S. portion of the pipeline’s route in the U.S. More important, the courts also put on ice — at least for now — the use of the general water-crossing permit for other new oil and natural gas pipelines as well. As we discuss in today’s blog, that could result in delays and legal challenges to dozens of projects that midstreamers and their counterparties have been counting on.

For midstream companies, the process of advancing a pipeline, an export terminal, or another major project is often fraught with challenges. For one, there’s the competition among midstreamers to line up the long-term commitments generally needed to secure financing — a factor that has always been a hurdle for large new midstream projects. Then there’s the matter of locking down the various regulatory approvals and permits that the project will need — again, always a stumbling block that has only increased in significance over the years. Today, environmental, landowner, and stakeholder challenges to pipeline projects, even from the states they traverse, have become very difficult. For example, Williams has failed to convince New York regulators that its Constitution Pipelien project passes environmental muster. And even when midstream developers do get the approvals and permits they need from administrative agencies, there’s always the very real possibility that there will be court challenges that could drag on for years.

Two New Monster Wells Posted -- July 3, 2020

Two new monster wells added to the "3rd generation" list:

• 32514, 1,355, EOG, Mandaree 31-0706H, t12/16; cum 633K 5/20; off line 5/20; middle Bakken; initial production:
  

  BAKKEN	4-2017	29	44677	44577	32206	69172	62883	5826
  BAKKEN	3-2017	31	47276	46993	36587	65298	61386	3409
  BAKKEN	2-2017	28	51308	51214	48537	82038	78844	2739
  BAKKEN	1-2017	31	57779	57814	54033	84535	67644	16388
  BAKKEN	12-2016	29	45898	45725	50252	37783	35402	1915

• 32513, 1,910, EOG, Mandaree 24-0706H, t12/16; cum 546K 5/20; off line 5/20; permitted as a Three Forks B1, but later changed to a middle Bakken well;
  

  BAKKEN	8-2017	31	23375	23463	10197	58355	37337	20527
  BAKKEN	7-2017	31	18874	18737	8704	35227	29637	5120
  BAKKEN	6-2017	30	19102	19222	6908	31971	25822	5667
  BAKKEN	5-2017	31	24510	24365	11693	42602	30134	11986
  BAKKEN	4-2017	26	25136	25312	14004	39692	35948	3334
  BAKKEN	3-2017	31	47856	47541	35648	67131	63119	3509
  BAKKEN	2-2017	28	45724	45643	46378	72906	70021	2432
  BAKKEN	1-2017	31	52964	53049	45166	67441	53916	13022
  BAKKEN	12-2016	27	56103	55892	40289	42152	37427	4291

Graphics:

The other two wells on that pad:

• 19004, 1,440, EOG, Mandaree 12-07H, Squaw Creek, t11/10; cum 204K 3/20; remains off line 5/20; fracked; tested 11/19/2010; 15 stages; 1.1 million lbs proppant; middle Bakken;
• 32512, IA/1,505, EOG, Mandaree 30-0706H, Squaw Creek, t12/16; cum 310K 9/19; off line 10/19; remains off line 5/20; tested 11/09/2016; 37 stages; 16.9 million lbs; middle Bakken; look at the original production:

BAKKEN	11-2017	30	6450	6375	10649	19361	15720	3160
BAKKEN	10-2017	31	7147	7177	12026	25558	20373	4701
BAKKEN	9-2017	30	8410	8529	12708	21136	14364	6301
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	12857	13009	18016	38501	24502	13508
BAKKEN	7-2017	31	14243	14180	15608	18544	15419	2653
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	16496	16507	20646	34840	28107	6248
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	16511	16461	20366	27573	19400	7691
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	20420	20391	24993	29045	26149	2409
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	23147	22990	33468	39045	36518	2052
BAKKEN	2-2017	22	20949	20961	34589	31830	30480	1055
BAKKEN	1-2017	31	45075	45145	64600	56802	45349	10950
BAKKEN	12-2016	27	46918	46741	59032	29104	27703	967

Whiting With Three New Permits; MRO Reports A DUC With 174K In Less Than 3 Months -- June 18, 2020

Active rigs:

$39.04	6/18/2020	06/18/2019	06/18/2018	06/18/2017	06/18/2016
Active Rigs	12	62	64	57	28

Three new permits, #37651 - #37653, inclusive --

• Operator: Whiting
• Field: Foreman Butte (McKenzie)
• Comments:
• Whiting has permits for three Link 44 wells in SESE 10-150-102, Foreman Butte, all 370' FSL and all about 1100' FEL

Four wells on the Enerplus "Wild Kingdom" pad re-surveyed; very minor changes in siting:

• 36276, Lemur,
• 36277, Gazelle,
• 36279, Aardwolf, 
• 36280, Meerkat,
• 36282, Warthog, 
• 36283, Zebara 

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 36847, drl/A, MRO, Nokelby USA 34-21H, Reunion Bay, t--; cum 174K 4/20; see production data below the fold; see this post;
• 35034, SI/A, XTO, FBIR Youngbear 31X-9H, Heart Butte, t--; cum 52K 4/20; see production data below the fold;
• 35032, SI/A, XTO, FBIR Youngbear 31X-9G, Heart Butte, t--; cum 40K 4/20; see production data below the fold;

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Production Profile For DUCs Reported Above

• 35032:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	5894	5918	32606	4140	3984	136
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	6762	6808	38958	4593	4573	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	8329	8266	38220	5269	5245	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	26	5000	5115	24002	2889	1637	1232
BAKKEN	12-2019	28	14033	13779	49903	7242	5743	1468
BAKKEN	11-2019	0	0	183	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2019	2	449	266	3062	379	0	379
BAKKEN	9-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 35034:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	28	7768	7824	30145	5278	5079	173
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	9950	9961	38626	6714	6685	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	9905	9837	35528	6290	6261	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	22	6243	6328	21072	3861	2187	1647
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	14242	14056	42545	7569	6002	1534
BAKKEN	11-2019	4	2955	3352	8205	1245	1238	0
BAKKEN	10-2019	3	1153	684	3431	573	0	573
BAKKEN	5-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 36847, 74K over 26 days extrapolates to 85,458 bbls over a 30-day month:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	40195	40215	22127	54880	0	52446
BAKKEN	3-2020	29	59964	60114	36983	63138	0	59639
BAKKEN	2-2020	26	74064	73489	74464	69761	0	65466

Another Huge CLR Carson Peak Well -- June 6, 2020

Important note: note the amount of returned water. A reader noticed this phenomenon in the Bakken about a year ago. Very, very, very interesting. This, along with XTO's look at communication between neighboring wells, different formations, after fracking is very, very intriguing.

The well:

• 35272, 3,376, CLR, Carson Peak 4-35HSL, Oakdale, t6/19; cum 445K 4/20; huge well, middle Bakken, 40 stages; 16.1 million lbs;

From the file report:

• spud date: October 29,2018
• TD date: November 10, 2018
• curve: began early morning November 1, 2018; completed 22:20 on November 1, 2018; one drilling assembly;
• lateral
• drilled out of the shoe late in the evening of November 3, 2018
• intermittent flares, 5' - 15'
• gas buster brought on line; gas ranged from 900 to 4,000 units; peaks as high as 5,000 units after first trip; three BHAs required;
• very high gas; 
• 100% of the lateral remained in the middle Bakken
• 2560-acre spacing

Full production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	39982	40040	7603	69274	68352	247
BAKKEN	4-2020	28	40282	40311	7821	61240	58760	1939
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	54291	54224	10515	76077	64319	11295
BAKKEN	2-2020	25	37475	37504	7667	43876	35673	7901
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	41058	41092	8899	45559	43114	2103
BAKKEN	12-2019	31	35783	35772	9164	39931	37392	2130
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	31906	31870	7266	30733	25839	4553
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	34680	34668	8246	28889	15674	12878
BAKKEN	9-2019	30	35591	35588	9369	34781	27403	7006
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	42880	42876	12029	40905	33894	6657
BAKKEN	7-2019	31	47954	47932	14889	47232	40808	6067
BAKKEN	6-2019	20	38292	38137	11628	32326	24424	7528
BAKKEN	5-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2019	8	5037	5037	2851	2618	0	2618

Random Update Of A Rimrock Moccasin Creek DUC -- May 30, 2020

Almost 400K in one year.

• 46 stages; 12.6 million lbs
• 2560-acre spacing: sections 3/4/9/10-147-93
• TD: 21,115 feet

The well:

• 35499, 2,859, RimRock Oil & Gas, MC MHA 24-10HU, Moccasin Creek, t3/19; cum 384K 3/20;

Full production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	30	18569	18339	13182	23623	23549	74
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	19688	19700	14958	24513	24505	8
BAKKEN	1-2020	31	24234	24204	17965	27993	27848	145
BAKKEN	12-2019	24	21303	21318	15275	20036	19488	547
BAKKEN	11-2019	28	25488	25558	18253	25235	24622	587
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	32580	32513	26014	31737	27543	3522
BAKKEN	9-2019	19	18115	18105	17083	14449	9329	3937
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	35285	35470	32300	34689	18649	14563
BAKKEN	7-2019	31	36437	36422	31454	36437	24356	10821
BAKKEN	6-2019	30	36680	36537	35243	34237	24401	9587
BAKKEN	5-2019	26	30995	31017	32928	26960	15272	11688
BAKKEN	4-2019	30	57847	57962	59269	26112	0	26112
BAKKEN	3-2019	31	26786	26361	24899	15200	0	15200

The WPX Bird Bear Wells Have Been Updated -- April 5, 2020

The WPX Bird Bear wells in Spotted Horn oil field have been completed and now have six months of production; they are tracked here.

This is one of the wells:

• 35652, 3,243, WPX, Bird Bear 35-26HA, 34 stages; 6.3 million lbs;Spotted Horn, t9/19; cum 46K over 24 days; cum 219K 2/20; a 62K month;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	2-2020	29	26516	26466	7410	50686	46853	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	18	16276	16282	5050	20096	17478	0
BAKKEN	12-2019	22	26805	26842	7865	32353	25048	4031
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	41513	41822	12584	50107	37930	7275
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	62134	61900	20869	74995	33733	34217
BAKKEN	9-2019	24	46251	46007	16195	55828	20904	29553