Huge Production Reporting Mistake Over At NDIC -- August 15, 2017

September 14, 2017: HUGE MISTAKE BY SOMEONE AT NDIC OR AT BR -- Remember this well -- said to have produced 90,000 bbls in one month. I see that the production profile has been corrected at NDIC. The update shows that there was a huge error in production numbers reported. Here's the production  profile now that it's been corrected (I guess one can ignore the entire note below; it's just another well in the Bakken, nothing special:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2017	0	0	298	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2017	28	22597	22477	18219	18522	18509	0
BAKKEN	5-2017	15	12137	11959	11318	10314	8203	2107
BAKKEN	4-2017	7	2422	2422	6	17	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	3	53	53	1	7	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Disclaimer: once before, I came across a well with production that seemed impossible. I posted it; later we learned it was a commingling error. It was either that case or another case, I forget, that was later corrected by the NDIC. [Later: that case ws an example of a typographical error on an IP which was later corrected by the NDIC.]  In this case, 90,000 bbls of oil after a re-frack just seems very, very hard to believe, but that's what is being reported right now. So, I'll post what I see and then wait to see if someone has "the rest of the story" or if NDIC corrects the data.

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Updates

August 16, 2017: see first comment; reader says he sees the same thing; he notes that the well is "now flowing, not on a pump."

Original Post

Now, back to the well.

A reader alerted me to this well. Here was his note:

This well was first drilled in 2008. It had been producing for about seven years before being taken off-line. Then, re-entered and re-fracked, this well almost doubled its cumulative production in June, in just a single month, to close to 250 kbo.

It achieved an average daily production rate of over 3,000 bo/d, the highest monthly rate of any well in the history of North Dakota. It was refracked in the end of 2016, and just put back on production.

Here's the monthly production data for the past 12 months:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2017	28	90038	89027	18219	18558	18545	0
BAKKEN	5-2017	15	12137	11959	11318	10314	8203	2107
BAKKEN	4-2017	7	2422	2422	6	17	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	3	53	53	1	7	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Here's the monthly production data for the first 12 months:

BAKKEN	5-2009	31	2521	2464	278	1908	1908	0
BAKKEN	4-2009	30	2512	2453	276	1965	1933	32
BAKKEN	3-2009	31	2794	2787	303	1984	1826	158
BAKKEN	2-2009	28	2697	2770	286	2006	1776	230
BAKKEN	1-2009	31	3172	3211	376	2028	1694	334
BAKKEN	12-2008	31	3448	3498	406	2429	1339	1090
BAKKEN	11-2008	30	3646	3673	438	2732	2732	0
BAKKEN	10-2008	30	4798	4808	677	3622	3622	0
BAKKEN	9-2008	23	3718	3657	920	2371	2279	92
BAKKEN	8-2008	29	5156	4873	1454	3584	3510	74
BAKKEN	7-2008	31	4850	4915	1605	3808	0	3808
BAKKEN	6-2008	30	667	442	974	338	0	338

The well:

• 17106, 361, BR, CCU Bison Point 14-34H, Corral Creek, t7/08; cum 241K 6/17
• original frack back in 2008
• a refrack in early 2017: IP of 672; 26 stages; 5 million lbs (mesh and large; no small proppant)
• when re-entered, the well was extended (if I read it correctly, by 385 feet); the drilling target zone was 20 feet thick, with the top of the target window set 8 feet below the top of the middle Bakken.

Re-entry, drilling target results:

• above drilling target footage (%): 165' (43%)
• in drilling target footage (%): 220' (57%)
• below drilling target footage: 0' (0%)
• in this side-track lateral: average background gas, 430 units; max daily gas, 3,282 units

The original well, when drilled in 2008:

• in target zone, 8,292' (92%)
• above target zone, 716; (8%)
• open hole frack, 1.05 million lbs, 20-40 sand

Production profile, graphically (source, search: ):

NDIC map of the area:

Note: Mike Filloon shows a number of similar production profiles of wells in the Permian, and I have pointed them out, suggesting those are the wells I'm interested in.  

Huge Correction-- BR -- #30326 -- Old Hickory -- March 12, 2017

Updates

June 16, 2017: it looks like there is a huge correction for two Old Hickory wells. The "81,000 bbls in one month" noted in the original post seems to have been in error. The current scout tickets for these two wells now show a change in the oil production in that one month; produced water and natural gas figures remained unchanged.

Scout ticket, #30224:

NDIC File No: 30224     API No: 33-053-06569-00-00     CTB No: 230325
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 1/15/2017     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: SENE 32-153-96     Footages: 1579 FNL 683 FEL     Latitude: 48.033939     Longitude: -103.046193
Current Operator: BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Current Well Name: OLD HICKORY 42-32MBH
Elevation(s): 2341 KB   2314 GR   2315 GL     Total Depth: 21390     Field: SAND CREEK
Spud Date(s):  10/11/2015
Casing String(s):  9.625" 2482'   7" 10885'  
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 10885-21390     Comp: 1/15/2017     Status: F     Date: 1/18/2017     Spacing: 4SEC
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 67402     Cum MCF Gas: 118093     Cum Water: 19314
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 1/18/2017     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 2544     IP MCF: 4447     IP Water: 936

Monthly Production Data

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	31647	31681	5138	53019	52647	298
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	23196	23084	6726	39765	38998	692
BAKKEN	2-2017	6	2526	2478	1725	4141	4126	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	16	10033	10033	5725	21168	16519	4609

Scout ticket, #30326:

NDIC File No: 30326     API No: 33-053-06614-00-00     CTB No: 230325 Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 2/10/2017     Wellbore type: Horizontal Location: NENE 32-153-96     Footages: 890 FNL 230 FEL     Latitude: 48.035829     Longitude: -103.044340 Current Operator: BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP Current Well Name: OLD HICKORY 41-32TFH Elevation(s): 2318 KB   2291 GR   2292 GL     Total Depth: 20975     Field: SAND CREEK Spud Date(s):  8/23/2015 Casing String(s):  9.625" 2453'   7" 10927'   Completion Data    Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 10927-20975     Comp: 2/10/2017     Status: F     Date: 2/14/2017     Spacing: 4SEC Cumulative Production Data    Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 71194     Cum MCF Gas: 115446     Cum Water: 20990 Production Test Data    IP Test Date: 2/14/2017     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 2652     IP MCF: 3246     IP Water: 1130

Monthly Production Data Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare BAKKEN 4-2017 29 27432 27480 6771 49238 48727 439 BAKKEN 3-2017 5 22767 22798 7306 38345 37411 924 BAKKEN 2-2017 2 20995 20807 6913 27863 15736 12122

Original Post

For newbies: early in the Bakken boom, if a well produced 100,000 bbls in the first two years, it was considered a good well. Then EOG was getting 100,000 bbls in the first year and then talked about 100,000 bbls in the first six months. Look at this: 100,000 bbls in 7 days (actually I think the second month was likely a full month, but if in fact it was 5 days, it is even more staggering). 

The well:

• 30326, 2,652, BR, Old Hickory 41-32TFH, Three Forks, 29 stages, 7.4 million lbs, t2/17; cum 102K 3/17;

Production profile (seven days of production, although I think it was actually 33):

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2017	5	81002	80630	7306	38345	37411	924
BAKKEN	2-2017	2	20995	20807	6913	27863	15736	12122

The graphic is at this post.

The scout ticket:
NDIC File No: 30326     API No: 33-053-06614-00-00     
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 2/10/2017     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: NENE 32-153-96          Latitude: 48.035829     Longitude: -103.044340
Current Operator: BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Current Well Name: OLD HICKORY 41-32TFH
Elevation(s): 2318 KB   2291 GR   2292 GL     Total Depth: 20975     Field: SAND CREEK
Spud Date(s):  8/23/2015
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 10927-20975     Comp: 2/10/2017     Status: F     Date: 2/14/2017     Spacing: 4SEC
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 101997     Cum MCF Gas: 66208     Cum Water: 14219
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 2/14/2017     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 2,652     IP MCF: 3246     IP Water: 1130

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One Wonders If "81686" Should Have Been "18686"?

A reader pointed out "the other" Old Hickory well with similar production:

• 30224, 2,544, BR, Old Hickory 42-32MBH, Sand Creek, 34 stages, 5.2 million lbs, t1/17; cum 94K 3/17; 

NDIC File No: 30224     API No: 33-053-06569-00-00     
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 1/15/2017     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: SENE 32-153-96          Latitude: 48.033939     Longitude: -103.046193
Current Operator: BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Current Well Name: OLD HICKORY 42-32MBH
Elevation(s): 2341 KB   2314 GR   2315 GL     Total Depth: 21390     Field: SAND CREEK
Spud Date(s):  10/11/2015
Completion Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Perfs: 10885-21390     Comp: 1/15/2017     Status: F     Date: 1/18/2017     Spacing: 4SEC
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: BAKKEN     Cum Oil: 94245     Cum MCF Gas: 65074     Cum Water: 14176
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 1/18/2017     Pool: BAKKEN     IP Oil: 2544     IP MCF: 4447     IP Water: 936


Monthly Production Data:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	81686	81169	6726	39765	38998	692
BAKKEN	2-2017	6	2526	2478	1725	4141	4126	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	16	10033	10033	5725	21168	16519	4609