Random Note On A Statoil Jennifer Well -- October 14, 2017

I don't know what happened but I received a note over at The Bakken Shale Discussion Group regarding a Statoil Jennifer well. I received the query quite some time ago, but somehow missed it and it did not show up over at the message group (or at least I couldn't find it).

The reader asked about the drilling unit for a particular well.

According to the permit, the well is on a 2560-acre drilling unit. Anyone with mineral acres in section 26 or 27 or 34 or 35 in T156N-R100W will share in royalties from this well (as least as far as I understand things):

• 33577, SI/NC, Statoil, Jennifer 26-35 XW 1TFH, East Fork, no production data, 

I had originally opined that "XW" suggested to me a "unit line well." I wonder if "XW" doesn't suggest a "2560-acre well" or a "2560-acre overlapping well." 

Production Data For Bakken Fields, August, 2017

August, 2017, production data:

• production in top 20 Bakken oil fields
• production per well in top 20 Bakken oil fields
• greatest increase on a percentage basis in field production, month-over-month
• greatest decline on a percentage basis in field production, month-over-month

Production In Top Bakken Oil Fields, August, 2017, Data -- Greatest Increase On A Percentage Basis In Field Production Month-Over-Month

Disclaimer: in a spreadsheet done manually there are likely to be typographical and factual errors. If this information is important to you, go to the source. Do not quote me on this data.

July, 2017, and August, 2017, data for top producing oil fields in the Bakken. Ranked by greatest increase in field production, by percentage, month-over-month, column 10.

Field	July 2017 Prod	July Wells	July Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change June-to-July	Change in # of wells	August 2017 Prod	August Wells	August Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change July-to-August	Change in # of wells
Squaw Creek	104,850	41	2,557	-7.75%	0	320,721	47	6,824	205.89%	6
Pembroke	144,256	57	2,531	-7.38%	0	276,331	61	4,530	91.56%	4
Cow Creek	70,391	40	1,760	-3.77%	0	118,833	43	2,764	68.82%	3
Crazy Man Creek	80,376	48	1,675	-28.29%	2	130,273	48	2,714	62.08%	0
Bear Creek	138,009	39	3,539	50.11%	2	207,429	39	5,319	50.30%	0
Tobacco Garden	126,332	60	2,106	30.15%	2	164,568	60	2,743	30.27%	0
Tyrone	134,517	61	2,205	26.69%	2	168,788	63	2,679	25.48%	2
Pershing	97,080	40	2,427	-9.68%	1	120,000	41	2,927	23.61%	1
Brooklyn	213,041	86	2,477	9.91%	-3	257,856	86	2,998	21.04%	0
Antelope-Sanish	831,897	187	4,449	5.12%	6	991,772	191	5,193	19.22%	4
Alger	541,231	327	1,655	-12.34%	0	643,407	327	1,968	18.88%	0
Todd	143,775	63	2,282	22.72%	4	169,999	63	2,698	18.24%	0
Blue Buttes	761,075	174	4,374	11.62%	12	880,127	182	4,836	15.64%	8
Heart Butte	599,785	201	2,984	0.42%	0	691,068	205	3,371	15.22%	4
Indian Hill	57,563	31	1,857	-4.25%	0	64,488	31	2,080	12.03%	0
Siverston	958,774	277	3,461	-0.08%	9	1,070,642	284	3,770	11.67%	7
Grinnell	222,971	60	3,716	26.39%	0	248,014	60	4,134	11.23%	0
Little Knife	313,185	152	2,060	8.80%	3	347,599	152	2,287	10.99%	0
Oakdale	44,611	24	1,859	-14.69%	0	48,715	24	2,030	9.20%	0
Stockyard Creek	166,965	85	1,964	5.69%	0	181,842	86	2,114	8.91%	1