If You Can Keep Your Head -- Idle Rambling -- Nothing About The Bakken -- May 18, 2020

There's a Bloomberg (?) story out there tonight reporting that China is about to put a 100-million-population province back under draconian lock down measures because .... 34 new cases -- no deaths (reported in the article) ... but 34 new cases in a province with a population of a 100 million. Wow.

I wrote this before. I think it was a personal e-mail --- not on the blog. Folks are absolutely terrified of this. It does not matter their educational level or background but folks are absolutely terrified of this virus.

My wife; our oldest granddaughter (age 16); my Harvard-educated son-in-law; my Indian IT neighbor; my brother-in-law and sister-in-law; everyone in my little world is terrified of this virus.

I'm in the minority and I'm conflicted. Not terrified. Just conflicted. I know I've either had it or will eventually have it.

But everyone in my little world is absolutely terrified of this. Wuhan flu. Fascinating.

Years ago, in medical training, I was taught that when working in the emergency room and a patient went into cardiac arrest, I was to take my own pulse first. The point being: stay calm, stay rational, press on.

But even better, Rudyard Kipling, link here, it begins.

If you can keep your head when all about you   

    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,   

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

    But make allowance for their doubting too;   

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, ...

Turn Into, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
As I reflect on the above, trying to decide whether to post this or not, there is one group of folks that seem to be unbothered by Wuhan flu, not afraid of it, just frustrated that their lives have been interrupted.

The Enerplus Patriot Pad Wells Have Been Updated -- May 18, 2020

Production data for the Enerplus Patriot pad wells has been updated several times. I finally got my act together on this pad. The production data and the wells will be updated at this post.

These are extended long laterals, or super-long laterals or 3-section laterals, whatever one wants to call them. These are incredibly good wells. One is approaching 700,000 bbls of oil, cumulative since 2014.

Note: three of the four wells are 3-section laterals; one of the four is a standard two-section lateral. Based on cumulative production, one can guess as to the standard two-section lateral.

The WPX Blue Racer Wells And Small Jump In Production In Neighboring Well -- May 18, 2020

The well:

• 20087, 378, Enerplus, Hudson 13-21H, Mandaree, t3/17; cum 371K 4/20;

See full production at this post.

Note: this was drilled back in 2017 and like most Bakken wells had a sharp decline to 4,000 bbls/month. Then, in 3/20, after being off line for only four days in February, 2020, had a significant jump in production.

Update production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2020	24	10239	10380	10721	10659	9424	307
BAKKEN	9-2020	12	2012	2008	2067	2269	1747	60
BAKKEN	8-2020	24	4035	3717	3533	4019	3360	121
BAKKEN	7-2020	14	4222	4351	2322	3588	2593	457
BAKKEN	6-2020	29	10311	10437	6573	8764	3731	3939
BAKKEN	5-2020	31	10579	10430	8153	8992	4278	3537
BAKKEN	4-2020	14	5165	5633	3711	4391	3404	466
BAKKEN	3-2020	15	10014	9429	4668	8512	6533	1405
BAKKEN	2-2020	25	4142	4429	1448	3521	1783	813

Note recent production: 10,014 bbls over 15 days extrapolates to 20,028 bbls over days:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	15	10014	9429	4668	8512	6533	1405
BAKKEN	2-2020	25	4142	4429	1448	3521	1783	813
BAKKEN	1-2020	30	4224	4356	1305	3590	2351	131
BAKKEN	12-2019	30	4829	4694	1321	4801	3697	0
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	4102	4130	891	4002	2903	0
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	4243	4170	998	4049	2913	0
BAKKEN	9-2019	26	3639	3652	828	3505	2540	0
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	4266	4343	1233	3627	3309	222

Of interest, this well, #20087, is a short lateral running in the opposite direction, parallel the recently fracked Blue Racer wells to the west:

• 36550, drl/A-->AL/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HUL, Mandaree, first production, 3/20, t--; cum 182K 10/20; cum 215K 2/21;
  
• 36504, drl/A-->AL/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HD, Mandaree, first production, 3/20; t--; cum 65K over 61 days; cum 302K 10/20; cum 390K 2/21;
  
• 36505, drl/A-->AL/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HZ, Mandaree, first production, 3/20; t--; cum 91K over 59 days; Three Forks B1; FracFocus: fracked 2/20/2020 - 3/3/2020; 5.2 million gallons of water;  83.4% water by mass; friction reducer: 0.0247; see this post; cum 243K 10/20; cum 318K 2/21;
  
• 36506, drl/A-->AL/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HG, Mandaree, first production, 3/20; t--; cum 78K over 56 days; cum 243K 10/20; cum 333K 2/21;
  

To the west, the nearest older producing well was taken off line 10/19; and, remains off line through 4/20:

• 20320, 375, WPX, Mandaree Warrior 14-11H, Squaw Creek, t5/12; cum 367K 9/19; 

36505:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	4-2020	30	44558	44624	24442	54272	32471	16876
BAKKEN	3-2020	29	45011	44783	34565	54823	20697	29158

Small Jump In Older, Producing Hess HA-Link Well -- May 18, 2020

This DUC reported today:

• 34829, drl/A, Hess, HA-Nelson A-LE-152-95-3427H-1, Hawkeye, t--; cum 35K over 31 days; 17,034 bbls over 6 days extrapolates to 85,170 bbls over 30 days; see below;

Several older, producing wells are currently off line. However, one of these older producing wells has been returned to prodcution:

• 22801, 983, Hess, HA-Link-152-95-3526H-2, Hawkeye, t9/12; cum 310K 3/20; note small jump in production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	4274	4000	68	6392	3126	3266
BAKKEN	2-2020	3	94	118	4	293	274	19
BAKKEN	1-2020	9	365	451	161	895	821	74
BAKKEN	12-2019	29	1354	1389	585	3731	3397	334
BAKKEN	11-2019	30	1473	1482	575	3775	3434	341

NDARC At 14; WTI Continues To Rise -- May 18, 2020

Active rigs:

$32.74	5/18/2020	05/18/2019	05/18/2018	05/18/2017	05/18/2016
Active Rigs	14	66	61	52	26

One new permit, #37582 --

• Operator: Rimrock Oil & Gas
• Field: Twin Buttes (Dunn County)
• Comments:
• Rimrock has a permit for a Charging Eagle well in SWSW 21-147-92, Twin Buttes oil field;

Three permits renewed:

• BR: three Patton permits in Dunn County

Four producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 34829, drl/A, Hess, HA-Nelson A-LE-152-95-3427H-1, Hawkeye, t--; cum 35K over 31 days; 17,034 bbls over 6 days extrapolates to 85,170 bbls over 30 days; see below; see also this note;
• 36505, drl/A, WPX, Blue Racer 14-11HZ, Squaw Creek, t--; cum 45K over 29 days; see below;
• 35031, SI/A, XTO, FBIR Youngbear 31X-9BXC, Heart Butte,t--; cum 52K 3/20; see below;
• 36590, drl/A, Rimrock, Skunk Creek 8-2-3-4H, South Fork, t--; cum 10K over 30 days;

Early production data for DUCs reported above:

• 36505:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	29	45011	44783	34565	54823	20697	29158

• 35031:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	13428	13401	31655	8529	8492	0
BAKKEN	2-2020	26	11638	11700	26794	6944	6912	0
BAKKEN	1-2020	30	12451	12346	30704	6609	3744	2819
BAKKEN	12-2019	19	13270	13030	30155	6375	5056	1292
BAKKEN	11-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2019	0	0	834	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	9-2019	2	834	0	1700	389	0	389
BAKKEN	5-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• 34829: 17,034 bbls over 6 days extrapolates to 85,170 bbls over 30 days --

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	3-2020	31	35043	35329	15426	53306	23082	30224
BAKKEN	2-2020	6	17034	16326	4089	30343	1	30342