A Bigger Problem Than Illegal Immigrarnts In NYC? Trash -- March 2, 2024

Locator: 46654NYC.

Link here.

I don't recall ever seeing / reading a story longer than this in The NYT. It is amazing. Behind a paywall, of course. Too bad.

NYC doesn't have an illegal immigrant problem, it has a San Francisco problem, same music, but different lyrics.

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On The Other Hand

A New Petro-Shale Well With An Interesting Profile -- March 22, 2024

Locator: 46653B.

The well:

• 36893, loc/A, Petroshale, Crockett Federal 1TFH, Bear Den, t1/22; cum 274K 12/23;

ool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2023	31	16140	16095	10259	25972	25724	87
BAKKEN	11-2023	30	16329	16406	6394	25684	25487	18
BAKKEN	10-2023	27	15560	15549	7875	23855	23714	0
BAKKEN	9-2023	30	14357	14357	9665	23959	23822	0
BAKKEN	8-2023	22	10772	10750	10360	16001	15882	0
BAKKEN	7-2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2023	20	2399	2402	1567	8836	8703	7
BAKKEN	5-2023	31	4387	4385	3239	13699	13544	0
BAKKEN	4-2023	22	3151	3141	2564	10191	6970	3145
BAKKEN	3-2023	31	6509	6495	9283	22274	22138	0
BAKKEN	2-2023	28	5806	6066	6552	14102	13971	0
BAKKEN	1-2023	31	7388	7305	7008	26698	26189	186
BAKKEN	12-2022	31	7592	7646	7866	25022	24768	0
BAKKEN	11-2022	30	9084	9084	5087	28139	27912	0
BAKKEN	10-2022	26	8217	8122	5401	15003	14551	0
BAKKEN	9-2022	28	9547	9682	4905	24838	24473	0
BAKKEN	8-2022	31	17349	17100	10013	49719	49223	36
BAKKEN	7-2022	10	9075	9092	5197	14201	14062	0
BAKKEN	6-2022	16	10001	10044	5350	17882	17628	2
BAKKEN	5-2022	31	22409	22570	14820	36958	36380	0
BAKKEN	4-2022	20	15603	15353	8071	23551	21586	1472
BAKKEN	3-2022	28	23479	23355	10118	33354	32891	0
BAKKEN	2-2022	28	26198	26411	12917	30867	10634	20233
BAKKEN	1-2022	14	12765	12552	6624	16032	0	16032

Another Huge Grayson Mill / Ovintiv Sorenson Well -- March 2, 2024

Locator: 46652B.

The well:

• 38750, drl/A, Grayson Mill / Ovintiv, Sorenson Federal 153-96-9-4-6HLW, Sand Creek, t2/23; cum 310K 12/23; these wells are tracked here; needs to be updated;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2023	31	11005	10974	10556	64023	63842	94
BAKKEN	11-2023	30	12684	12679	10488	64271	63855	333
BAKKEN	10-2023	28	13740	13887	10348	61152	60944	208
BAKKEN	9-2023	30	17583	17458	10392	70522	70393	129
BAKKEN	8-2023	31	17775	17725	7723	59087	58775	312
BAKKEN	7-2023	31	20846	20848	22453	109630	109120	330
BAKKEN	6-2023	30	27998	28019	27832	105845	101770	3919
BAKKEN	5-2023	31	38335	38370	27089	110150	105814	4174
BAKKEN	4-2023	30	47941	47907	25362	110770	106820	3782
BAKKEN	3-2023	31	60485	60668	30327	128678	121371	7120
BAKKEN	2-2023	23	42058	41712	18308	69140	63959	5043

A Look At Frack Strategy For A Recently Completed Oasis Well -- March 2, 2024

Locator: 46651B.

The well:

• 38655, 2,372, Oasis, Ramirez 5196 42-32 3B, Dimmick Lake, t9/22; cum 325K 12/23; 25 stages (no typo); 288,120 bbls; 11,579,469 lbs proppant (huge amount of proppant; small number of stages); two section spacing;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2023	31	10484	10422	10838	31410	22500	8608
BAKKEN	11-2023	30	9601	9582	10852	31251	19475	11465
BAKKEN	10-2023	31	10201	10090	14744	34186	32300	1532
BAKKEN	9-2023	30	2665	2758	6483	15199	14882	156
BAKKEN	8-2023	31	8869	8904	10497	41618	40772	466
BAKKEN	7-2023	31	13497	13463	14000	52321	51601	261
BAKKEN	6-2023	30	14162	14113	13341	40842	39317	1136
BAKKEN	5-2023	14	5412	5548	5185	18932	18069	657
BAKKEN	4-2023	30	22278	22316	18651	83015	80965	1207
BAKKEN	3-2023	31	27477	27379	22221	74821	72954	1859
BAKKEN	2-2023	20	22586	22630	14906	50848	47490	3353
BAKKEN	1-2023	31	40304	40224	21644	73937	70766	1964
BAKKEN	12-2022	30	38477	38666	65222	62875	58605	4264
BAKKEN	11-2022	30	41507	41392	25728	63601	62105	0
BAKKEN	10-2022	31	36735	36774	25412	49103	47775	0
BAKKEN	9-2022	30	21187	20939	14655	29118	28413	0

 A sister Ramirez well:

• 38652, conf,  Oasis, Ramirez 5196 42-32 6BX, Dimmick Lake, t9/22; cum 328K 12/23;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2023	31	5700	5792	8325	39579	28352	10846
BAKKEN	11-2023	30	11875	11808	13478	52024	32420	19086
BAKKEN	10-2023	31	9887	9929	9707	34672	32759	1554
BAKKEN	9-2023	30	10286	10231	10320	36427	35666	375
BAKKEN	8-2023	31	8821	8841	10678	40913	40081	458
BAKKEN	7-2023	31	12368	12374	10938	52598	51875	262
BAKKEN	6-2023	30	16515	16549	13610	57939	55776	1611
BAKKEN	5-2023	31	11515	11530	9276	38062	36327	1321
BAKKEN	4-2023	30	20972	20926	16486	71275	69515	1036
BAKKEN	3-2023	26	17612	17613	13802	44877	43757	1115
BAKKEN	2-2023	28	22884	22909	15114	45116	42137	2975
BAKKEN	1-2023	31	37507	37425	23912	70878	67721	2002
BAKKEN	12-2022	29	33696	33923	53185	54225	50457	3762
BAKKEN	11-2022	30	44209	44095	17412	69317	67961	0
BAKKEN	10-2022	31	40720	40760	16116	73651	72436	0
BAKKEN	9-2022	30	23200	22927	6420	28991	28413	0

A Re-Entered Vertical Madison Well -- March 2, 2024

Locator: 46650B.

The well:

• 3550, 140, Empire North Dakota, Waddle-Olson 1, spud 5/64; cum 217K 12/23; drilled as a vertical Madison well sixty years ago, and re-entered as a horizontal well in October, 2022.
  

This vertical Madison well was re-entered in October, 2022. The build section began on October 28, 2022. The landing was achieved at 3520' MD / 1866' TVDSS. Very shallow compared to Bakken wells at depths of 8,000 to 9,000 feet. 

TD was reached on October 31, 2022, at 5,220' MD / 3326.7' TVD / 1871.7 TVDSS (true vertical depth below sea level). This is a conventional pool, not shale, and thus not fracked.

The original vertical well was drilled back in 1964 -- sixty years ago -- and this was the initial production: all oil, no gas, and very little water --

MADISON	6-1965	30	718	0	38	0	0	0
MADISON	5-1965	31	773	0	32	0	0	0
MADISON	4-1965	30	768	0	40	0	0	0
MADISON	3-1965	31	831	0	63	0	0	0
MADISON	2-1965	28	769	0	49	0	0	0
MADISON	1-1965	31	817	0	61	0	0	0
MADISON	12-1964	31	869	0	65	0	0	0
MADISON	11-1964	30	850	0	84	0	0	0
MADISON	10-1964	31	866	0	96	0	0	0
MADISON	9-1964	24	782	0	77	0	0	0
MADISON	8-1964	31	935	0	81	0	0	0
MADISON	7-1964	31	1064	0	93	0	0	0
MADISON	6-1964	17	905	0	79	0	0	0

Day in, day out, the well was active, for fifty years, not taken off line until 2013 for a bit longer than a year.

At that time, production:

MADISON	5-2014	31	413	393	17	0	0	0
MADISON	4-2014	30	374	400	16	0	0	0
MADISON	3-2014	13	168	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	2-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	1-2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	12-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	11-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	10-2013	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	9-2013	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	8-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	7-2013	0	0	208	0	0	0	0
MADISON	6-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	5-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	4-2013	21	236	213	9	0	0	0
MADISON	3-2013	31	337	431	13	0	0	0

Then, as noted, the well was re-entered and a lateral drilled for about 3,000 feet (landing about 2000' and ending with a TD of 5,220'MD). Production after the lateral was complete:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
MADISON	12-2023	31	2066	2360	232	0	0	0
MADISON	11-2023	30	2338	2400	289	0	0	0
MADISON	10-2023	31	2508	2508	269	0	0	0
MADISON	9-2023	30	2551	2573	319	0	0	0
MADISON	8-2023	31	2780	2768	128	0	0	0
MADISON	7-2023	31	2822	2797	259	0	0	0
MADISON	6-2023	30	2898	2797	419	0	0	0
MADISON	5-2023	29	2870	2853	563	0	0	0
MADISON	4-2023	30	3301	3299	34	0	0	0
MADISON	3-2023	24	3119	2905	32	0	0	0
MADISON	2-2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MADISON	1-2023	29	2880	3105	3031	0	0	0
MADISON	12-2022	21	3435	3157	3615	0	0	0
MADISON	11-2022	10	1705	1964	1796	0	0	0
MADISON	10-2022	5	218	0	229	0	0	0
MADISON	9-2022	15	130	191	5	0	0	0
MADISON	8-2022	5	90	203	4	0	0	0
MADISON	7-2022	31	652	600	27	0	0	0

Knowing not much about this, but this seems to be quite a successful test. Conventional pools tend not to decline like Bakken shale wells, so this wells should produce at 2,500 bopm for quite some time. We'll see.

But there you have it. A re-entered vertical Madison wells with a short lateral.