WPX Behr Wells In Reunion Bay

The wells (three run north/three run south)

• 31859, 2,776, WPX, Behr 19-18HUL, Reunion Bay, Three Forks, 50 stages; 8.4 million lbs, t7/18; cum 439K 7/20; huge well, 100K in less than 2 months; see update here; 521K 7/22;
  
  

  Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
  8-2018	45259	26805
  7-2018	55212	1018

• 30828, 597, WPX. Behr 30-31HU, Reunion Bay, sections, t1/17; cum 286K 7/20; cum 330K 7/22;
• 30825, 401, WPX, Behr 30-31HTL, Reunion Bay, 4 sections, t1/17; cum 300K 7/20; cum 368K 7/22;
  
• 30826, 571, WPX, Behr 30-31H1, Reunion Bay, middle Bakken, 2 sections, 40 stages, 6 million lbs, t1/17; cum 357K 7/20; but only 8 days in 7/20; cum 413K 7/22;
  
• 30827, 1,40, WPX, Behr 19-18HT, Reunion Bay, t7/18; cum 320K 7/20; 54K in two months; a huge well; 145K in less than 5 months; will be pretty much paid for in the first year; it will produce for 30+ years; cum 377K 7/22;
  
• 30824, 2,649, WPX, Behr 19-18H1, Reunion Bay, t7/18; cum 290K 7/20; cum 359K 7/22; 41 stages; 6 million lbs, huge well, 100K in less than 2 months;
  
  

  Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
  8-2018	43958	28140
  7-2018	57765	10089

For those running north, #20051 is closest on the east, horizontals are about a half-mile way; showed a very, very slight bump in production. To the west:

• 26154, 1,842, WPX, Alfred Old Dog, cum 466K 2/20; huge jump in production 12/18;
• 26153, 1,531, WPX, Alfred Old Dog, cum 310K 2/20; no jump in production noted;
• 26147, 1,681, WPX, Alfred Old Dog 19-18HC, 434K 2/20; no jump in production noted;

For those running south, to the west:

• 26148, 556, WPX, Alfred Old Dog 30-31HY, Reunion Bay, t6/14, 336K 2/20; no jump in production noted;
• 26149, 990, WPX, Alfred Old Dog 30-31 HC, Reunion Bay, t714, 372K 2/20; no jump in production noted;
• 26152, 968, WPX, Alfred Old Dog 30-31HD, Reunion Bay, t8/14, 321K 2/20; no jump in production noted;

The graphic:

Week 34: August 20, 2017 -- August 26, 2017

Operations
Staggering one-month production in two Bakken wells
An EOG Austin well hits 1 million bbls produced
Jump in production -- one of the peculiarities of the Bakken

Fracking / Re-Fracking
Random update of an MRO re-fracked well 
MRO reporting nice DUCs 
Update on fracking sand 

Bakken 2.0
Some huge DUCs being reported

Bakken economy
Williston public school district #1 hits all-time enrollment record  

Congratulations! An EOG Austin Well Hits Produces One Million BBls Of Crude Oil -- August 25, 2017

This well is a short lateral; one million bbls some months ago, probably in December, 2016/January, 2017; (for newbies, some folks suggest that a short lateral can be extrapolated to double the production had it been a long lateral; if so, this well would have produced greater than 2 million bbls in less than 10 years:

• 17227, 2,191, EOG, Austin 21-28H, Parshall oil field, t8/08; cum 1.03111 million bbls; still some flaring; API: 33-061-00731; and based on data at FracFocus, this well was not re-fracked;

Recent production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	4194	4181	409	2736	1972	521
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	4569	4576	474	2860	2531	77
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	4867	4860	833	2701	2268	189
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	4954	4968	998	2710	2367	91
BAKKEN	2-2017	28	5451	5464	428	2693	2454	13
BAKKEN	1-2017	12	1916	1919	358	979	892	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	30	5261	5395	905	2842	2597	9
BAKKEN	11-2016	30	5459	5560	997	2783	2534	5
BAKKEN	10-2016	31	5746	5534	999	2738	1261	1232
BAKKEN	9-2016	30	5508	5474	1128	2578	2203	137
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	5444	5427	1624	2333	2045	39
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	4253	4182	2721	1800	1488	60
BAKKEN	6-2016	7	119	70	1202	129	58	18
BAKKEN	5-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	20	1754	1797	93	1911	1708	43
BAKKEN	12-2015	31	2714	2712	98	2856	2021	595
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	2721	2719	62	2828	1679	905

This well runs parallel to 17227:

• 32419, 678, EOG, Austin 423-2821H, Parshall, 32 stages; 12.4 million lbs, t6/16; cum 203K 6/17; API - 33-061-03927; total depth, 16,343 feet; middle Bakken (note well name); very low gas in the lateral; 1280-acre spacing;

Recent production for #32419:

Pool Date Days BBLS Oil Runs BBLS Water MCF Prod MCF Sold Vent/Flare BAKKEN 6-2017 29 12355 12337 2137 18880 11972 6453 BAKKEN 5-2017 31 13420 13412 3620 16848 14571 1796 BAKKEN 4-2017 30 8757 8704 8464 8960 7960 516 BAKKEN 3-2017 12 3115 3122 2272 2959 2707 128 BAKKEN 2-2017 4 1822 1831 818 1677 1528 86 BAKKEN 1-2017 10 4548 4688 828 5708 4432 1159 BAKKEN 12-2016 31 21498 21468 3252 23816 20209 3119 BAKKEN 11-2016 30 22881 22812 3935 23093 17576 5033 BAKKEN 10-2016 24 18394 18426 3299 14652 5028 9261 BAKKEN 9-2016 30 28027 28056 6392 21332 15445 5406 BAKKEN 8-2016 31 29948 29957 9638 19100 14934 3666 BAKKEN 7-2016 31 32062 32002 21289 19312 7982 10836 BAKKEN 6-2016 13 6477 6387 10458 1754 1251 318

Note: We'll see the same thing with #17120 and 17222 soon.

Twenty-Three (23) Permits Renewed; Active Rigs Finish The Week At 55 -- August 25, 2017

Active rigs:

$47.86→	8/25/2017	08/25/2016	08/25/2015	08/25/2014	08/25/2013
Active Rigs	55	31	74	194	184

Seven new permits:

• Operators: MRO (4); Petro Harvester (3)
• Fields: Reunion Bay (Mountrail); Portal (Burke)
• Comments: MRO has permits for a four-well pad in 30-151-93

Twenty-three (23) permits renewed:

• Zavanna (7): seven Hunter permits in McKenzie County
• MRO (6): Jerome USA, Jorgenson USA, Joshua USA, Lamarr USA, Whitebody USA, and Loren USA permits in McKenzie County
• QEP (4): four MHA permits in Dunn County
• Statoil (3): two Reiten permits and one Michael Owan permit, all in Williams County
• HRC (2): two Fort Berthold permits in Dunn County
• WPX: one Behr permit in Dunn County

One permit canceled:

• MRO: a Dragswolf USA permit in McKenzie County

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Another Nail In The Nuclear Energy Coffin -- Regulations And Regulatory Delay As Much A Reason As Natural Gas -- August 25, 2017

From The Wall Street Journal today: Duke Pulls Plug on Nuclear Plant; the cancellation is the latest blow to sector. The Lee nuclear project had planned to use Westinghouse reactors.

Duke Energy Corp. said Friday that it is abandoning plans to develop a nuclear power plant in South Carolina, in the latest blow to the U.S. nuclear industry.

The company had planned to build two reactors designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. The March bankruptcy of Westinghouse, a unit of Toshiba Corp., led Duke to reconsider moving ahead.

“The risks and uncertainties to initiating construction on the Lee Nuclear project have become too great, and cancellation of the project is the best option for customers,” Duke spokesman Neil Nissan said.

Construction on the William States Lee III Nuclear Generating Station hadn’t begun yet.

Duke said it plans to file a petition with the North Carolina Utilities Commission to abandon the project. It was to be located near Gaffney, S.C., and provide power for customers in both North Carolina and South Carolina.

Duke said it had spent $542 million on the project to date, mostly on securing a license from the federal government, engineering and site acquisition. The company said it would file with state regulators to pass these costs on to electricity customers.

The decision to pull the plug was driven in part by large cost overruns to build other Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors. Late last month, Scana Corp. decided to abandon work on a half-built AP1000 as costs swelled from $14 billion to a projected $25.7 billion. Southern Co. is struggling with rising costs at a half-built nuclear power plant in Georgia.

Duke said its decision was partly driven by the cost increases and time delays at the Scana project. It will maintain the South Carolina site and take “minimal steps” needed to keep the federal license.

One half billion dollars just for planning and licensing. Wow. Oh, well. Pass the costs on to the consumers.