29867

The well:

• 29867, 3,126, BR, Kirkland 14-21TFH ULW, 33-053-06421, FracFocus negative, Pershing, t10/15; cum 519K 519;

Full production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2019	31	22165	22021	11560	37990	24106	13807
BAKKEN	4-2019	30	22438	22516	12744	39734	35733	3927
BAKKEN	3-2019	31	23614	23959	14901	41265	39730	1458
BAKKEN	2-2019	28	18725	18620	9848	22838	22768	0
BAKKEN	1-2019	31	17742	17484	11402	25314	21155	4082
BAKKEN	12-2018	31	16062	16164	10989	22063	19558	2428
BAKKEN	11-2018	30	16765	16605	12111	23004	22307	611
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	17502	17578	14676	30597	30509	0
BAKKEN	9-2018	11	12967	12985	13706	27021	26987	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	25	9301	8804	11629	17665	17528	61
BAKKEN	7-2018	6	754	657	752	794	774	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	401	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	30	6381	6406	2677	17369	17283	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	8655	8747	2815	16915	16830	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	11465	11151	3537	18284	18196	0
BAKKEN	2-2018	8	3780	3611	1112	4101	4078	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	30	697	905	266	87	0	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	6994	7226	2148	11279	11190	0
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	10041	9867	3223	17080	16408	586
BAKKEN	10-2017	31	10385	10413	3038	17225	17135	0
BAKKEN	9-2017	30	8196	8224	5707	10393	10303	0
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	9143	9152	3272	14701	14609	0
BAKKEN	7-2017	31	13017	13046	4405	19559	19470	0
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	17002	16633	4940	22474	22389	0
BAKKEN	5-2017	2	363	337	232	216	210	0
BAKKEN	4-2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2017	0	0	369	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	12	5346	5259	1128	78	41	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	14	6613	6523	1674	1498	1454	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	20	9077	9090	3293	27885	27825	0
BAKKEN	11-2016	29	15377	15384	3966	36187	36104	0
BAKKEN	10-2016	31	17930	17913	4469	33488	33399	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	30	18675	18677	4980	30904	30818	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	21587	21571	4847	32913	32825	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	23563	23584	5403	34640	34551	0
BAKKEN	6-2016	29	20898	20789	5413	29137	29123	0
BAKKEN	5-2016	31	12732	12767	4938	24528	24514	0
BAKKEN	4-2016	30	16593	16605	260	23073	23060	0
BAKKEN	3-2016	31	15855	15807	4067	21817	21802	0
BAKKEN	2-2016	20	10610	10670	2901	14749	14538	199
BAKKEN	1-2016	31	25151	25052	4973	26375	26360	0
BAKKEN	12-2015	2	586	533	216	947	945	0
BAKKEN	11-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	8	14041	14041	6757	22719	0	22699

The Bakken Derby -- Three Horses In The Lead -- July 21, 2019

The three wells:

• 16059, 729, Petro-Hunt, USA 2D-3-1H, Charlson field, t10/06; cum 1.727438 million bbls 5/19; still producing 4,000 bbls/month; it appears this well was never fracked (based on two corroborative forms in the file report); 
• 20210, 803, CLR, Whitman 2-34H, Oakdale, API - 33-025-01259; t9/11; cum 1.597 million bbls 8/18; see production profile below; FracFocus: no re-frack; original frack, 24 stages; 2.4 million lbs sand; in addition to the 1.6 million bbls of oil, a cum of 1650315 MCF gas (275K boe natural gas -- so we're talking close to 2 million boe so far; [Update: this well went off-line 9/17, and did not come back on line until 8/18; in 8/18, only four days of production of 2,075 bbls which extrapolates to 15,000 bbls in one month;
• 25374, 1,414, EOG, Austin 39-3204H, Parshall, 60 stages, 14.6 million lbs, 1920 acres, t9/13; cum 1,0449,497 bbls 5/19; according to FracFocus, fracked from 7/6/2013 to 8/8/2013; went off-line as of 9/18; F; back on line as of 11/18;
  

See these links:

• 25374
• 20210
• 16059

Two recent posts discussing a couple of these "monster wells" (some links may be duplicates):

• Petro-Hunt, USA 2D-3-1H
• EOG, Austin 39-3204H 

In reply to those two notes, a reader provided a fair amount of content. I did not want that information lost and I wanted to make it easier for readers to find, so I posted the reader's replies and the background data as a stand-alone post, here.

The notes below are what the reader sent me.

1st of 3 notes:

The well remains the #1 ND hz well. I don't know if any ND verticals surpass it. But no hz wells. [Yes, several/many vertical wells have surpassed this well in total production, but it's taken many more years in most cases.]

The Continental well Whitman 2-34H will probably pass this well eventually. It's at 1.64 million bbls, so not far behind. And it is 5 years older (2011 vs. 2006), so you can see a more rapid rise and outperformance at same point in life.

For the two wells at 72 months well age, the CLR well was at 1.59 million bbls vs 1.30 million bbls for the Petro-Hunt well at same well age. The CLR well was taken off line for almost a year in 2018, while other wells in the area were completed. But it is back on and has resumed growth, just fine. Even a little resting rebound from pressure buildup (I don't consider it halo effect). [Great observation, I agree.]

Presumably both of these monsters are lucky in some way tapping a large underground fracture or piece of conventional reservoir. They are in decent areas, but it's not like you see a pattern of several other millionaires near these wells. EOG on the other hand will get several millionaire wells from the Parshall.

Note that, per ShaleProfile.com, these are only the #2 and #3 hz wells in all the US. #1 is held by a 2014 EF well by Devon.

2nd of 3 notes:

Shaleprofile.com, my favorite peaker site (seriously) shows 13 ND hz wells at over 1 MM bo cum. I call this the millionaire club.

There are also some vertical millionaires, but he Shale Profile only tracks horizontals.

Of the group of 13, 6 of the wells are from Bowman county. I.e. Red River wells. So there are 7 Bakken/TF millionaires. Note, this is from APR data and one well was as close as 996,000 bo. So presumably at least one more Bakken millionaire has ascended by now.

I remember recent (well within last few years) discussions where the pushback on 1 MM cums was made that only 2 wells had achieved millionaire status yet. Those being the monster CLR and PetroHunt wells. But now it is more and more common, albeit of course still rare versus the average.

Also of course, should be noted those type curves were "BOE" which I agree is a monstrosity. Oil is what matters. Gas in ND is a nuisance.

Still net, net, it is interesting to watch more and more wells try like Hell and reach for Carousel. (Sorry Logan's Run flashback.)

3rd of 3 notes:

I couldn't help myself. Did a little more analysis. Based on APR data, the PH well is at 1.713 versus the CLR well at 1.650. So that's a lead of 63,000 bo that the CLR well has to catch up.

If you look at current production rate, CLR has a much higher rate, close to 300 bopd versus about 135 bopd for PH. Doing the high school math problem, that works out to about 60,000 bopd (110-50) that the CLR makes up per year. So in a little over a year, maybe May 2020, it ought to pass into the leader spot.

However, I think this is a little misleading as the CLR well was offline for a year and has had some "resting rebound" (post shutin jump). If you just (by eye) extrapolate, it probably ought to be doing about 200 bopd right now. That's still better than the PH, but means it would take about 2.6 years to catch up. In addition, it appears CLR is doing more work in this area so additional shutins (to frack nearby wells) are possible. So about NOV2021.

I think the likely answer is closer to the conservative case, but maybe a tad more optimistic. If I had to bet, would say something like JUL 2021 for an over/under on when the CLR well passes the PH well.

When the CLR well hits #1 in the Bakken, I'm sure we will get some press release or the like. It is important to remember though, that CLR wells on average are not the best in the basin. They are so big they have some show ponies. But they are an average per well producer in the Bakken. EOG, MRO, etc. are much more distinguished in being mostly in the sweet spots. I love me some Harold, but sometimes if you just look at press releases and slide decks, you miss this. But looking at average well production, it's very clear. Not bad, not good. About in the middle. Almost like a proxy for the whole basin (good and bad), given it has a mix of acreage.

A Reader Asked About Minerals Rights -- July 19, 2019

A reader wrote me to say that she had received "division orders" for Guadalupe 11-23H.

The well:

• 17799, 457, BR, Guadalupe 11-23H, Charlson, t3/09; cum 510K 5/19;

The Charlson oil field: is one of the best oil fields in the Bakken.

Production profile: at this post (clicking on that link will bring up another post).

The reader has mineral rights in four sections in this general area:

• according to the deed file with McKenzie County
• sections 22, 23, 26, and 27 in T153N-R95W

This is the general area of those four sections:

This is the very same graphic with the location of the Guadalupe 11-23H highlighted. The graphic also identifies each of the four sections of interest, sections 22, 23, 26, and, 27, in which the reader has mineral rights. A section is one mile x one mile, or 640 acres. These sections are all in T153N-R95W:

Each section is separated out below.

In each section, horizontal wells of interest are highlighted in red.

The reader would have mineral rights in each of these wells, no matter how few mineral acres hte reader owns in any of these four sections.

Only horizontal wells have been identified. Most vertical wells are no longer producing.

All of the horizontal wells are in the Bakken pool; most are middle Bakken wells; some will be Three Forks, first bench wells. For royalties, it does not matter whether they are middle Bakken wells or Three Forks wells.

Section 22: 10 wells --

 Section 23: 8 wells (note #28015 and #28016 are counted in the graphic above) --

Section 26: 7 wells [#33812,  #33813, #33814, and #33817 are counted in the graphic above] --

Section 27: 9 wells --

I count not less than 36 wells. It's possible I double counted wells if I listed them in more than one section but I tried not do that. [I see I listed #28015 and #28016 twice; therefore, it appears "not less than 34 wells.]

Spacing:

• a section is 640 acres, or one mile x one mile in size
• each of the four graphics above represents one section or 640 acres
• key, for example: "27-153-95": section 27 in T153N-R95W
• depending on circumstances, my shorthand may differ but "27-153-95"  and "153-95-27" both describe the same section
• most of the wells are spaced as 1280-acre unit wells (the horizontals run through two sections)
• a few of the wells are entirely within one section, i.e., spaced as 640-acre well
• a very few of the wells are along the section lines, and are spaced as 2560-acre unit wells

Comments on spacing:

• in the early days of the boom it was customary for wells to be spaced as 640-acre wells
• now, it is the norm for new wells to be spaced 1280-acre wells
• to preclude "lost" well or "orphaned" wells, there are some wells long section lines spaced as 2560-acre unit wells

17799 -- Guadalupe 11-23H

This post relates to an earlier post.

The well:

• 17799, 457, BR, Guadalupe 11-23H, Charlson, t3/09; cum 510K 5/19;

Explanation of that shorthand:

• 17799: the file number / permit number for the well
• 457: the initial production provided by the operator after the well well first drilled and completed
• BR: the current operator -- Burlington Resources
• Guadalupe 11-23H: the official name of this well
• Charlson: the oil field inside the Bakken -- the Charlson-Bakken pool
• t3/09: the test date -- March, 2009
• cum 510K 5/19: cumulative (or total) production since the well was first drilled up to that date, May, 2019; I always round the number; in this case, the actual production, 510,465 bbls of crude oil have been produced from this well since March, 2009; the production data is delayed by two months -- so, today, July 19, 2019, the most recent data is as of May, 2019; in addition, this well has also produced 591,435,000 cubic feet of gas which is equivalent to about 100,000 "equivalent" bbls of oil -- but not all of it was sold; much of it would have been flared;

Notes on the production profile below:

• start at the bottom and then scroll up
• note that the well produced about 9,000 bbls in the early months of production; then declined rapidly to about 2,000 bbls / month; and then leveled out at about 1,0000 bbls / month
• in July, 2018, this well had a huge jump in production; it produced as much as 30,000 bbls / month -- an incredible well and an incredible jump in production
• there is not evidence that this well was re-fracked
• if this well was not re-fracked, it had a huge jump in production because of the effect of fracking neighboring wells
• the well started out as a good well at the time, but not a great well by current standards
• however, at almost no additional cost to the operator, it has become a great well due to fracking neighboring wells

Production profile:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	5-2019	23	14244	14229	1350	24852	24066	729
BAKKEN	4-2019	30	22406	22430	1996	23490	22854	562
BAKKEN	3-2019	31	29673	29576	2600	25049	24972	0
BAKKEN	2-2019	28	28054	28231	2077	27395	27325	0
BAKKEN	1-2019	31	29921	30008	2390	29361	29284	0
BAKKEN	12-2018	30	29567	29553	2462	27767	27693	0
BAKKEN	11-2018	30	28924	28924	2715	26246	26172	0
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	26945	26520	2271	27609	27532	0
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	25088	25570	2155	26978	26904	0
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	28814	28578	2947	32269	32192	0
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	16221	15949	2552	17136	17059	0
BAKKEN	6-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	797	1173	73	1025	951	0
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	1376	1157	112	1981	1904	0
BAKKEN	2-2018	28	1290	1186	123	1742	1672	0
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	1446	1641	168	1527	1450	0
BAKKEN	12-2017	31	1545	1410	145	2116	2039	0
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	2024	1821	1074	2437	2363	0
BAKKEN	10-2017	14	513	468	46	693	658	0
BAKKEN	9-2017	30	1002	1179	492	1677	1603	0
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	1631	1660	982	2580	2503	0
BAKKEN	7-2017	30	1488	1364	427	2652	2578	0
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	1530	1568	256	1875	1801	0
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	1794	1999	302	2430	2353	0
BAKKEN	4-2017	28	1543	1558	351	2398	2328	0
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	1916	1605	482	2264	2187	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	27	1951	2329	337	2651	2584	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	22	2008	2101	220	2273	2218	0
BAKKEN	12-2016	25	934	470	130	1330	636	634
BAKKEN	11-2016	23	1115	1379	665	3015	1481	1477
BAKKEN	10-2016	31	2324	2290	606	3133	3056	0
BAKKEN	9-2016	30	1637	1577	1119	1390	1316	0
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	1955	1995	1313	2455	2378	0
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	1933	2009	967	2602	2525	0
BAKKEN	6-2016	30	2046	1785	752	2353	2278	0
BAKKEN	5-2016	29	2438	2735	562	2988	2916	0
BAKKEN	4-2016	29	2156	1821	287	2657	2585	0
BAKKEN	3-2016	31	2513	2614	449	3171	3066	28
BAKKEN	2-2016	29	2536	2374	466	3004	2932	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	31	2996	3053	757	3288	3211	0
BAKKEN	12-2015	15	1809	1660	763	2203	1957	209
BAKKEN	11-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2015	19	879	928	227	1661	1614	0
BAKKEN	9-2015	30	1378	1620	217	2050	1976	0
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	1556	1581	194	980	809	94
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	1804	1780	318	2425	2225	123
BAKKEN	6-2015	20	1463	1120	404	1395	641	704
BAKKEN	5-2015	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	4-2015	19	759	1172	25	1020	973	0
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	722	478	47	591	487	27
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	1022	946	40	842	762	10
BAKKEN	1-2015	31	1132	1213	60	811	734	0
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	762	960	67	1007	845	85
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	3311	3053	186	4117	3818	224
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	1348	1674	140	1534	1457	0
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	1459	1154	164	1459	1322	63
BAKKEN	8-2014	29	1198	1146	47	1041	969	0
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	1131	1382	68	1178	1101	0
BAKKEN	6-2014	30	1353	1380	76	1723	809	840
BAKKEN	5-2014	20	1263	932	56	637	587	0
BAKKEN	4-2014	24	1061	1164	123	93	0	33
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	1051	931	89	228	0	151
BAKKEN	2-2014	17	1281	1388	29	1248	373	833
BAKKEN	1-2014	30	1776	1681	225	3327	253	2999
BAKKEN	12-2013	31	1808	2097	120	791	0	714
BAKKEN	11-2013	30	899	921	42	1194	279	840
BAKKEN	10-2013	31	1661	1630	81	2438	1792	569
BAKKEN	9-2013	30	1001	927	84	1511	1029	407
BAKKEN	8-2013	31	1771	1623	51	3222	1836	1309
BAKKEN	7-2013	31	904	938	39	1258	763	418
BAKKEN	6-2013	30	1494	1381	61	2332	1627	630
BAKKEN	5-2013	30	1206	1610	80	1787	1420	293
BAKKEN	4-2013	30	2164	1833	158	3384	2470	839
BAKKEN	3-2013	31	1592	1682	71	1960	130	1753
BAKKEN	2-2013	21	1574	1622	23	1421	71	1297
BAKKEN	1-2013	29	1313	996	37	1079	378	629
BAKKEN	12-2012	31	728	937	4	973	511	385
BAKKEN	11-2012	30	1198	1010	32	1729	1204	451
BAKKEN	10-2012	31	1221	1570	188	1852	1317	458
BAKKEN	9-2012	27	1531	1311	109	2477	2127	283
BAKKEN	8-2012	31	1897	1963	242	3333	2767	489
BAKKEN	7-2012	31	2135	2309	186	3988	2624	1287
BAKKEN	6-2012	30	1811	1742	56	3001	2073	854
BAKKEN	5-2012	30	1331	1395	65	2186	1439	672
BAKKEN	4-2012	28	1482	1364	43	1969	1231	668
BAKKEN	3-2012	31	1766	1908	94	2946	2281	588
BAKKEN	2-2012	29	1799	1731	101	3041	2800	169
BAKKEN	1-2012	30	2183	1874	168	3858	3674	109
BAKKEN	12-2011	18	2295	2314	184	4223	2442	1736
BAKKEN	11-2011	30	2421	2577	216	4135	3868	193
BAKKEN	10-2011	31	3050	2990	296	5175	4777	321
BAKKEN	9-2011	14	2474	2606	242	4832	1528	3304
BAKKEN	8-2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	7-2011	22	1104	1077	92	1645	1272	373
BAKKEN	6-2011	30	2156	2224	145	3160	2227	933
BAKKEN	5-2011	24	1884	1855	109	2740	1893	847
BAKKEN	4-2011	30	2212	2304	233	3095	2299	795
BAKKEN	3-2011	31	2308	2076	168	3114	2575	539
BAKKEN	2-2011	28	2276	2793	150	2987	2471	516
BAKKEN	1-2011	31	2507	2567	197	3157	2657	500
BAKKEN	12-2010	31	2571	2225	188	4036	2484	1551
BAKKEN	11-2010	24	2339	2158	123	3439	2506	933
BAKKEN	10-2010	31	2475	2525	198	3242	2822	420
BAKKEN	9-2010	30	2594	2732	213	3744	3333	411
BAKKEN	8-2010	31	2729	2745	207	3215	2378	836
BAKKEN	7-2010	31	2815	2553	223	3249	2671	578
BAKKEN	6-2010	27	2680	2891	333	2719	590	2129
BAKKEN	5-2010	31	3394	3269	324	3758	3469	288
BAKKEN	4-2010	30	3428	3420	306	4097	3848	248
BAKKEN	3-2010	31	3855	4038	323	5165	4456	708
BAKKEN	2-2010	28	3620	3500	410	5102	4134	968
BAKKEN	1-2010	31	4202	4239	984	5970	4490	1480
BAKKEN	12-2009	5	791	662	530	1751	867	884
BAKKEN	11-2009	11	1889	1907	209	2286	0	2286
BAKKEN	10-2009	31	4657	4443	279	6258	0	6258
BAKKEN	9-2009	28	4289	4597	256	6494	4948	1546
BAKKEN	8-2009	31	5468	5305	419	8661	7609	1052
BAKKEN	7-2009	31	6383	6446	579	8164	5829	2335
BAKKEN	6-2009	23	5908	6000	588	7737	5963	1774
BAKKEN	5-2009	31	7296	7028	568	8979	8247	732
BAKKEN	4-2009	30	8520	8716	871	9571	4969	4602
BAKKEN	3-2009	29	9594	9177	1774	8376	0	8376