I think "The Majors" are more Offshore.
Theres still another well thay have to drill in your spacing to even
out the royalties.
Remember their only going to get 10% of the 1% of oil thats
recoverable with todays technology.
Its still early in the game, so hold on.

On Oct 3, 2:50 pm, "paul giannotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for trying DepMe. Your absolutely right, it is on confidential status
> till 11/15/2008. However, I spoke with one of the execs from Hess a few
> weeks ago, he was somewhat evasive, however, he did disclose that it has
> done a little over 50,000 barrels since going on line. Putting a pencil to
> that number, outs me at around 650 bopd. Also he verified that it did
> produce 9500 barrels in July. If you use the 20 days it was on line in July,
> that would put you at around 500 bopd. He said it was "doing much better
> than the well next to it" that being the RS State well.
> I was looking for some solutions to bring the production up to the 1500 to
> 2500 bopd that the Bakken should be producing. Do we REALLY have the
> technology to get this oil out of not!
> If you compare some of our numbers to what they are producing out of well in
> Alaska or other places, we are "minor league" players. I want to get to the
> "majors" Is that possible in North Dakota. I have read that the reason we
> have no major players (Shell, Mobil, Exxon, ect) is because *they do not
> think we can.*
> Can anyone comment on that?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:02 PM, DepME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Bummer.  I cant's bring up any stats on the well.  It looks like it
> > will be on confidential status until 11/15/08
>
> > On Oct 3, 11:15 am, "paul giannotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > RS Becker well @35/156/92 its a Hess Well. Went on line July 11, 2008.
>
> > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 10:05 AM, DepME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > What well are you talking about Paul?
>
> > > > Just for a comparison, I pulled up data on the Bice 1-29H.  It had an
> > > > IP of 516 bopd.  Over it's 3 months lifetime, it has averaged 91
> > > > bopd.  And then there is the Austin 8-26H.  It had an IP of 3070
> > > > bopd.  Over 144 days it has averaged 1206 bopd.  Both of these are
> > > > recent TFS wells.
>
> > > > Does an IP rating mean anything in real life?
>
> > > > On Oct 3, 9:10 am, "paul giannotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > What can be done about an under performing well?  Being where my well
> > is
> > > > > located I would expect to get a minimum of 1000 bopd. I'm now getting
> > > > about
> > > > > 600. What can be done?
>
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM, bradaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > And sometimes the job done while drilling can give you an
> > > > > > underperforming well.
>
> > > > > > And speaking of performing a frac job, there was a fire that burned
> > > > > > all the trucks and equipment this week on the Wayzetta 14-02H.
> > Haven't
> > > > > > heard what started it, and thankfully no one was hurt. But the
> > trucks
> > > > > > and equipment for the frac job were let burn once it started so we
> > > > > > have one less completion crew in the Basin for now. Hopefully, it
> > > > > > won't affect the final completion of the well.
>
> > > > > > On Oct 3, 7:11 am, elwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > that is a good explaination.  when one realizes the complexity of
> > > > > > > performing a 12 stage frac job, the mind boggles. so imo, the
> > > > > > > variations are mainly a function of regional and random
> > variations in
> > > > > > > reservoir quality, probably mainly (natural) fracture intensity,
> > and
> > > > > > > random variations in where the hydraulic fractures are
> > propagated.
>
> > > > > > > On Oct 3, 8:29 am, "Allen S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Probably not since the fracturing job is performed by a third
> > > > party,
> > > > > > > > who is coincidentally the same third party that performed the
> > other
> > > > > > > > successful frac jobs.
>
> > > > > > > > To some extent the occassional bad well is just how the cookie
> > > > > > > > crumbles in that if this were easy and the same amount of oil
> > was
> > > > > > > > everywhere, everyone would be doing it and there wouldn't be so
> > > > much
> > > > > > > > money at stake.  That and quite simply, geological formations
> > are
> > > > > > > > rarely homogenous and isotropic (the exact same) over any
> > modest
> > > > > > > > distance (few miles).  The subtle differences between the great
> > and
> > > > > > > > good wells is likely no more identifiable than the differences
> > > > between
> > > > > > > > the good and uneconomic wells.
>
> > > > > > > > Now, all that being said I must caveat the whole thing with a
> > "yes"
> > > > > > > > for I have seen wells that were all but ruined by frac jobs.
> >  Ended
> > > > up
> > > > > > > > producing less oil and more water afterwards.  Thankfully this
> > > > isn't
> > > > > > > > the norm.
>
> > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 6:40 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > Good question.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 1:35 pm, go-devil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > I dont want to slam any companies, but whats with the bad
> > > > wells?
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