make that #2)
On Oct 30, 2:02 pm, elwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1)an oil "show" can be anything from oil extracted from the cuttings
> and examined under a microscope with a black light (yellow
> flouresence) to free oil coming up with the mud. a shaker is just a
> vibrating screen used to separate the drill cuttings from the mud. i
> assume "that oil shows over the shakers" means that free oil was
> visible.
> 2) i dont think 20 frac stages means that they are drilling longer
> laterals because they already drill the maximum lateral length within
> the 1280 spacing unit. separating the wellbore into smaller segments
> results in more efficient frac'ing(better flow path from the natural
> fractures to the wellbore). evidently, if they just use one frac
> stage, the gel and sand will tend to propagate in one area, leaving
> sections of the well unstimulated.
>
> and imo, the jury is still out as to whether more frac stages will
> result in better economics.
>
> 3) i think #1) answers this ?
> On Oct 30, 1:37 pm, long time first time <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > In the article, Mr. Brigham states:
> > "Although shows are not definitive, our Olson and Figaro wells have
> > both had some of the strongest shows we've seen to date, including
> > excellent oil shows over the shakers and intermittent natural gas
> > flares while drilling. We believe we've experienced substantial
> > improvements in well economics as we've increased the number of
> > fracture stimulations in our horizontal Bakken wells. The Olson and
> > the Figaro will be our first long lateral wells utilizing swell
> > packers and 20 fracture stimulation intervals."
>
> > A couple of newbie questions...
> > 1. What does he mean by "shows" and "excellent oil shows over the
> > shakers"?
> > 2. on well economics. Are the efficiencies gained by increasing the
> > fractures from 12 to 20, simply by increasing the length of the
> > lateral distance?
> > 3. The Olson well appears to be in 1280 section (9,618' lateral). Are
> > other companies experimenting with even longer laterals? What sort of
> > risks are involved with these longer laterals?
>
> > Thanks for all responses.
>
> > On Oct 30, 8:23 am, elwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > here is one for brigham watchers:
>
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