Whiting takes #1 for Bakken IP

Correction: In March, Petroleum News Bakken reported that a ConocoPhillips well in northeast McKenzie County had what was believed to be the highest known 24-hour initial production or IP rate of any well in North Dakota. Petroleum News Bakken reported 24-hour initial production from the Brazos 24-34H well in June 2012 of 5,130 barrels of oil and 9.75 million cubic feet of gas. Those IPs were posted on the North Dakota Industrial Commission Department of Mineral Resources Oil and Gas Division’s website.

However, Petroleum News Bakken recently learned that since the March 17 story was published, the IPs on the website for the Brazos 24-34H well have been modified and are now posted at 1,363 barrels of oil and 1.75 million cubic feet of gas, significantly lower that what had originally been posted.

In light of these modified IPs, the highest reported IP for a North Dakota well, as far as Petroleum News Bakken is aware, is Whiting’s Tarpon Federal 21-4-3H well in northern McKenzie County. In December 2012, that well yielded 4,971 barrels of oil along with 11.5 million cubic feet of natural gas during its first 24 hours of production.

Another well on the same pad, the Tarpon Federal 21-4H well, had initial 24-hour IPs of 4,815 bopd, 13.2 million cfpd of natural gas when it went on production in October 2011. In terms barrels of oil equivalent, based on a conversion of 1 barrel of oil equals 6,000 cubic feet of gas, these two Whiting wells had IPs of 7,008 and 6,878 boepd, respectively.

—Mike Ellerd

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