Marathon Completes Four High-volume Middle Bakken, Three Forks Producers

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

ND
United States

Operators
Plays
Post Date
Shore Type
Well Name
#31-4TFH-2B Garness-USA, #21-4TFH Marcella-USA, #31-4H Cunningham-USA, #21-4H Grady-USA
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Drilling Activity Summary

Description

Marathon Oil Co. completed four high-volume wells from a drillpad on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in Section 33-152n-94w in McKenzie County, N.D. The #31-4H Cunningham-USA flowed 4.912 Mbbl of oil, 7.306 MMcf of gas and 2.331 Mbbl of water per day from Middle Bakken. Production is from a lateral extending from 10,982 ft southward to 20,959 ft, 10,864 ft true vertical, and it bottomed in Section 9-151n-94w. It was tested on a 54/64-in. choke following 60-stage fracturing between 10,986 and 20,641 ft with a flowing casing pressure of 1,700 psi. The #31-4TFH-2B Garness-USA flowed 3.726 Mbbl of oil, 4.967 MMcf of gas and 3.146 Mbbl of water per day from a Middle Three Forks lateral extending southward to 21,075 ft at a bottomhole location in Section 9-151n-94w. The true vertical depth is 10,806 ft. It was tested on a 38/64-in. choke following 45-stage fracturing between 11,172 and 20,440 ft with a flowing casing pressure of 2,390 psi. The #21-4H Grady-USA flowed 3.004 Mbbl of oil, 3.753 MMcf of gas and 1.512 Mbbl of water per day from Middle Bakken at 11,070-20,819 ft. It was tested on a 40/64-in. choke after 45-stage fracturing. The 21,085-ft lateral extends southward to a bottom-hole location in Section 9-151n-94w with a true vertical depth of 10,685 ft. An upper Three Forks producer, #21-4TFH Marcella-USA, flowed 3.396 Mbbl of oil, 3.599 MMcf of gas and 1.704 Mbbl of water per day. It was tested on a 26/64-in. choke following 45-stage fracturing between 11,090 and 20,546 ft. The lateral in upper Three Forks extends from 11,020 ft southward to 21,017 ft with a bottomhole location in Section 9-151n-94w. The true vertical depth is 10,736 ft. Marathon is based in Houston.