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OilPro Article:
Can Refracs Bring New Life to the Haynesville?

What are the odds that they might try this on
the old plugged & abandoned sites nationally? 

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Not a re-frac, TL DS1.  New wells.  The LUW Production section of the well file is the cumulative total production of all wells reporting under that specific LUW code.  Here is the list.

LUW Code LUW Name LUW Type
616088 HA RA SUDD; 2
Effective Date End Date Well Serial Well Status Field Id Organization Id Well Name Well Number Parish Code
20-FEB-15 248120 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;AMS TIMBER 5 002-ALT 16
20-FEB-15 248119 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;AMS TIMBER 5 001-ALT 16
17-FEB-15 248123 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5 003-ALT 16
16-FEB-15 248122 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5 002-ALT 16
16-FEB-15 248121 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5 001-ALT 16
01-JUL-13 239745 10 4541 E183 HA RA SUDD;FULLER 5 001 16
09-MAR-10 30-JUN-13 239745 10 4541 C084 HA RA SUDD;FULLER 5-13-13 H 001 16

Not a re-frac.  Three new wells.  Congratulations.

248121

HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5

001-ALT

4541

E183

16

12419

16654

16795

1

616088

2

10

248122

HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5

002-ALT

4541

E183

16

12504

16333

16500

1

616088

2

10

248123

HA RA SUDD;GENTRY 5

003-ALT

4541

E183

16

12546

16691

16845

1

616088

2

10

The breakdown shows each individual well. My original well is now putting out the amount in my original post. Don't know why that well would now be putting out 6 times what it did 3 months ago if it wasn't re-fracked.

Click on the Serial Number for each well (first number in blue).  Look under LUW Production.  You will see that the production for February (partial month) and March (first full month) are identical.  If you look up February and March production for your original well,  you will see that it is also the same.  That's because these are not production numbers for individual wells but cumulative production for all the wells in the unit.

There is no re-frac.  There are three new alternate unit wells in addition to the original unit well.

Skip,

The info on my check stub shows the production of each well. The production for the month was 1.33 billion for all 6 wells. Again, my original well is making 6.6 times what it did in Jan. As you know DNR info is not up to date.

TL, yes production reporting to the state is two months behind the fact.  What was the January production for you original unit well?  And the February and March production for the same?

Skip,

The last normal month (Dec) showed 23 MM per month. This check for March showed 153 MM.

Jan. was only 6 MM because they evidently shut it down to frac.

Feb. was about 48 MM (partial month)

(Had to go back and edit some dates)

Gotcha.  Thanks for the details.  The are so few wells that we can identify as re-fracs and then follow the decline rate to get a feel for how effective they are from an economic stand point.  If the technology and cost work out a good percentage of the ~2300 currently producing HA wells may be good candidates.

The legal implications of consent to re-frac a well by working interest owners is an unsettled question under Louisiana law.

Refrac Obligations Under Model Form JOA-How Will Louisiana Courts Interpret? (Excerpt)

By David J. Rogers on May 22, 2015 Posted in News drilldeeperblog.com

In this period of depressed oil and gas prices, many companies are considering refracturing and/or reworking older wells to gain production at lower costs than from drilling new wells. Refracking allows companies to extract more hydrocarbons from already existing wells by recompleting the well. Nowadays, companies have better technology and are more efficient in their completion techniques and thus are able to capture additional hydrocarbons from existing well bores. For example, instead of spending around ten million dollars to drill and complete a new well in the Haynesville shale in Northwest Louisiana, a company can usually refrac an existing well for around two million dollars. Along with the cost savings, the results also look promising. According to Comstock Resources 2015 first quarter earnings call:

We [Comstock] began the year by executing our first refrac of a Haynesville shale well during the first quarter of 2015. Following the refrac, the Pace 33 #1 well in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, had an initial production rate of 4 million cubic feet per day, which was an eight-fold increase from its 0.5 million per day production rate before the refrac. We’re currently producing this well at a stable rate of 3.5 million cubic feet per day.

This example is just one of many where refrac operations on existing wells in shale plays have been profitable. However, refracs also pose risks, including the total loss of a well bore resulting in both additional costs and no production.

Despite these risks and as the technology continues to improve, refrac operations are likely to become even more common in shale plays.  Thus, it is helpful to review common contractual provisions that may address or affect refrac operations.

Companies operating under joint operating agreements and those looking to acquire interests in properties burdened by such agreements should be mindful of how such agreements may affect refrac operations. Many standard form joint operating agreements do not specifically address the refrac of a well already producing in paying quantities. Thus, the question arises whether a party is allowed to undertake refrac operations without all parties’ consent for wells that are producing in paying quantities. Moreover, if a party does not consent, can that party be treated as a non-consenting party and thus be subject to the non-consent penalties under the terms of most joint operating agreements.  At present, there does not yet appear to be a Louisiana case decided on these questions, and the jurisprudence from neighboring Texas is unsettled.

Link to full article: 

http://www.drilldeeperblog.com/2015/05/refrac-obligations-under-mod...

Good info. Thanks.

Bloomburg likes Refracking - says it's there is a "fever" around it although the technology is new.

This is a very positive article claiming 30% MORE gas from refracked wells than from new ones. What do you guys think?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-06/refracking-fever-...

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