Bakken's third act: an encore from the non-core Report

Insight 09 May 2019

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Report summary

Bakken players high-graded activity during the downturn, focusing on the low break-even core of the play. Increased drilling and more aggressive completions led to record-setting production in 2018. But that's only part of the Bakken rebound story. Valuable step-out opportunities are emerging, driven by higher oil prices and modern completions. In this insight we investigate the subsurface drivers, completion design changes, and the operators drilling non-core tests.

Bakken core competencies
S ubsurface: getting to the source of production
On the fringe: Marathon, Whiting and Oasis push the boundaries
Advancing c ompletion e volution
Non-core performance improvements

Tables and charts

This report includes the following images and tables:

Organic richness and thermal maturity of Upper and Lower Bakken source rocks

Well Activity and Average Proppant per Lateral Length (lbs per thousand ft) per Completion Date by Year
Evolution of Whiting's Bakken completion design
Non-core Bakken reservoir annual production improvements