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

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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.

Table of contents

  • 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 YearEvolution of Whiting's Bakken completion designNon-core Bakken reservoir annual production improvements

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    Bakken noncore encore figures.pdf

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

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