Peter Loeffler - Tight Oil From Shale Plays World Congress 2011
Peter Loeffler - Tight Oil From Shale Plays World Congress 2011
Peter Loeffler - Tight Oil From Shale Plays World Congress 2011
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Westward Expansion of the<br />
Bakken <strong>Oil</strong> Resource Play in<br />
North Dakota<br />
<strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Loeffler</strong><br />
VP Exploration & Development<br />
Century Exploration Resources
Westward Expansion of the<br />
Bakken <strong>Oil</strong> Resource Play in<br />
North Dakota<br />
• American’s early drilling in 2006 in Goliath<br />
prospect area was disappointing<br />
• Burial History, Regional Trends and<br />
Hydrocarbon Shows indicated otherwise<br />
• Prospect Area considered high risk by other<br />
operators based on Petrophysical Analyses<br />
• Subsequent to technical re-assessment,<br />
American resumed building acreage position to<br />
over 90,000 net acres with minimal competition
Goliath<br />
Project<br />
Williams<br />
County, ND<br />
T156N – T158N<br />
R96W – R99W
Nesson<br />
Anticline<br />
Elm Coulee<br />
Goliath<br />
Parshall<br />
Structure Contours on Bakken
Middle Bakken Petrophysical analyses revealed<br />
lower resistivity values at American’s Goliath<br />
prospect compared to values observed at<br />
EOG’s Parshall Field<br />
American Goliath Area Log<br />
EOG Parshall Area Log<br />
Upper <strong>Shale</strong><br />
Middle<br />
Bakken<br />
Lower <strong>Shale</strong><br />
Middle Bakken Resistivity ~ 5<br />
Ohm-Meters<br />
Middle Bakken Resistivity ~ 20<br />
Ohm-Meters
Goliath Prospect Located Structurally Deeper in<br />
“Kerogen Kitchen” than Parshall Area<br />
Goliath Prospect<br />
Parshall Field
RockEval Analyses by USGS/NDGS<br />
demonstrated American’s Goliath Project to be<br />
within area of conversion of kerogen to<br />
hydrocarbons<br />
Goliath<br />
Parshall
Dr. Fred Meissner’s 1978 work showed an<br />
extensive region of Bakken over-pressure<br />
Goliath<br />
Parshall
Superlithostatic<br />
pressure developed<br />
during kerogen<br />
maturation<br />
MILLIMETRES<br />
Calcified escape<br />
fractures likely repropped<br />
open by<br />
hydraulilc stimulation<br />
Lower Bakken <strong>Shale</strong> core<br />
sample
Evidence of live hydrocarbon-saturation from<br />
cores recovered within Goliath Prospect<br />
Visible light<br />
Ultraviolet<br />
light to excite<br />
any<br />
hydrocarbons<br />
present
Distribution<br />
of Bakken<br />
shows and<br />
production<br />
(pre-1985)<br />
Saskatchewan<br />
Manitoba<br />
Montana<br />
North Dakota
Goliath<br />
Middle Bakken<br />
Member Isopach
Conoco, Inc. - #17 Watterud “A”<br />
SENW Sec. 11, T160N, R95W<br />
Gamma Ray<br />
Resistivity<br />
Upper Bakken <strong>Shale</strong><br />
Target Zone<br />
Middle Bakken<br />
Lower Bakken <strong>Shale</strong>
Interval within the Middle Bakken contains coarse<br />
quartz and dolomite grains favorable for rapid<br />
horizontal drilling and supporting staged stimulation<br />
Getty <strong>Oil</strong> Company<br />
Owen #19-13<br />
SWSW Sec. 19-T157N-R96W<br />
Lodgepole<br />
U. Bakken <strong>Shale</strong><br />
Goliath<br />
target interval<br />
M. Bakken<br />
L. Bakken <strong>Shale</strong><br />
Isopach of target<br />
interval C.I. = 2’<br />
Three Forks
American’s first Goliath horizontal test modeled<br />
from Bakken wells drilled at Montana’s<br />
Elm Coulee Field<br />
Several Tri-lateral<br />
wells have been<br />
successfully<br />
completed in Elm<br />
Coulee<br />
Townships
Tri-lateral drilled and completed in Goliath, 2006<br />
Champion #1-25H<br />
NENE Section 25<br />
T157N, R97W<br />
Williams County, ND<br />
2006<br />
Tri-lateral<br />
wellbore<br />
trajectories:<br />
• E/W<br />
• NW/SE<br />
• SW/NE
Champion #1-25H<br />
NENE Section 25<br />
T157N, R97W<br />
Williams County, ND<br />
Free oil to surface<br />
across mud tanks<br />
while drilling E/W<br />
lateral<br />
Flared gas kick<br />
during drill string<br />
trip<br />
IP: 75 BOPD,<br />
109 MCFG,<br />
109 BWPD
• Champion #1-25H<br />
(2006) IP: 75 BOPD<br />
109 MCFG<br />
109 BWPD<br />
• Tong Trust #1-20H<br />
(2009) IP: 1114 BOPD<br />
1840 MCFG<br />
2249 BWPD<br />
• Bergstrom #15-23H<br />
(2010) IP: 2444 BOPD<br />
2913 MCFG<br />
3113 BWPD
Elements for Success in American’s Goliath Area<br />
GR<br />
Res<br />
• Regional studies<br />
and hydrocarbon<br />
shows strongly<br />
supported prospect<br />
Wellbore<br />
trace<br />
• Strictly maintain<br />
bit in target<br />
• Stimulation: multi-stage<br />
(25-35), moderate pump<br />
rate, high-strength<br />
proppant stimulation<br />
• Carefully designed<br />
flowback plan
Production Trends<br />
North Dakota<br />
Daily <strong>Oil</strong> Prod<br />
1980 - 2010<br />
Alaska<br />
North Slope<br />
Daily <strong>Oil</strong> Prod<br />
1980 - 2010<br />
EIA, 2010
Central Park<br />
NYC<br />
843 acres
Grateful for the exceptional staff at the<br />
State of North Dakota<br />
Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms<br />
State Geologist Edward Murphy
Thank You to Lucy Rothwell, Marysia Pawlik<br />
and the staff at American Business<br />
Conferences and London Business<br />
Conferences<br />
Western North Dakota – Roosevelt National Park
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