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Petroscout | PLS November 2, 2016 PETRO SCOUT www.plsx.com E&P Serving the US upstream industry with information, analysis & prospects for sale Volume 27, No. 16 Oasis raises EURs for Wild Basin Bakken/Three Forks RSP drills best Wolfcamp A, Oasis Petroleum raised its EURs for both the Bakken and Three Forks at its expands into Delaware Wild Basin operating area in McKenzie County, North Dakota. A new, higher- RSP Permian completed its best intensity completion design has driven up well performance in the company’s Wolfcamp A well to date during Q3. The highest-performing area. Bakken wells now have a type curve of Kemmer 4217 WA is also the company’s 1.55 MMboe, up from 1.2 MMboe, and Three Forks wells are now westernmost Wolfcamp A expected to recover 1.2 MMboe each, up producer, indicating a potential from 1.0 MMboe. Bakken EUR raised to 1.55 MMboe, Three Forks to 1.2 MMboe. increase to RSP’s inventory The upward revisions are based on in that interval on the outskirts of its a slickwater completion design using 4 million lb of sand. Data that led to the type acreage. The well delivered a 30-day curve changes at Wild Basin included 30-day IPs of 1,912 boe/d for the Bakken and IP of 254 boe/d per 1,000 ft of lateral 1,490 boe/d for the Three Forks. Comparatively, the company’s IP-30s for its core area, which extends beyond Wild Basin, were 1,305 boe/d for the Bakken and 1,085 Kemmer well yields 254 boe/d per 1,000 ft with ~5,000-ft lateral. boe/d for the Three Forks as of August. Chairman and CEO Thomas Nusz said his team continues to test completion (4,960-ft lateral), which marks the designs further. Continues On Pg 22 company’s strongest performance on a Chesapeake sees Powder River, Oswego as growth drivers per-lateral-foot basis. As the Chesapeake Energy story transitions to an operational narrative from its The Kemmer was completed with balance sheet focus, the company shared at its recent Analyst Day that it is targeting the company’s latest vintage design— 5-15% production growth through 2020. The presentation focused on the potential of which uses more than 1,900 lb per foot Chesapeake’s assets to deliver on that goal. A changing mindset has led of proppant, 14 per clusters per stage the company to think of its operating areas in a new way with stacked- and diverter agents—in western Midland pay value. Two areas in particular—the Midcontinent’s Oswego and County, Texas. The well has a short the Powder River Basin—were touted as production history, but it came online at a growth drivers. Chesapeake looking to up production higher rate than RSP’s Woody well, which by 5-15% through 2020. This year’s drilling pause allowed sits on the border of Midland and Glasscock Chesapeake to square its balance sheet and make some technical strides that EVP Frank counties and was completed using Patterson said changed their definition of “core” through longer laterals and larger fracs. an older design. Continues On Pg 4 “We’ve stepped back and rebuilt the basins that we’re operating in from a geological perspective,” he said. Patterson added that the company is no longer looking at horizons DEALS FOR SALE but at basins as a whole. Continues On Pg 8 WEST TEXAS BARNETT PROSPECTS 42,000-Gross Acres. 35,000-Net Acres. SM Energy rapidly builds Midland Basin scale BARNETT & WOODFORD SHALE SM Energy began 2016 with renewed interest in the Midland Basin and has ended PECOS & TERRELL CO. DV it by increasing its acreage by more than 3.5 times and growing its drilling locations 100% OPERATED WI; 75% NRI by more than five times. The company is keenly focused on developing Tier 1 wells at Barnett OOIP: 43 MMBO/Section STACKED Barnett OGIP: 133 BCF/Section PAY two core operating areas: its legacy Sweetie Peck area in Upton and Midland counties Woodford OOIP: 27 MMBO/Section and its new Howard County position built over the last two months in two acquisitions Woodford OGIP: 116 BCF/Section totaling 62,283 net acres. Budgeting Or Looking To Raise $60MM+ At SM’s legacy Sweetie Growing acreage 3.5x & drilling DV 5694 locations more than 5x. Peck acreage in northern Upton and southern Midland counties, Texas, the company expects to produce a WESTERN LOUISIANA MINERALS 100+ Producing Wells. ~273,000-NMA. net 7,500 boe/d by YE16, which would be a 50% improvement upon YE15’s 5,000 MULTIPLE COUNTIES M boe/d. Last year’s wells were good, too. A JP Morgan study noted that SM’s Sweetie Haynesville Shale, Austin Chalk, Cotton Peck wells delivered the best 90-day cumulative rates in the basin, outperforming the Valley, TMS, Hackberry, Wilcox, Yegua, average peer by 97% and its nearest peer by 26% in 2015. EVP Herbert Vogel credited Smackover, Hosston & Glen Rose completion improvements for this year’s performance. SM has completed 21 wells on NonOperated WI Available HAYNESVILLE the acreage so far this year, with nine of those in Q3. Current Cash Flow: $250,000/Month CONTACT AGENT FOR MORE INFO Vogel added that the company has bolted on acreage to increase Sweetie Peck M 2067PP lateral lengths. Continues On Pg 6 All Standard Disclaimers & Seller Rights Apply. PETROSCOUT 2 November 2, 2016 South Texas Drilling & Production Sanchez to direct more capital to Cotulla next year ■ At Project Icewine on Alaska’s Sanchez Energy has been focused on delineating its Catarina acreage in Dimmit North Slope, 88 Energy says 2D data County, Texas, this year, but well performance and realized efficiencies at the company’s mapped 20 conventional leads in the Cotulla area to the north will lead to increased D&C capex in the area next year. CEO Tony Brookian sequence with five to be Sanchez said the nine wells that came online in the Hausser area delivered 30- prioritized. The company estimates a day IP rates 10-15% above the company’s 367,000 boe three-stream type curve. gross 758 MMbo of prospective mean With well costs as low as $2.8 million, the wells are yielding almost 85% returns recoverable oil over the five: at current strip. Sanchez allocated $40-50 million of its total $250-300 million Alpha (118 MMbo), Bravo (273 in capex to the area this year. MMbo), Golf (128 MMbo), At Catarina, Sanchez reports that its CEO: Cotulla wells delivering ~85% India (129 MMbo) and Juliet (110 returns at current strip. four-well E33 pad in the south-central area MMbo). Alpha is situated on the eastern is still tracking 20-30% over the 1.1 MMboe type curve at 120 days. This pad is a northern side of the 271,000-acre project near step-out of the south-central area and includes the company’s best Catarina well to date. the Trans-Alaska pipeline. 88 Energy The group’s 30-day IPs ranged 1,600-1,900 boe/d. said recent discoveries such as Caelus’ This year’s work focused on the improvements in the Catarina area in addition to 2.5 Bbo in the Brookian submarine fan delineation. Sanchez said the company was testing a new generation of completion design complex underscore the undiscovered employing tighter clusters and increased fluid and proppant in the Upper and Middle Eagle potential of the North Slope. Ford. With performance improvements, western Catarina wells are yielding returns more ■ Apache is partnering with the than 50%. Well costs at Catarina are also as low as $2.8 million but average $3.0 million. University of Texas at Arlington to This is a 25% YOY savings. examine the water quality at Alpine As for 2017 Catarina plans, Sanchez said the Regional Oil & Gas Intelligence November 5, 2015 High. Researcher Kevin Schug told SOUTH TEXAS SCOUT the Fort Worth Star- company was turning away from its south-central Serving the local market with drilling activity, permits & deals for sale Volume 03, No. 15 Sanchez’s Catarina development continues to outperform Regional Activity (State Data) For the third consecutive quarter, wells online. The 106,000-net-acre (10/13/15 to 11/02/15) Sanchez Energy’s Catarina project development area on the border of Telegram that the focus to appraise the northern extent of the central Compls Permits has been the driving force behind its Dimmit and Webb counties, Texas, has South Texas (RRC 1) South60 73 Eagle Ford Texas production. Strong Scoutbeen the focus of Sanchez’s operations South Texas (RRC 2) 39 83 well rates and accelerated Efficiencies continued to help South Texas (RRC 3) 2 13 development resulting from shave down well costs. faster drilling times contributed to lower company approached UTA and is South Texas (RRC 4) 8 37 costs. The company’s results from the since it was acquired from Shell for $639 acreage. Sanchez will also be testing the new- Most Active Operators by Permits south central Catarina showed 30-day IP million in 2Q14. At the end of Q3, the ➊ Marathon Oil 20 rates of ~1,350 boe/d. company had 264 producing Catarina Follow➋ Pioneer Natural Resources Sanchez’s15 Sanchez ran three operated development rigs wells and 18 awaiting completion. generation completion design on Lower Eagle Ford ➌ EP Energy E&P 13 at Catarina during Q3 to bring 27 Continues On Pg 3 donating to the study, although the Permits by Formation (by Last Scout) SM’s Eagle Ford downspacing tests show promise Eagle Ford wells performed above type drilling inventory.
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