THE BAKKEN, A SNAPSHOT FROM 40 000 FEET AS OF END 2020

NOTE, this article is split into two parts. The first part, the main body (5 500 words [includes text for charts and tables]), presents this analysis’s results. The second part, supplemental information and documentation (3 000 words [includes text for charts), lists data sources, describes methods, abbreviations, acronyms, and some of the terms used inContinue reading “THE BAKKEN, A SNAPSHOT FROM 40 000 FEET AS OF END 2020”

Bakken, Something About EURs, PDP Reserves and R over P Ratio

Proven reliable methods on the Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) for any well (or other agreed parameter like EUR for the average well of specified vintage populations for plays, fields, companies or other) is crucial to make estimates on remaining Proven Developed Producing (PDP) and Proven UnDeveloped (PUD) reserves which are the linchpins for assets backedContinue reading “Bakken, Something About EURs, PDP Reserves and R over P Ratio”

A little on the Profitability of the Bakken(ND)

In the first part of this post I present an update on the profitability for Light Tight Oil (LTO) extraction in the Bakken (ND) as one big project. This is followed with economic life cycle analysis for the average LTO well of the 2014, 2015 and 2016 vintages in the Bakken. This analysis found thatContinue reading “A little on the Profitability of the Bakken(ND)”