{"id":2164,"date":"2014-11-28T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T12:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2014-11-28T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T12:12:08","slug":"more-on-bakken-production-choke-theory-peak-oil-barrelpeak-oil-barrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2164","title":{"rendered":"More on Bakken Production, Choke Theory &#8211; Peak Oil BarrelPeak Oil Barrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peakoilbarrel.com\/bakken-production-choke-theory\/\">More on Bakken Production, Choke Theory &#8211; Peak Oil BarrelPeak Oil Barrel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\">The<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0US\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0066cc; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; -webkit-transition-delay: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbblpd_m.htm\">Petroleum Supply Monthly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0just came out with production data for every state and territory. US supply was up 168,000 bpd to 8,864,000 bpd in September. The biggest gainers were North Dakota, up 53,000 bpd to 1,185,000 bpd and Alaska up 79,000 to 477,000 bpd. Alaska \u00a0was way down in both July and August and are just recovering from that. \u00a0There was only one big loser, New Mexico, down 18,000 bpd. Texas was up only 9,000 barrels per day which was surprising. The Gulf of Mexico was down 3,000 bpd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Choke theory and why I ain\u2019t buying it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\">North Dakota publishes a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0066cc; -webkit-transition-property: all; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; -webkit-transition-delay: initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dmr.nd.gov\/oilgas\/dailyindex.asp\">Daily Activity Report Index<\/a>\u00a0of all permits and other well activity in the Bakken as well as the rest of North Dakota. In this report is a list of all producing wells completed as well as wells released from confidential (tight hole) status. Wells usually stay on this list from a few days to a few months, but the average is only a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\">I have collected this data from October 2013 to present and found some startling results. But some have said this data means nothing, that wells are usually choked off by the driller so therefore we can gain nothing from the data. But looking at the individual wells that just doesn\u2019t make any sense. No,<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0I agree that the driller chokes but that he would not\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">gradually<\/em>\u00a0choke more according to increasing well number.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 24px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More on Bakken Production, Choke Theory &#8211; Peak Oil BarrelPeak Oil Barrel. The\u00a0US\u00a0Petroleum Supply Monthly\u00a0just came out with production data for every state and territory. US supply was up 168,000 bpd to 8,864,000 bpd in September. The biggest gainers were North Dakota, up 53,000 bpd to 1,185,000 bpd and Alaska up 79,000 to 477,000 bpd. 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