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Samson's Bakken Production Drops; Wells Shut-In to Offset Fracs

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   |    Tuesday,September 09,2014

Samson Oil & Gas Limited has reported an update on its Bakken/Three Forks production and operations.

Total Company Production

Samson net production for 2014 is as follows:

Production has decreased significantly from July due to new and legacy wells in North Stockyard being shut in for offset fracs. These wells will be put back on production during September as the offset fracs are completed. The lost production is expected to be made up once these wells are restored to production due to the additional fracturing resulting from the new well fracs.

North Stockyard Project

The infill development plan for North Stockyard consists of 8 middle Bakken wells that have been drilled and 22 Three Forks wells. The Three Forks wells consist of 8 First Bench Three Forks wells, 6 Second Bench Three Forks wells, and 8 Third Bench Three Forks wells. For ease of reference, the current status of each well is set out below with separate tables for each drill pad:

The Matilda Bay 2-15H is currently flowing and has produced an average of 344 BOPD over the course or the last week.

The Matilda Bay 1-15H will remain shut in until the Bootleg 6, 7, and 8 fracks are completed.

The Billabong 2-13-14HBK well is presently scheduled to be fracked at the end of Sept and the frack will consist of 35 stages.

The Bootleg 4 & 5 wells were flowed back briefly but are currently shut in for the Bootleg 6, 7, & 8 frac.

Bootleg 6, 7, and 8 are set to have wireline work done for pressure testing. The fracks are scheduled for the last half of Sept. Each well is programmed for a 30 stage frack.

Frontier Rig 24 was released from Bootleg 8 and was moved to the TF north pad. Currently it is being rigged up on the Ironbank 4 location where it is scheduled to drill two eastern laterals in the TF-1 bench (Ironbank 4 and 5).

Samson’s working interest and its net revenue interest for the North Stockyard Project is set out in the following table:

Wells have yet to be elected by Samson and therefore are subject to change.

Rainbow Project

Gladys 1-20H (SSN 23%)

The Gladys 1-20 H well has been drilled by Continental Resources to a total depth of 19,994 feet. The well is a 1,280 acre lateral (approximately 10,000 feet) in the middle member of the Bakken Formation.

Following the coiled tubing operations on the Gladys 1-20H, a work over rig was moved onto location to run the tubing and set the well up for flow-back and production.


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