Texas independent Brigham Exploration has finished initial 24-hour flow tests on the Strobeck 27-34-1H well, producing about 2021 barrels of oil equivalent per day from the Three Forks formation in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

In total, the well produced 1788 barrels of oil and 1.4 million cubic feet of natural gas. The well was completed with 20 fracture stimulation stages, 18 of which were successful. Brigham holds about a 77% working interest and 63% net revenue interest in the well.

The company hopes to begin 24 fracture stimulations on its Anderson 28-33-1H well about a mile away from the Strobeck 27-34-1H in August.

The Anderson 28-33-1H well was drilled to a total depth of 19,900 feet.

“The [Strobeck well’s] strong performance further validates the well by well improvement we are generating by increasing the number of fracture stimulation stages.” Brigham boss Bud Brigham said.

“The Strobeck 27-34 results also confirm the core taken from our Anderson 28-33, which indicated that both the upper Three Forks and middle Bakken formations were heavily saturated with oil.”