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Permalink Reply by jim weyland on March 2, 2014 at 4:59

freeze-offs were bad this winter. i knew they were very severe in the midcontinent and rockies. but, i'm not surprised there were freeze-off in the bakken. it's about as north as you can go & still be in the us. 

i am surprised that it sounds like there were freeze-offs in the eagle ford. well, maybe, not so surprising. it stayed below freezing for several days at a time down there. and, methane hydrate forms at around 34 degrees, i want to recall.

as an aside, in past, severe winters i've seen shelf wells freeze off. no one ever thinks that will happen, but it sure does.

the article suggests there were oil caused freeze-offs. has anyone ever seen such? i know that i don't know the solidification point(s) for light crude. maybe, the bakken crude is of paraffinic type. i know that if your gas freezes off then you can't produce the associated crude.

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