In my Ross field update I noted that Hess has permits for six wells on one pad. In section 27-156-90, Hess will drill six wells on a 2560-acre unit. The nomenclature suggests these will be long laterals, and that three laterals will go to the west, and three laterals will go to the east. My hunch is that the three long laterals going east will target the Middle Bakken, the Upper Three Forks Sanish, and the Lower Three Forks Sanish. The three long laterals going west will target the same formations.
Hess has done it again.
In the daily activity report, March 5, 2010, Hess was granted permits for six wells on one pad in the Pleasant Valley oil field (permits #18775, #18776, #18777, #18778, #18779, and #18780). This time the pad will be on section 21-157-94, and the laterals, instead of running west-east, will run north-south. Again, my hunch is that three long laterals going north will target the Middle Bakken, the Upper TFS, and the Lower TFS; and three long laterals going south will target the same formations.
So, now we have CLR with the Eco-Pads, four wells on one pad in a 1280-acre unit, and two pads (8 pads) in a 2560-acre unit, targeting two formations (the Bakken and the "Three Forks Sanish").
Hess is trying something a bit different with six laterals targeting three formations (hunch) on a 2560-acre unit.
