November, 2019 Hearing Dockets: BR To Request 20 Wells In One 2560-Acre Stand-Up Unit -- Middle Bakken And First Bench Only -- October 25, 2019

From the NDIC, November, 2019, hearing dockets:

• 28117, BR, Johnson Corner and/or Pershing-Bakken, twenty (20) wells on a 2560-acre unit, section 15/22/27/34 -150-96; McKenzie County

Thinking out loud:

• currently nine horizontals running north in a 1280-acre unit
• currently nine horizontals running south in a 1280-acre unit
• plan for ten more horizontals running north through those two sections: a total of 19 horizontals running north (but the new wells will be spaced at 2560-acre spacing)
• plan for ten more horizontals running south through those two sections: a total of 19 horizontals running south (but the new wells will be spaced at 2560-acre spacing)
• these are all middle Bakken and first bench Three Forks wells
• lower benches of the Three Forks yet to targeted (may or may not happen)
• many, many ways to look at density
• one way: 1280 acres / 19 wells = 67 acres (MB and TF1 combined)
• another way: 1280 acres / 10 wells = 128 acres (MB or TF1 separately)
• another way: vertical array of 19 horizontals is still less than the 24 or more that some have proposed
• another way: spacing between horizontals, horizontally: 5280 feet / 10 wells = ~ 500 feet
• note: about two years into blogging about the Bakken I opined that fracking was effective out to 500 feet radially; something tells me I may be off by a factor of 2 before this is all over

Wells in the graphics (not all wells are in these 1280-acre or 2560-acre spacing units; some of the wells below lie outside these spacing units):

• 17529, 300, BR, Morgan 34-21H, Pershing, t2/09; cum 335K 7/19; off line as of 7/19; remains off line 8/19;

• 29872, 1,443, BR, Kirkland 41-28TFH, Pershing, t11/15; cum 201K 8/19;
• 29873, 2,084, BR, Kirkland 41-28MBH, Pershing, t11/15; cum 322K 8/19;
• 29874, 2,004, BR, Morgan 41-28MBH, Pershing, t11/15; cum 201K 8/19;
• 29875, 1,483, BR, Morgan 41-28TFH ULW, Pershing, t11/15; cum 262K 8/19;

• 28272, 2,685, BR, Copper Draw 11-27TFH ULW, Pershing, t11/14; cum 264K 8/19;
• 28273, 2,445, BR, Copper Draw 11-27MBH, Pershing, t11/14; cum 397K 8/19;
• 28274, 2,485, BR, Lillibridge 11-27MBH NH, Johnson Corner, t10/14; cum 238K 8/19;

• 27306, 1,523, BR, Lillibridge 21-27TFH, Johnson Corner, t10/14; cum 242K 8/19;
• 27307, 2,244, BR, Copper Draw 21-27MBH, Johnson Corner, t10/14; cum 339K 8/19;
• 27308, 1,683, BR, Lillibridge 21-27MBH, Johnson Corner, t9/14; cum 192K 7/19; off line as of 7/19; remains off line 8/19;
• 27309, 2,004, BR, Copper Draw 21-27TFH, Johnson Corner, t10/14; cum 300K 8/19;

• 23648, 2,725, BR, Copper Draw 24-22MBH, Johnson Corner, t7/13; cum 326K 8/19;

• 23647, 2,886, BR, Lillibridge 24-22TFH, Johnson Corner, t7/13; cum 295K 8/19; off line as of 7/19; remains off line 8/19;
• 23646, 2,325, BR, Copper Draw 24-22TFH 2SH, Johnson Corner, t7/13; cum 302K 8/19;
• 23645, 2,926, BR, Lillibridge 24-22MBH 2NH, Johnson Corner, t7/13; cum 375K 8/19;

• 28348, 1,920, BR, Copper Draw 41-27TFH, Johnson Corner, t3/15; cum 276K 8/19; off line as of 7/19; remains off line 8/19;
• 28347, 1,656, BR, Lillibridge 41-27MBH, Johnson Corner, t3/15; cum 330K 8/19;
• 28346, 2.400, BR, Lillibridge 41-27TFH-ULW, Blue Buttes, t3/15; cum 437K 8/19;
• 28345, 2,880, BR, Copper Draw 41-27MBH-ULW, Croff, t4/15; cum 513K 8/19;

• 17271, 312, BR, Copper Draw 34-34H, Blue Buttes, t6/08; cum 480K 8/19;

• 17323, 110, BR, Mary Ann 1-15H, Johnson Corner, t8/08; cum 467K 8/19;

The graphics: