NDIC Hearing Dockets, January, 2011 -- Reader's Digest Version

Due to the fact that I am using the iPad and not a laptop or desktop, my summary of the January, 2011, hearing dockets will be limited to "significant" cases.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The Wednesday, January 12, 2011, hearing docket is 8 pages long, and consists mostly of developing and/or pooling existing wells. However, the following cases are interesting:

Case 13560: Cornerstone,to establish 22 640-acre spacing units, with one Bakken horizontal well in each unit, Burke County, no field give; new field?

Case 13985: BR, to drill up to 7 horizontal wells on 2 1280-acre spacing units in Blue Buttes-Bakken pool, McKenzie County

Case 13987: MRO, to establish a 5,120-acre spacing unit in McGregory Buttes-Bakken, Dunn County, for up to 8 horizontal wells

Case 13988: MRO, to establish a 3,840-acre spacing unit in Bailey-Bakken for up to 5 horizontal wells, Dunn County

Case 13805: QEP, to extend Deep Water Creek Bay Field creating 4 800-acre spacing units with 2 horizontal wells on each unit, McLean County

Case 13805: continued, QEP, to extend Heart Butte and/or Van Hook by creating one 2,560-acre spacing unit for up to 10 wells on that spacing unit

Case 14057: GADECO,LLC, extending Stockyard Creek-Bakken to create 2 1,280-acre units with 3 horizontal wells on each unit. According to this site, GADECO is a limited liability company formed in 2004 by Greenwood Village independent Jack J. Grynberg based in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Thursday docket is ten pages long; these are the ones that caught my attention.

14017: CLR, amend Murphy Creek-Bakken to create a 2,560-acre spacing unit for 4 horizontal wells, Dunn County

13817: CLR, amend Rattlesnake Point-Bakken to create a 2,560-acre spacing unit for 4 horizontal wells, Dunn County

14023: EOG, extend Van Hook and/or Parshall to create one 1,920-acre spacing unit and 3 1,280-acre spacing units, with one horizontal well on each unit, Mountrail County

14026: Citation, extend Catwalk-Bakken to create 2 1,280-acre spacing units, one horizontal well each, Williams County

13838: Newfield, to create a 1,280-acre spacing unit with 4 horizontal wells, no field named; Williams County

13839: Newfield, to create a 1,280-acre spacing unit in Fertile Valley-Bakken with 4 horizontal wells, Divide County

13840: Newfield, to create a 1,280-acre spacing unit with 5 wells, no field, named, Williams County

13841: Newfield, to create a 1,280-acre spacing unit with 3 wells, no field named, Williams County

13619: ERF, extend Spotted Hawk-Bakken, to create 2 1,280-acre spacing units with 4 wells on each, McKenzie County

13692: EOG, Kittelson Slough-Bakken, 3 wells on 2 1,280-acre spacing units, Mountrail County