Oil drilling activity has begun to creep south in North Dakota as one company has taken interest in Hettinger County.
In July, Chesapeake Exploration, LLC of Oklahoma applied for a 1,280-acre drilling unit to be used for a horizontal well about 5 miles east of New England.
The space needed for drilling a well is 640 acres, but many new rigs apply for more space, which is what Chesapeake did.
Hettinger County Economic Development Director Mark Resner said there hasn’t been production in the county for more than 10 years.Chesapeake drilling in Hettinger County, far southwest part of the state.
This was sent to me by "anonymous" (anon 1?) while I was traveling; and was also sent to me by "Don."
I also noted that Chesapeake acquired more leases in Hettinger County, North Dakota, in the August North Dakota state land lease auction.
I've heard that Chesapeake has laid off their staff of land men working Hettinger County Tyler Formation, they're stopping all leasing activity, and they're suspending plans for drilling in Hettinger County. Any truth to that?
ReplyDeleteI've not heard. Maybe someone has more information on this and will comment. Having said that, I think we all felt that Hettinger was a long shot, but one never knows.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Chesapeake, this was just posted over at Rigzone:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=113770