NDIC Hearing Dockets: August, 2013 -- Pad Drilling, Risk Penalties

Highlights from the cases here. 

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

20712, Slawson, Whiting, Pleasant Hill-Bakken, proper spacing, McKenzie County
20713, Whiting, Pleasant Hill, Ellsworth, and/or Juniper-Bakken, 9 over overlapping 2560-acre spacing units, 1 well each, McKenzie
20714, Whiting, Fryburg-Bakken, redefine field limits, rules, Billings
20715, Whiting, Sioux-Bakken and/or Lonesome-Bakken, 1 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well, McKenzie
20716, Whiting, Timber Creek and/or Arnegard-Bakken, 1 overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1 well, McKenzie
20717, Whiting, establish a 320-acre unit, one vertical well; Golden Valley
20718, Whiting, establish a 320-acre unit, one vertical well; Golden Valley
20719, Petro Harvester, amend Portal-Madison, establish a 320-acre unit, one well, Burke
20720, QEP, amend Grail-Bakken; i) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 1 well; ii) up to 8 wells on a 640-acre unit; iii) up to 10 wells on six 1280-acre units (I believe that is 10 wells on each of the 1280-acre units), McKenzie;
20607, cont'd
20721, Hess, amend Manitou and/or Big Butte-Bakken; establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 4 wells; Mountrail
20722, Hess, amend Robinson Lake-Bakken, establish 2 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1+ wells between the existing spacing units; Mountrail
20723, Hess, amend Antelope-Sanish, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1+ wells, McKenzie
20724, Hess, amend Antelope-Sanish, establish 4 overlapping 2560-acre units, 3 wells each; McKenzie
20588, cont'd
20725, Hess, amend Hawkeye-Bakken and Antelope-Sanish, establish 5 overlapping 2560-acre units; 3 wells each, McKenzie
20726, Hess, amend Hawkeye, Union Center, and/or Clear Creek-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 3 wells, McKenzie
20727, Hess, amend blue Buttes-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2240-acre unit, 1+ wells, McKenzie
20728, Hess, amend Blue Buttes-Bakken, establish 9 overlapping 2560-acre units, 3 wells each, McKenzie
20729, Hess, amend Blue Buttes and/or Spotted Horn-Bakken, establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit, 1 well; McKenzie;
20589, cont'd
20730, Hess, amend Baskin-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, Mountrail
20731, Hess, amend Blue Buttes-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, McKenzie
20732, Hess, amend Hawkeye-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, McKenzie
20733, Hess, amend Robinson Lake-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, Mountrail
20734, Hess, amend Sather Lake-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, McKenzie
20735, Hess, amend field rules for EN Sorenson A 154-94-0211 H-6, Mountrail
20419, cont'd
20736, SM Energy, amend Ambrose-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, Divide
20737, SM Energy, amend Colgan-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, Divide
20738, SM Energy, amend West Ambrose-Bakken, unrestricted production and flaring, Divide
20739, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20740, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20741, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20742, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20743, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Billings
20744, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20745, OXY USA, amend rules regarding water production at certain wells; Dunn
20746, Marathon, amend Reunion Bay and/or Big Bend-Bakken; establish 9 overlapping spacing units, 1 well each, Mountrail
20747, Marathon, amend Wolf Bay-Bakken, disestablish a 2560-acre unit and re-establish 2 1280-acre units; Dunn
20422, cont'd
20423, cont'd
20424, cont'd
20426, cont'd
20417, cont'd
17358, cont'd
20748, New Frontier, treating plan, McKenzie
20749, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken, CO2 injection, SIRP 31-12, Mountrail; this well is still "confidential"
20750 - 20764, Whiting, pooling
20765, Petro Harvester, pooling
20766, Samson Oil & Gas, pooling
20767, Petro-Hunt, pooling
20768, Petro-Hunt, pooling
20769, Hess, amend Big Butte-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre unit; Mountrail
20770 - 20774, Hess, pooling
20775, SM Energy, amend Camp-Bakken, 9 wells on three existing 1280-acre units, McKenzie
20776, SM Energy, amend Poe-Bakken, 9 wells on five existing 1280-acre units, McKenzie
20777, OXY USA, pooling
20778, BR, pooling

Thursday, August 29, 2013

20779, Armstrong Operating, amend Moraine-Winnipegosis, establish an additional Zone of spacing to create a 320-acre unit, authorize the re-completionof the Hanish 26-1, Divide
20780, CLR, amend Chimney Butte-Bakken, alter stratigraphic limits, Dunn
20781, CLR, amend Rattlesnake Point-Bakken, alter stratigraphic limits, Dunn
20782, CLR, Medicine Pole Hills, create/establish a 320-acre unit, 1 hz well in Red River "C" and "D" Zones, Bowman
20468, cont'd
20783, Corinthian, amend Souris-Spearfish/Madison; create/establish an overlapping 640-acre unit; 5 wells; Bottineau;
20784, Corinthian, extend Roth-Spearfish/Madison, or in the alternative, establish Spearfish spacing in the Cimbel Field, create/establish a 320-acre unit; 12 wells; Bottineau;
20785, Corinthian, extend Red Rock-Spearfish, or in the alternative, establish Spearfish spacing in the Haram Field; create/establish 19 320-acre units; 12 wells on each spacing unit = 228 wells; Bottineau;
20786, EOG, amend Parshall-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit; create/establish 3 overlapping 1920-acre units; 3 wells on each of those units; Mountrail;
20787, EOG, amend rules for sections 1, 12, 23, 26, and 35 in 159-91, Zone III of Thompson Lake-Bakken, "authorizing rather than requiring the drilling of not more than a total of six wells on each 1920-acre unit, Burke;
20490, cont'd
20493, cont'd
20494, cont'd
20495, cont'd
20788, Hunt, amend Werner-Bakken, create/establish 2 overlapping 2560-acre units, 1 well each; Dunn
20789, Hunt, amend Wolf Bay-Bakken, create/establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1 well, Dunn
20790, Newfield, amend Tobacco Garden-Bakken, create/establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1 wells McKenzie
20791, Newfield, amend Lost Bridge-Bakken, create/establish 2 overlapping 1280-acre units, multiple wells; and authorize multiple wells on existing 640-acre unit, Dunn
20792, Newfield, amend Sandrocks-Bakken; relief from rules regarding drilling schedule, McKenzie
20793, Samson Resources, amend Ambrose-Bakken, create/establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit 7 wells, Divide
20794, Samson Resources, amend Ambrose-Bakken, create/establish an overlapping 5120-acre spacing unit, multiple wells; create/establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit; multiple wells; Divide;
20795, Samson Resources, amend West Ambrose-Bakken, create/establish an overlapping 4160-acre unit; multiple wells, Divide;
20796, Samson Resources, amend Blooming Prairie-Bakken, create/establish 2 overlapping 1280-acre units; multiple wells; Divide
20797, Slawson, Stockyard Creek-Bakken, multiple multi-lateral hz wells with a portion of the vertical section open to the Lodgepole, Williams;
20798, Slawson, amend Big Bend-Bakken, alter stratigraphic limits, Mountrail
20799, Slawson, amend Ross-Bakken, alter stratigraphic limits, Mountrail
20800, Statoil, amend Briar Creek-Bakken, create/establish 2 1440-acre units; 6 wells on each; McKenzie, Williams
20801, Zenergy, amend Foreman Butte-Bakkekn, create/establish 4 overlapping 2560-acre units; 6 wells each, McKenzie
20654, cont'd
20498, cont'd
20500, cont'd
20501, cont'd
19901, cont'd
20658, cont'd
20517, cont'd
20662, cont'd
20663, cont'd
20802 - 20805, Crescent Point, pooling;
20806, Crescent Point, risk penalty legalese, Williams
20807, Fidelity, risk penalty legalese, Mountrail
20808, Fidelity, risk penalty legalese, Stark
20809, Fidelity, risk penalty legalese, Stark
20810, Fidelity, risk penalty legalese, Stark
20811, Fidelity, risk penalty legalese, Mountrail
20812 - 20814, CLR, poolin
20815, CLR, Rattlesnake Point-Bakken, 14 wells on an existing 2560-acre unit; Dunn;
20816, CLR, Jim Creek-Bakken, 7 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; Dunn;
20817, CLR, multiple producing wells to be produced in a Central Tank Battery, McKenzie
20818 - 20820, Samson Resources, pooling;
20692, cont'd
20821 - 20824, Enerplus, pooling;
20825, Enerplus, Antelop-Sanish, 10 wells on each of 2 existing 1280-acre units; McKenzie
20826, WPX, pooling
20827, WPX, Van Hook-Bakken, 7 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; Mountrail
20828, WPX, Antelope-Sanish, 11 wells on each of 2 existing 1280-acre units; McKenzie;
20829, WPX, Spotted Horn, 11 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie, Mountrail;
20830, WPX, Squaw Creek-Bakken, 11 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie,
20831 - 20833, Corinthian, pooling
20834, EOG, pooling
20835, EOG, amend Parshall-Bakken; 3 wells on each of 3 existing 1280-acre units; 3 wells on each of 5 existing 1920-acre units; Mountrail;
20836 - 20837, Slawson, pooling;
20838, Slawson, Stockyard Creek-Bakken, 6 wells on each of 3 existing 640-acre units; Williams;
20839, Slawson, Bully-Bakken, 7 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; McKenzie
20840, Slawson, East Tioga-Bakken, 7 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; Mountrail
20841, Triangle, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
20842, Triangle, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
20843, Mountain Divide, pooling
20844, Baytex, risk penalty legalese, Divide
20845, Baytex, risk penalty legalese, Divide
20846, Newfield, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
20847, Newfield, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
20848, Newfield, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
20849, Hunt, Wolf Bay-Bakken, 5 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; Dunn
20850, Hunt, Werner-Bakken, 5 wells on each of 4 existing 1280-acre units; Dunn
20851, Legacy, allowing production from a specific well into an existing tank battery, Bottineau
20852, Legacy, allowing production from a specific well into an existing tank battery, Bottineau