Highlights Of The October NDIC Hearing Dockets

The complete summary of the October agenda is here. The highlights follow:

To begin with, the norm in the Bakken is now 10+ wells in 1280-acre units:

• 21024: KOG, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish two new 1280-acre units; 10 wells in each, Dunn
• 21025: KOG, South Fork-Bakken, establish two new 1280-acre units; 10 wells in each, Dunn
• 21026: KOG, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish two new 1280-acre units; 10 wells in each, Dunn

But others are drilling even more than 10 wells on a 1280-acre unit in the Bakken:

• 21036: Oasis, Alkali Creek-Bakken, 15 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units;
• 21037: Oasis, Cow Creek-Bakken, 12 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units; Williams
• 21038: Oasis, Enget Lake-Bakken, 15 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units; Mountrail
• 21039: Oasis, Sorkness-Bakken, 15 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units; Mountrail
• 21040: Oasis, Tyrone-Bakken, 15 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units; Williams
• 21041: Oasis, Viking-Bakken, 15 wells on some or all of the 1280-acre units; Burke

Overlapping units are becoming the norm to capture otherwise "orphaned" oil:

• 21043: MRO, Reunion Bay and the Big Bend-Bakken; establish 5 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1+ wells; Mountrail, McKenzie, and Dunn
• 21159: XTO, Grinnell-Bakken, establish 9 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well each; McKenzie, Williams
• 21160: XTO, Siverston-Bakken, establish 23 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well each; McKenzie

Whiting continues to explore the Red River formation:

• 21047: Whiting, Beach-Red River, establish a 640-acre unit; 1+ hz well; Golden Valley
• 21048: Whiting, Delhi-Red River, establish a 640-acre unit; 1+ hz well; Golden Valley
• 20149: Whiting, Camel Hump-Red Rivers; establish a 240-acre unit, one vertical well; establish a 560-acre unit; a horizontal well; establish a 320-acre unit one hz well; establish 2 480-acre units; drill a second vertical well on a 320-acre unit, Golden Valley

Just as interesting: what was not in the agenda:

• there were almost no requests for to allow flaring for maximum production
• there were very few cases by one operator to revoke a permit of another operator (only two, I think)
• likewise, there were few cases involving risk penalty issues

Look at all the pooling cases for Oasis

Petro-Hunt is very, very busy; and Stockyard Creek keeps getting more wells:

• 21069: Petro-Hunt, Stockyard Creek-Bakken, 6 wells on a 640-acre unit, Williams
• 21070: Petro-Hunt, Powers Lake-Bakken, 7 wells on a 1280-acre unit; Mountrail
• 21071: Petro-Hunt, North Tioga-Bakken, 7 wells on 12 1280-acre units; Burke
• 21072: Petro-Hunt, East Tioga-Bakken, 7 wells on 9 1280-acre units: Burke

KOG is very, very active:

• 21135: KOG, Truax-Bakken, 14 wells on 4 1280-acre units; 8 wells on 10 1280-acre units; 6 wells on 7 2560-acre units, McKenzie, Williams
• 21136: KOG, Eightmile-Bakken, 10 wells on a 1280-acre units; McKenzie, Williams

CLR is not slowing down -- I might do the math later:

• 21148: CLR, Long Creek-Bakken, create an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 28 wells on that one 2560-acre unit; 14 wells on each existing 1280-acre unit within Zones III and IV; 14 wells on each exisitng 1600-acre unit in Zone V, McKenzie, Williams
• 21149: CLR, Banks-Bakken, 14 wells on each existing 1280-acre unit within Zones III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI; 28 wells on each existing 2560-acre unit within Zones XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI, McKenzie, Williams
• 21150: CLR, Brooklyn-Bakken, 14 wells on each existing 1280-acre unit within Zone 1 and II; 24 wells on each existing 2560-acre unit within Zones III and IV, Williams
• 21151: CLR, Crazy Man Creek-Bakken, 14 wells on each existing 1280-acre unit within Zones I, II, III, and IV; 14 wells on each existing 1600-acre unit within Zone V; 28 wells on each existing 2560-acre unit within Zone VI; and 28 wells on each existing 2880-acre unit within Zone VII, McKenzie, Williams

Zenergy remains active:

• 21162: Zenergy, Cow Creek-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; Williams
• 21163: Zenergy, Rawson-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
• 21164: Zenergy, North Tobacco Garden-Bakken, 16 wells on each existing 1280-acre units, McKenzie
• 21165: Zenergy, Camp-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
• 21166: Zenergy, Indian Hill-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; McKenzie
• 21167: Zenergy, Lake Trenton-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, Williams
• 21168: Zenergy, Rosebud-Bakken, 12 wells on each existing 1280-acre unit, 2 units; Williams
• 21169: Zenergy, Trenton-Bakken, 12 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; McKenzie, Williams

If I am reading this correctly, CLR is looking to use EOR on two established and temporarily abandoned Tyler wells:

• 21197: CRL, Tracy Mountain Field, EOR, into the Tracy Mountrain-Tyler Unit of the Jiggs 32-16 well (#13396) (Billings); spud 7/92; t8/92; cum 184K 7/13; status: TA; last produced 10/09; TA date 4/1/13; Tyler formation
• 21198: CRL, Tracy Mountain Field, EOR, into the Tracy Mountrain-Tyler Unit of the Tracy Mountain Unit 1-16 well (#15936), Billings; spud 4/06; t178; cum 18K 7/13; status: TA; last produced 12/08; TA date 9/6/12; Tyler formation

Another example of increased density wells:

• 21207: EOG, Parshall-Bakken, 7 wells on an existing 640-acre spacing unit, Mountrail