Summary, May, 2015, Agenda: NDIC Hearing Dockets -- May 2, 2015

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
23770, cont'd
23235, cont'd
23957, CLR, et al, New Home-Bakken, proper spacing, Williams County
23958, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, amend, establish two overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well on each; 11 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit (see screenshot below, sections 1/6 in the graphic below); Williams

23959, Hess, Alger-Bakken, amend, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; one well; 2 wells on an overlapping 2560-acre unit, Mountrail
23960, Hess, Alkali Creek-Bakken, amend, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 1 well, McKenzie, Mountrail coun
23961, Hess, Robinson Lake-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 2 wells; 14 wells on a 1280acre unit; Mountrail
23962, Hess, Hawkeye and/or Clear Creek-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 1 well; 2 wells on on two overlapping 2560-acre units; McKenzie
23963, Hess, Blue Buttes-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1 well, McKenzie
23964, CLR, et al, Saddle Butte-Bakken, proper spacing, Billings
23965, OXY USA, Snow-Bakken, proper spacing, Billings
23966, OXY USA, Cabernet-Bakken, flaring, Dunn
23967, OXY USA, Fayette-Bakken, flaring, Dunn
23968, OXY USA, Murphy Creek-Bakken, flaring, Dunn
23969, BR, Eland-Bakken, proper spacing, Stark County
23970, BR, Versippi-Bakken, proper spacing, Stark County
23971, Petro-Hunt, requests relief from the NDIC's normal policy of requiring wells to be drilled on 1280-acre units before allowing a lease-line well to be drilled on an overlapping spacing unit and allowing a lease-line well to be permitted and drilled on an overlapping 2560-acre unit for the Grinnel-Bakken, sections 29/30/31/32-154-96; McKenzie, Williams
23972, Petro-Hunt, requests relief from the NDIC's normal policy of requiring the first well on a 1280-acre unit to be located at least 1220 from the nearest parallel unit boundary for a well on a spacing unit for the Charlson-Bakken, section 31/32-154-94, McKenzie, Mountrail
23973, Petro-Hunt, amend East Fork-Bakken, establish two overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well each; Williams;
23974, Whiting, amend East Fork and/or Tyrone-Bakken; establish 11 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well each; Williams
23975, Whiting, amend Glass Bluff and/or Briar Creek-Bakken, establish 7 overlapping 2560- acre units; 2 wells each; establish one overlapping 2560-acre unit, one well, McKenzie, Williams
23976, Whiting, Heart Butte-Bakken and South Fork-Bakken, establish 5 overlapping 2560-acre units; 1 well each; Dunn
23977, Oasis, Willow Creek and/or Camp-Bakken, establish a laydown 2560-acre unit with up to 28 wells on the unit; establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit with 3 wells; establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, one well; Williams, McKenzie
23978, Oasis, amend North Tobacco Garden and/or Siverston-Bakken, establish six overlapping 2560-acre units, 3 wells each; McKenzie
23979, HRC, McGregory Buttes-Bakken, terminate a 2560-acre unit, Dunn
23980, HRC, amend McGregory Buttes-Bakken and/or Moccasin Creek-Bakken; establish two overlapping 2560-acre units; 1+ well each; Dunn
23997 (sic), Newalta, waste plant, McKenzie
23981, Oasis, risk penalty legalese, McKenzie
23641, cont'd
23642, cont'd
23643, cont'd
23376, cont'd
23982, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, 2 wells on a 960-acre units; Williams
23983, Hess, Antelope-Bakken, 16 wells on a 1280-acre unit; McKenzie; I already count about 11 horizontals in this drilling unit:

23984, Hess, commingling,
23985, Hess, commingling,
23986, Hess, pooling,
23987, Hess, pooling,
23988, Hess, pooling,
23989, Hess, pooling,
23990, Whiting, Banks-Bakken, 7 wells on a 2560-acre unit, McKenzie
23991, Whiting, Heart Butte and/or South Fork-Bakken, four wells on a 320-acre unit; 8 wells on each of two 1280-acre units; ten wells on each of five 1280-acre units; Dunn; there are a few 320-acre units in the Bakken as seen in this graphic:

23992, BR, Elidah-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre unit; McKenzie
23894, cont'd
23993, BR, pooling,
23994, QEP, pooling,
23995, QEP, pooling,
23996, QEP, pooling,

Thursday, May 28, 2015
23998, Midwest Operating, bond issue, McKenzie
23999, CLR, et al, Frazier-Bakken, proper spacing, Divide
24000, XTO, Big Meadow-Bakken, proper spacing, Williams
22998, cont'd
22646, cont'd
23421, cont'd
23143, cont'd
23144, cont'd
23145, cont'd
23589, cont'd
23917, cont'd
23919, cont'd
24001, Triangle, amend Zone III of Ordern No. 19471, Williston-Bakken, extend the time period for drilling and completing of a sufficient number of wells after the first horizontal well is completed on the 2560-acre unit under question, Williams
23806, cont'd
24002, CLR, Alkali Creek-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 1 well, and reducing the minimum setbacks from the "heel and toe" from 200 feet to 50 feet, Mountrail, McKenzie
24003, CLR, Banks-Bakken, establish an overlapping 5120-acre unit, 4 wells, and reducing the minimum setbacks from the "heel and toe" from 200 feet to 50 feet, McKenzie
24004, CLR, Brooklyn-Bakken, 2 wells on each of two overlapping 2560-acre units, Williams, 
24005, CLR, Camp-Bakken, 22 wells on an existing 2560-acre unit; 28 wells on existing 2560-acre units; establish an overlapping 5120-acre units, 4 wells on that unit; reducing the setback; McKenzie;
24006, CLR, 14 wells on an existing North Tobacco Gardne-Bakken, McKenzie
23729, cont'd
24007, Basin Shale ND, LLC, Rough Rider-Bakken or Grassy Butte Field, establish four 1280-acre units; 1 well each, McKenzie
24008, WPX, Squaw Creek-Bakken, establish two overlapping 650-acre units, 1 well each, McKenzie
24009, EOG, Alger-Bakken, multiple wells on an existing 1920-acre unit; Mountrail
24010, EOG, Stanley-Bakken, multiple well on an existing 1280-acre unit; Mountrail
24011, EOG, Parshall-Bakken, exception to field rules for a single well, Mountrail
24012, EOG, Parshall-Bakken, establish nine overlapping 1280-acre units; establish four overlapping 1920-are units; multiple wells;
24013, EOG, Parshall-Bakken, multiple wells on each of 3 1920-acre units; Mountrail
23939, cont'd
24014, SHD, Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2800-acre unit; 3 wells, Dunn, McLean
24015, SHD, setback rules
24016, SHD, setback rules
24017, Abraxas, flaring,
24018, Abraxas, flaring
24019, Samson Resources, Ambrose-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1600-acre unit; 9 wells; Divide
24020, Newfield, Haystack-Butte, establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit; 9 wells, Dunn
24021, Newfield, Bear Den-Bakken, flaring,
23923, cont'd
24022, Newfield, flaring
24023, Newfield, flaring,
24024, Newfield, flaring,
23922, cong'd
24025, Newfield, flaring,
24026, Newfield, flaring,
24027, Newfield, flaring,
24028, Newfield, flaring,
24029, Newfield, flaring,
24030, White Owl Energy Services, treating plant, Williams
24031, White Owl Energy Services, treating plant, McKenzie
23646, cont'd
24032, Ballard, flaring,
24033, Triangle, pooling,
24034, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24035, WPX, pooling,
24036, WPX, pooling,
24037, WPX, pooling,
24038, WPX, pooling,
24039, WPX, pooling,
24040, WPX, pooling,
24041, WPX, pooling,
24042, Peregrine, pooling,
24043, Peregrine, pooling,
24044, RIM Operating, pooling,
24045, EOG, pooling,
24046, EOG, pooling,
24047, EOG, pooling,
24048, EOG, pooling,
24049, EOG, pooling,
24050, EOG, pooling,
24051, Samson Resources, pooling,
24052, Samson Resources, Blooming Prairie-Bakken, 7 wells on each of 4 1280-acre units: Divide
24053, Newfield, Bear Den-Bakken, 10 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; McKenzie
24054, Legacy Oil & Gas, Red Rock Field, commingling of 39 wells, Bottineau County
24055, CLR, pooling,
24056, CLR, pooling,
24057, CLR, pooling,
24058, CLR, pooling,
24059, CLR, pooling,
24060, Rattlesnake-Bakken, 10 wells on each of two existing 1280-acre units; Dunn
24061, commingling,
24062, CLR, conversion of #20769, to an injection well, Bowman,
23826, cont'd
24063, White Owl Energy Services, SWD,
24064, White Owl Energy Services, SWD,
24065, Statoil, SWD,
24066, WPX, SWD,
24067, Zavanna, conversion of a Brushy Bill well to a SWD well, Williams

Friday, May 29, 2015
23800, cont'd
23802, cont'd
23930, cont'd
23797, cont'd