Johnson Corner Oil Field

Johnson Corner is a very small field located about 14 miles westnorthwest of Watford City, one of the hotter plays in the North Dakota Bakken. It is only 8 sections in size, 1 - 2 sections wide and 4 sections long.

All sections are now held by production and most sections have eight to ten horizontals, including some running along the section line due to 2560-acre spacing throughout. The entire field is also spaced at 1280-acre drilling units.

It appears that the oil field is pretty much owned by Burlington Resources.

It's a confusing field to sort out: because the field is small and many of the wells are 2560-acre spacing, they could be sited in Johnson Corner oil but are considered part of another oil field. This must affect data for NDIC when determining how much oil comes from which oil fields. Whatever. Here is an example of many wells sited in one section. 

Sited in section 10-150-96, a vertical Madison/Bakken well:

• 9519, 206/15, Siana Oil & Gas, Tank 1-3, Johnson Corner, vertical Bakken/Madison; t11/82/t10/84; cum 57K 10/15; cum 33K 10/15;

The horizontals below are all in Johnson Corner but because the wells are on various 2560-acre drilling units, some end in Camel Butte oil field or Blue Buttes oil field. I could be wrong on this but that's what it looks like to me.The permit applications provide specifics. I think this information is correct but it is confusing and there may be errors. If this is important to you, go to the source.

Sited in section 10-150-96 and run north into Camel Butte, 2560-acre drilling unit, sections 3/10-150-96 & sections 27/34-151-96, except for 18047 which is a 1280-acre well:

• 18047, 1,620, BR, Teton 21-3H, Johnson Corner, t9/10; cum 207K 10/15;
• 29427, 2,766, BR, Teton 2-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 22K 10/15;
• 29428, 1,844, BR, Teton 3-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 16K 10/15;
• 29429, 2,124, BR, Teton 5-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 17K 10/15;
• 29430, 2,044, BR, Teton 6-8-10TFSH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 18K 10/15;

Sited in section 10-150-96 and also run north into Camel Butte, 2560-acre drilling unit; sections 3/10-150-96 & 27/34-151-96:

• 29461, 2,926, BR, Remingteton 8-8-10MBH ULW, Blue Buttes, sections 2/3/10/11-150-96, t7/15; cum 17K 10/15;
• 29462, 2,565, BR, Teton -8-10TFSH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 18K 10/15;
• 29463, 2.645, BR, Teton 7-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, T7/15; cum 19K 10/15;
• 29464, 2,525, BR, Teton 6-8-10MBH, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 21K 10/15;

These four wells are sited in 4-150-96 but run into the sections as the wells above, 

• 29048, 2,112, Teton 2-1-3MTFH, sections 3/4-150-96 & 27/34 - 151-96, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 29K 10/15;
• 29049, 1,560, Tetonorman 1-1-3UTFH ULW, sections 3/4/9/10 - 150-96, Johnson Corner, t6/15; cum 31K 10/15;
• 29050, 1,584, BR, Kings Canyon 2-8-34UTFH, Camel Butte, sections 3/10-150-96 & 27/34-151-96, Camel Butte, t7/15; cum 30K 10/15;
• 29051, 2,064, BR, Deking 1-8-34MBH-ULW, sections 27/28/33/34-151-96, Camel Butte, t6/15; cum 31K 10/15;

See also this post of other wells in / near Johnson Corner.

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Bakken 101

The post above regarding Johnson Corner provides another data point regarding the Bakken. The NDIC tracks how much each oil field produces. This is a good example of how difficult it is to sort this out. In this case, because Johnson Corner is a small field and there are 2560-acre spacing units extending into neighboring fields, one can have a 4-section well draining oil from two different fields, from Johnson Corner and Camel Butte, for example. The well has to be "assigned" to one field or the other. So a Johnson Corner/Camel Butte well (50/50) might be "assigned" to Camel Butte. I'm not quite sure how the "assignment" is made but this field offers an opportunity to see if there is process.