Pumped -- The Long Creek Unit (LCU) -- CLR

Locator: 10109C.

The Wells

Production updated, March 13, 2022, and production data of recently completed wells posted here.

 

Last updated August 2, 2023 (about 72 permits, so far). Most wells have been completed; most wells have been updated, but not all: 

• 38657, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Ralph 10-27H1X, 2560-acre spacing, Three Forks bench 1, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum 32K 2/23;
  
• 38658, conf-->drl, , CLR, LCU Ralph 10-27HX, 1280-acre spacing, middle Bakken, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum 46K 2/23;
  
• 38659, conf, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 9-22H1X, 2560-acre spacing, Three Forks bench 1, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum3 25K 2/23;
  
• 38660, conf, CLR, LCU Reckitt 10-22H1X, 2560-acre spacing, Three Forks bench 1, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum 38K 2/23;
  
• 38661, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt 10-22HX, 1280-acre spacing, middle Bakken, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum 41K 2/23;
  
• 38662, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt 12-22H1X, 2560-acre spacing, Three Forks bench 1, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum 57K 2/23;
  
• 38201, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 4-28H, Long Creek, NENW 28-153-99; 666 FNL 1853 FWL, no production data, cum --;
  
• 38202, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 3-28H1, Long Creek, NENW 28-153-99; 625 FNL 1872 FWL, no production data, cum --;
  
• 38203, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 2-28H, Long Creek, NENW 28-153-99, 584 FNL 1891 FWL, no production data, cum --;
  
• 38168, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster FIU 5-28H1, Long Creek, no production data, cum --;
  
• 38169, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster FIU 6-28H1, minimal production, 9/22; off line; cum --;
  
• 38170, no IP test, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 7-28H, no production data; cum --;
• 38171, conf-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster FIU 8-28H1, no production data; cum --;
• 38172, no IP test, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 9-28H, no production data; cum --;
• 38173, no IP test, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 10-28H1, no production data; cum --;
• 38174, conf,-->drl, CLR, LCU Foster FIU 11-28H, no production data; cum --;
• 37015, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 2-27H, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum --;
• 37014, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 3-27H1, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum --;
• 37013, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 4-27H, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum --;
• 37012, con-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 5-27H1, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum --;
• 37011, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Foster Federal 12-29HSL1, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum 110K 6/23;
• 37010, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 2-22H, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum 124K 6/23;
  
• 37009, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 3-22H1, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum 84K 6/23;
  
• 37008, conf-->loc/drl, CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 4-22H, permit renewed Oct 1, 2021; minimal production, 11/22; cum 114K 6/23;
• 37002, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 5-22H1; minimal production, 11/22; cum 111K 6/23;
  
• 37001, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 6-22H; minimal production, 11/22; cum  110K 6/23;
• 37000, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 7-22H1; minimal production, 11/22; cum 100K 6/23;
  
• 36999, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Reckitt Federal 8-22H; minimal production, 11/22; cum 34K 2/23; cum 153K 6/23;
  
• 36998, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Ralph Federal 6-27H; minimal production, 11/22; cum 158K 6/23;
• 36997, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Ralph Federal 7-27H1; minimal production, 11/22; t--; cum 142K 6/23;
  
• 36996, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), CLR, LCU Ralph Federal 8-27H; minimal production, 11/22; cum 28K 2/23; cum 153K 6/23;
  
• 36995, conf-->loc/drl (3/13/22), LCU Ralph Federal 9-27H1; minimal production, 11/22; cum 25K 2/23; cum 97K 6/23;
  
• 36986, conf--> drl/TAI-->A, LCU Truman Federal 2-23HSL, drl/TAI noted 7/12/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; t--; cum 137K 11/22; cum 250K 2/23; cum 314K 6/23;
  
• 36985, conf--> drl/TAI-->A, LCU Truman Federal 3-23H1, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; t--; cum 116K 11/22; cum 170K 2/23; cum 205K 6/23;
  
• 36984, conf--> drl/TAI-->673 (August 30, 2022), LCU Truman Federal 4-23H, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; t--; cum 154K 11/22; cum 210K 2/23; cum 248K 6/23;
  
• 36983, conf--> drl/TAI-->603 (August 30, 2022), LCU Truman Federal 5-23H1, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TA noted 3/13/22; status date on scout ticket: 1/20/22; t--; cum 122K 11/22; cum 168K 2/23; cum 199K 6/23;
  
• 36982, conf--> drl/TAI-->818 (August 30, 2022), LCU Truman Federal 6-23H1, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; t--; cum 95K 11/22; cum 136K 2/23; cum 163K 6/23;
  
• 36981, conf--> drl/TAI-->1,338 (August 31, 2022), LCU Truman Federal 7-23H, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; status date on scout ticket: 1/20/22; t--; cum 119K 11/22; cum 165K 2/23; cum 193K 6/23;
  
• 36980, conf--> drl/TAI-->1,086 (August 31, 2022), LCU Truman Federal 8-23H1, drl/TAI noted 6/17/21; drl/TATD noted 3/13/22; status date on scout ticket: 1/20/22; t--; cum 106K 11/22; cum 146K 2/23; cum 170K 6/23;
  
• *****36960, drl-->dry, LCU Reckitt Federal 9-22H1, drl status noted 2/27/20; last correspondence in file report dated 14/03/2020; simply a planning note;
  
• 36959, drl/drl, LCU Reckitt Federal 10-22H1, drl status noted 2/26/20; no production as of 11/22;
• 36958, drl-->dry, LCU Reckitt Federal 11-22H, drl status noted 2/24/20;
  
• 36957, drl/drl, LCU Reckitt Federal 12-22H1, drl status noted 2/22/20; no production as of 6/22;
• 36956, drl/drl, LCU Ralph 10-27H1, drl status noted 2/20/20; no production as of 6/22;
• 36955, drl/drl, LCU Ralph 11-27H, drl status noted 2/19/20; no production as of 6/22;
  
• 36954, drl, LCU Ralph 12-27H1, drl status noted 2/16/20; minimal production, noted, 8/22; initial production, 2/23; t--; cum 132K 6/23;
  
• 36751, PNC, LCU Jessie 2ND /LCU Jessie 2-24H1,
• 36752, PNC, LCU Jessie 3ND/LCU Jessie 3-24H,
• 36753, PNC, LCU Jessie 4ND/LCU Jessie 4-24H1,
• 36760, drl/A, LCU Jessie 5-24H, the first well of this group to  have been spud; drilling began on/about August 27, 2019; SWSE 13-153-99; 850 FSL 2008 FEL; rig remains on site, according to NDIC map, November 6, 2019; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 108K 6/21; cum 157K 9/21; cum 186K 11/21; cum 202K 1/22; cum 218K 5/22; cum 222K 6/22; cum 240K 11/22; cum 246K 2/23;
  
• 36761, drl/A, LCU Jessie 6-24H1, drl status noted 9/13/19; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 111K 6/21; 43K in 31 days; a big well; cum 135K 7/21; cum 177K 11/21; cum 189K 1/22; cum 203K 5/22; cum 206K 6/22; cum 219K 11/22; cum 224K 2/23;
  
• 36762, drl/A, LCU Jessie 7-24H, the second well of this group to have been spud; noted September 4, 2019; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 114K 6/21; two 40+K months; a big well; cum 168K 9/21; cum 197K 11/21; cum 212K 1/22; cum 231K 5/22; cum 237K 6/22; cum 254K 11/22;
  
• 36763, drl/A, LCU Jessie 8-24H1, the third well of this group to have been spud; noted September 4, 2019; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 73K 6/21; a nice well; cum 95K 7/21; cum 142K 11/21; cum 156K 1/22; cum 173K 5/22; cum 178K 6/22; cum 192K 11/22;
  
• 36764, drl/A, LCU Jessie 9-24H1, drl status noted 9/13/19; drl/A noted 7/12/21, cum 45K 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 69K 6/21; cum 91K 7/21; cum 148K 11/21; cum 160K 1/22; cum 174K 5/22; cum 177K 6/22; cum 190K 11/22;
  
• 36765, drl/A, LCU Jessie 10-24H, drl status noted 9/13/19; 26K over 26 days, 4/21; 39K over full 31 days in 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 88K 6/21; cum 110K 7/21; cum 180K 11/21; cum 195K 1/22; cum 211K 5/22; cum 215K 6/22; cum 230K 11/22;
  
• 36766, drl/A, LCU Jessie 11-24H1, drl status noted 9/13/19; 31K over 25 days, 4/21; 40K over full 31 days in 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 91K 6/21; cum 118K 7/21; cum 177K 11/21;  cum 192K 1/22; cum 211K 5/22; cum 216K 6/22; cum 235K 11/22;
  
• 36767, drl/A, LCU Jessie 12-24H, drl status noted 9/13/19; 32K over 26 days, 4/21; 43K over full 31 days in 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 88K 6/21; cum 108K 7/21; cum 188K 1/22; cum 211K 5/22; cum 218K 6/22; cum 241K 11/22; cum 261K 6/23;
  
• 36865, drl/NC-->1,536 (reported January 7, 2022), LCU Truman 9-23H, drl status noted 11/5/19; drl/NC, noted 6/17/21; first production noted, 5 days in 9/21; big production, 1/22; cum 169K 5/22; off line 5/22; cum 175K 6/22; cum 229K 11/22; cum 274K 6/23;
  
• 36866, drl/NC--> 1,848 (reported January 7, 2022), LCU Truman 10-23H1, drl status noted 11/6/19; drl/NC, noted 6/17/21; first production noted, 5 days in 9/21; big production, 1/22; cum 136K 5/22; off line 5/22; cum 142K 6/22; cum 203K 11/22; cum 238K 6/23;
  
• 36867, drl/NC-->drl/A, LCU Truman 11-23H, drl status noted 11/9/19; drl/NC, noted 6/17/21; first production noted, 5 days in 9/21; big production, 1/22; cum 154K 5/22; off line 5/22; cum 189K 6/22; cum 203K 11/22; cum 248K 6/23;
  
• 36868, drl/A, LCU Truman 12-23H1, drl status noted 11/11/19; 6398-acre drilling unit (10 sections); drl/NC, noted 8/24/21; first production noted, 5 days in 9/21; big production, 1/22; cum 136K 5/22; off line 5/22; cum 145K 6/22; cum 177K 11/22; cum 195K 6/23; off line 6/23;
  
• 36869, drl/A, LCU Truman 13-23HSL, drl status noted 11/12/19; 6398-acre drilling unit (10 sections); drl/NC, noted 8/24/21; first production noted, 5 days in 9/21; big production, 1/22; cum 136K 5/22; off line 5/22; cum 156K 6/22; cum 203K 11/22; cum 217K 2/23; cum 230K 6/23;
  
• 36942, loc-->conf-->drl/A, LCU Jessie 2-24H1, drl status noted 4/4/20; drl/A noted 7/12/21: cum 84K 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 127K 6/21; three 40+K months, a huge well; cum 156K 7/21; cum 210K 11/21; cum 242K 1/22; cum 266K 5/22; cum 272K 6/22; cum 288K 11/22; cum 295K 2/23;
  
• 36943, loc-->conf-->drl/A, LCU Jessie 3-24H, drl status noted 4/4/20; drl/A noted 7/12/21, cum 77K 5/2; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 115K 6/21; a 33K month, a 43K month, and a 38k month; cum 140K 7/21; cum 184K 11/21; cum 225K 1/22; cum 261K 5/22; cum 269K 6/22; cum 290K 11/22; cum 299K 2/23; cum 308K 6/23;
  
• 36944, loc-->conf-->drl/A, LCU Jessie 4-24H1, drl status noted 4/4/20; drl/A noted 7/12/21, cum 71K 5/21; first production, 4/21; t--; cum 108K 6/21; a 41K month, a 37K month; a big well; cum 127K 7/21; cum 163K 11/21; cum 181K 1/22; cum 198K 5/22; cum 203K 6/22; cum 216K 11/22; cum 222K 2/23; cuum 228K 6/23;
  
• 90450, drl, LCU Jessie SWD; drl status noted August 29, 2019; obviously started somewhat earlier;  drl/A status noted 7/12/21;
  

Updates

January 4, 2023: it appears that all wells in this unit have reached TD; some may yet need to be fracked going into a North Dakota winter.

January 4, 2023: production update.

November 17, 2021: six new permits, LCU Ralph and LCU Reckitt permits; posted above;

August 5, 2021: 2Q21 earnings/conference call; much said about the LCU; 

 

July 12, 2021: huge progress; many wells now reporting production.

 

May 5, 2021: CLR says it will start drilling out the LCU in August, 2021.
 

April 3, 2021: update, #20206.

 

February 23, 2021:

At the earnings call for 4Q20, CLR said they would be drilling 56 wells in the Long Creek Unit with two rigs. CLR has just added permits for seven more LCU wells: 56 + 7 = 63 wells. 

Seven new permits, #38168 - #38174, inclusive --

• Operator: CLR
• Field: Long Creek (Williams)
• Comments:
• CLR has permits for seven LCU Foster Federal FIU wells in the Long Creek unit, NWNE 28-153-99
• 38168, 5-28H1, 455' FNL 1990' FEL,
• 38169, 6-28H1, 455' FNL 1945' FEL,
• 38170, 7-28H, 455' FNL 1900' FEL,
• 38171, 8-28H1, 455' FNL 1855' FEL,
• 38172, 9-28H, 455' FNL 1810' FEL,
• 38173, 10-28H1, 455' FNL 1765' FEL,
• 38174, 11-28H,  455' FNL 1720' FEL,

Graphics:

March 13, 2022:

July 12, 2021:

February 23, 2021:

 

March 9, 2021:

April 25, 2020: unless I'm missing it, I don't see the one active rig in the Long Creek Unit any more. There was still work to be done, but this past week, CLR announced it was shutting down production in the Bakken due to prices for WTI going negative.

April 14, 2020: graphic update --

April 4, 2020: graphic update --

March 14, 2020: all wells are now on drl status or conf status; no more wells on loc status;

February 15, 2020: the Long Creek Unit as of this date; note three rigs in the unit:

January 26, 2020: the Long Creek Unit as of this date; note two rigs in the unit:

January 8, 2020: the Long Creek Unit as of this date; note two rigs in the unit:

December 24 2019: the Long Creek Unit as of this date:

December 5, 2019: again, I see only one rig on the NDIC map. There has been no change in the status of any of the wells noted above since the last update.

November 28, 2019: there may have simply been a delay in the graphic ten days ago; tonight there is only one rig in this unit. Again, the original plan was to have two rigs drilling out this 60-well project.

November 19, 2019: the original plan was to drill out this 60-well unit with two rigs. Today,I noted that there are two active rigs operating in this unit.


November 6, 2019: one rig operating in the unit today; at site/permit #36760:

October 29, 2019: one small area -- look at the number of sites in this area (compare to an earlier map down below):

September 13, 2019: seven new LCU wells, #36954 - #36960; LCU Ralph / LCU Reckitt Federal, added; three wells go from loc to conf; several wells go go drl status; eight LCU wells now on drl status;

September 4, 2019: Note, of interest, CLR has renamed three LCU Jessie wells --

• 36751, loc, CLR, Jessie 2ND (was LCU Jessie 2-24H1),
• 36752, loc, CLR, Jessie 3ND (was LCU Jessie 3-24H),
• 36753, loc, CLR, Jessie 4ND (was LCU Jessie 4-24H1),

August 12, 2019: natural gas processing plant? Plastics plant?

August 12, 2019: already eleven new locations for the Long Creek Unit have been identified. New map here; sections identified with a "star." New locations annotated on the map.

 

 Original Post

Originally Posted August 10, 2019

See also this note from July 19, 2019, which appears to be the first time I wrote about this pad. 

It's really interesting how things turn out. I'm not going to "divulge" how I first saw this, but it's quite a story. Most of the time, my "big" stories originate with links sent to me by readers. This one I found on my own, but I had to connect several dots. The Williston Herald reported the story 37 minutes ago (Saturday, August 10, 2019, 8:47 a.m.); I first noted something was going on August 8, 2019, but didn't note the impact until August 9, 2019. I'm pretty "pumped" (pun intended). LOL.

This is a huge story on so many levels.

Background from NGI (paywall):

Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. has announced new details for its Long Creek Bakken Unit development project, which includes a production start date in the third quarter of 2020.

Background from The Williston Herald (archived):

Continental will continue to capitalize on its favorable margins in the Bakken with a new, high-impact oil project in Williams County, Stark added.

The 10-square-mile Long Creek Bakken Unit is in Williams County. Lessons learned in the company’s Springboard project in Oklahoma, where larger pads are allowing cost reductions of 10 to 15 percent, will be applied to the Bakken project.

Continental will operate two rigs in the Long Creek unit, adding 56 new wells to the existing five parent wells. That new production is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2020, and peak in the second half of 2021.

Long Creek is ultimately expected to add up to 20,000 net barrels of oil per day to production, which will be gathered and distributed by pipelines to centralized facilities.

Monthly production: 600,000 bbls. 

For newbies:

• the standard drilling unit in the Bakken is now 1280-acres (two 640-acre sections)
• a single 640-acre section is one mile square
• a 10-mile square project would likely be a 5 x 2 (5 miles by 2 miles)
• that would be five stand-up 1280-acre drilling units
• that all computes; the article said there were five parent wells; most operators put in one parent well in each 1280-drilling unit in the Bakken during the boom to hold the "lease by production"
• 56/5 = 10
• in drilling unit C at this link: it looks like sixteen wells are going in where there are two parent wells;

Related blogs:

• Long Creek oil field;
• Tucked in among great Bakken fields (same as above);

Snarky comment: Years ago, QEP sought to unitize its phenomenal Helis Grail field. Professional analysts and advisors, notably ********** (bank/brokerage) according to readers (I can't verify that) recommended voting against unitizing that field. QEP failed in their attempt. It was very clear to me, and I said this as clearly as I could on the blog at the time, that this was a huge mistake; unitizing was the best way to go. So, CLR continues to be the "face" of the Bakken. Whether it succeeds or not is a story that will be told later. But QEP will remain a footnote in the Bakken, albeit a major footnote due to the Helis Grail.

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Long Creek Unit

From this post.

Long Creek Bakken Unit -- slide #12 at the presentation --

• 10 square miles
• 6,400 gross acres; 5,600 net acres
• five 1280-acre stand-up drilling units 
• 56 wells, 2 rigs
• first production: 3Q20
• drilling to begin 4Q19
• 87% average working interest
• all products to be on pipe
• row development
• installation of facilities already underway

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Observations -- Long Creek Unit

CLR's graphic of the Long Creek Unit:

Screenshot of NDIC map, Long Creek:

CLR's graphic:

• 1-2-1-1
• four drilling units, west to east

NDIC graphic, Long Creek field:

• only three drilling units, west to east
• so it looks like one unit is either in Crazy Man Creek (to the west) or the Truax (to the east) 
• we already know sections 22/27 make up one of the five drilling units

From a CLR document:

• Location: T153N-R99W, sections 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, and 34. 

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The Graphics

September 21, 2019