Friday, August 16, 2019

Quarterly Lease Sales Results For August, 2019 -- Bowman County; Golden Valley; Billings County Particularly Active; Dunn Went For $16,000 / Acre

President Trump looked into buying Greenland; it looks like Northern Energy Corporation is looking to buy Bowman County, North Dakota.

Quarterly lease sales results have been released for August, 2019. Link here.

Billings County
  • 8 parcels
  • inexpensive parcels were 80-acre parcels
  • expensive parcels were 8-acre parcels
  • three parcels with bonuses of $5 / acre
  • four parcels with bonuses between $750 and $802 / acre
  • one parcel with a bonus for $1,001 / acre
  • bidders: Great Plains Land Services; North Energy Corporation
Bowman County
  • 473 tracts
  • most tracts were 40-acre and 80-acre tracts
  • almost all parcels bonuses for $1 / acre; 
  • Northern Energy Corp was the bidder for around 450 of the 473 tracts
  • the dozen or so parcels not bought by Northern Energy Corp were by The Triple T (It Takes TIme); Yockim Resource Exploration Co; Anderson Oil Ltd; Inland Oil & Gas; Interwest Petroleum Corp; and, Kenneth O'Sullivan
Dunn County
  • 4 parcels (see this post for graphic)
  • all parcels bought by Enerplus Resources
  • parcel size: 160 acres (2); 75 acres (2)
  • bonus paid: $15,776 / acre
  • parcels:
    • Lots 1, 2 - section 16-148-95
    • NW4 - section 16-148-95
    • Lots 3, 4 - section 16-148-95
    • SW4 - section 16-148-95
Golden Valley
  • 130 parcels
  • almost all were 80-acre; and, 160-acre parcels
  • bidders: almost all -- Northern Energy Corp
  • bonus: almost all were $1.00 / acre
  • a few parcels were bought by Interwest Petroleum Corp; The Armstrong Corp; and, Great Plains Land Services;
McKenzie County
  • 4 parcels
  • parcel sizes: 160 acres (2); 138 acres; 24 acres
  • bidders: Andesite Energy (3); Oasis
  • bonuses paid by Andesite: $668 / acre; $700 / acre; and, $1,151 / acre
  • Oasis paid $3,301 / acre for the 138-acre tract
Mountrail County
  • 1 parcel
  • Northern Energy Corp
  • 80-acre parcel
  • bonus: $1,541 / acre
Ward County (Minot)
  • 69 parcels
  • almost all of them: The Triple T, Inc
  • almost all 80-acre and 160-acre parcels
  • bonuses: almost all were $1 or $2 / acre
  • a few outliers, A Triple T, Inc, bonus of $23 / acre; $13 / acre; $12 / acre
  • the three parcels not picked up by Triple T were picked up by Kenneth O'Sullivan;

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