October, 2019, Hearing Dockets Posted

Link here.

Hearing dockets are tracked here.

The usual disclaimer applies. As usual this is done very quickly and using shorthand for my benefit. There will be factual and typographical errors on this page. Do not quote me on any of this. It's for my personal use to help me better understand the Bakken. Do not read it. If you do happen to read it, do not make any investment, financial, job, relationship, or travel plans based on anything you read here or think you may have read here. If this stuff is important to you, and I doubt that it is, but if it is, go to the source.

Observations on initial reading:

• a huge number of pages on the first day, but it looks like a record number of continuation cases
• only two flaring cases?
• CLR with two "huge" cases
• Newfield with a "huge" case 
• CLR looking to recover costs from participating owners?

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Huge number of pages -- 17 pages

Overview:

• many Whiting commingling cases
• Burke County: lots of attention
• a record number of continuation cases?
• if any flaring cases, I didn't see any

The cases:

• 27986, Hess, injection case, #20315, EN-Person Observation, Mountrail County
• 27987, Hess, Little Knife-Bakken; 2560-acre unit; 2/3/10/11-146-97; one well; Dunn County
• 27988, Hess, Little Knife-Bakken and/or Jim Creek-Bakken; 2560-acre; one well; Dunn County
• 27989, Hess, Jim Creek and/or Murphy Creek-Bakken, 2560-acre unit; one well; Dunn County
• 27990, Petro Harvester, Northeast Foothills and/or Little Butte-Bakken, 1920-acre unit; 8 wells, Burke Couty
• 27991, Petro Harvester, Northeast Foothills-Bakken; three 1920-acre units; 8 wells on each; Burke County
• 27992, Petro Harvester, Foothills-Bakken; two 1920-acre units; 8 wells on each; Burke County
• 27993, Petro Harvester, Black Slough-Bakken, eight 1920-acre units; 8 wells on each; Burke County
• 27994, Whiting, setback
• 27995, BR, Croff, North Fork, and/or Bear Den-Bakken; 2560-acre unit; one well; McKenzie
• 27996, BR, commingling
• 27997, MRO, Spotted Horn and/or Reunion Bay-Bakken; 2560-acre unit; one well; Mountrail, Dunn
• 27998, Petro-Hunt, Stoneview-Bakken, 2560-acre unit; one well; Divide County
• 27999, Petro-Hunt, North Tioga-Bakken; three 2560-acre units; one well on each; Burke County
• 28000, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga and/or North Tioga-Bakken; 2560-acre unit; one well; Burke County
• 28001, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga-Bakken; three 2560-acre units; one well on each, Burke County
• 28002, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga-Bakken, five 2560-acre units; one horizontal well on each, Burke County
• 28003, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga and/or Powers Lake-Bakken; a 2560-acre unit; one well; Mountrail
• 28004, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga and/or White Earth-Bakken; 2560-acre unit; one well; Mountrail
• 28005, legalese, risk penalty
• 28006, Whiting, commingling
• 28007, Whiting, commingling
• 28008, Whiting, commingling
• 28009, Whiting, commingling
• 28010, Whiting, commingling
• 28011, Whiting, commingling
• 28012, Whiting, commingling
• 28013, Whiting, commingling
• 28014, Whiting, commingling
• 28015, Whiting, commingling
• 28016, Whiting, commingling
• 28017, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken; a laydown 1280-acre unit; seven wells; Mountrail County
• 28018, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken, a 2560-acre unit; 4 wells; Mountrail County
• 28019, Whiting, Glass Bluff-Bakken, a 1280-acre unit, 4 wells; McKenzie County
• 28020, Petro-Hunt, East Tioga-Bakken; a 1280-acre unit; 7 wells; Burke County
• 28021, Petro-Hunt, North Tioga-Bakken; a 1280-acre unit; 7 wells; Burke County
• 28022, BR, pooling
• 28023, BR, commingling
• 28024, BR, commingling
• 28025, Oasis, pooling
• 28026, Hess, pooling
• 28027, Hess, commingling
• 28028, Hess, commingling
• 28029, Hess, commingling
• 28030, MRO, Reunion Bay-Bakken; a 1640-acre unit, E/2 of section 1-151-94 and section 5/6-151-93; twelve wells; McKenzie, Mountrail
• 28031, MRO, Reunon Bay-Bakken; a 1600-acre unit; E/2 of section 12-151-94 and sections 7/8-151-93, ten wells, McKenzie, Mountrail

Thursday, October 24, 2019 

11 pages

Overview:

• CLR with several cases to determine that costs and expenses associated with specific wells are reasonable and actual (wake up call for some participating owners?)
• Equinor Energy has a similar case to recover costs from an owner of a working interest in a partiular well;
• two flaring cases

The cases: 

• 28032, Zavanna, Stockyard Creek-Bakken, a 2560-acre unit; two sells; Williams Count
• 28033, Zavanna, Stony Creek-Bakken, a 2560-acre unit, sections 22/26/27/35-155-100, 18 wells, Williams County
• 28034, Zavanna, Long Creek-Bakken, a 2560-acre unit, two wells; Williams
• 28035, XTO, Big Gulch-Bakken, field rules, Dunn County
• 28036, XTO, Heart Butte-Bakken, two overlapping 1920-acre units; 8 wells on each; an overlapping 3840-acre unit, 1 well; Dunn County
• 28037, XTO, Hofflund, Alkali Creek, and Charlson-Bakken; i) a 2560-acre unit; ii: a 3200-acre unit; iii a 3840-acre unit; two or three wells; Williams, McKenzie, Mountrail
• 28038, CLR, Cedar Coulee-Bakken, a 5120-acre unit; two wells; Dunn County
• 28039, CLR, Cedar Coulee-Bakken, i) setback; ii) set back; iii) setback; Dunn Count
• 28040, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28041, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28042, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28043, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28044, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28045, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28046, CLR, costs and expenses
• 28047, RimRock, Moccasin Creek-Bakken, 2560-acre unit; one well; Dunn County
• 28048, RimRock, Heart Butte-Bakken, a 1920-acre unit, two wells; Dunn County
• 28049, RimRock, setback;
• 28050, Enerplus, flaring
• 28051, Enerplus, flaring
• 28052, Newfield, Sand Creek-Bakken, a 2560-acre unit; two wells; McKenzie County
• 28053, Equinor, legalese, working interest
• 28054, CLR, pooling
• 28055, CLR, Elm Tree-Bakken, on an existing 2560-acre unit, sections 2/3/10/11-153-94, 27 wells; McKenzie and Mountrail counties
• 28056, CLR, Cedar Coulee-Bakken, on an existing 2560-acre unit, section 20/29/32-147-96; and, section 5-146-96; 22 wells; Dunn County
• 28057, CLR, commingling
• 28058, Zavanna, pooling
• 28059, Zavanna, pooling
• 28060, Zavanna, pooling
• 28061, XTO, pooling
• 28062, XTO, pooling
• 28063, XTO, pooling
• 28064, XTO, pooling
• 28065, XTO, pooling
• 28066, XTO, pooling,
• 28067, XTO, pooling, 
• 28068, XTO, pooling, 
• 28069, RimRock, pooling
• 28070, Kraken, commingling
• 28071, Newfield, Siverston-Bakken, on three existing 1280-acre units; 13/24-150-98; section 1/21-150-97; and, section 18/19-150-97; 14 wells each; McKenzie County
• 28072, Dahl SWD, 
• 28073, PetroShale, Antelope-Sanish, in an existing 320-acre unit; W/2  section 29-152-94, 4 wells; McKenzie County

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Quick Look

The spreadsheet may not be absolutely correct, but it's very, very close if not.

The spreadsheet should be self-explanatory. The first column is the case number; the fourth column is the size of the drilling (spacing) unit in acres. The last column is the number of wells that could be placed on that spacing unit if approved by the NDIC.

Sometimes a case is listed more than once. For example, case #27991 is listed three times: Petro Harvester, in case #27991, is requesting three 1920-acre drilling units, and to place as many as eight wells on each of these three units.

27987	Hess	Little Knife	2560	1
27988	Hess	Little Knife	2560	1
27989	Hess	Jim Creek	2560	1
27990	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	1
27990	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	1
27990	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	1
27991	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	8
27991	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	8
27991	Petro Harvester	Northeast Foothills	1920	8
27992	Petro Harvester	Foothills	1920	8
27992	Petro Harvester	Foothills	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27993	Petro Harvester	Black Slough	1920	8
27995	BR	Croff	2560	1
27997	MRO	Spotted Horn	2560	1
27998	Petro-Hunt	Stoneview	2560	2
27999	Petro-Hunt	North Tioga	2560	1
27999	Petro-Hunt	North Tioga	2560	1
27999	Petro-Hunt	North Tioga	2560	1
28000	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28001	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28001	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28001	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28002	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28002	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28002	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28002	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28002	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28003	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28004	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	2560	1
28017	Whiting	Sanish	1280	7
28018	Whiting	Sanish	2560	4
28019	Whiting	Glass Bluff	1280	4
28020	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	1280	7
28020	Petro-Hunt	East Tioga	1280	7
28021	Petro-Hunt	North Tioga	1280	7
28030	MRO	Reunion Bay	1600	12
28031	MRO	Reunion Bay	1600	10
28032	Zavanna	Stockyard Creek	2560	2
28033	Zavanna	Stony Creek	2560	18
28034	Zavanna	Long Creek	2560	2
28036	XTO	Heart Butte	1920	8
28036	XTO	Heart Butte	1920	8
28036	XTO	Heart Butte	3840	1
28037	XTO	Alkali Creek	2560	1
28037	XTO	Alkali Creek	3200	1
28037	XTO	Alkali Creek	3840	1
28038	CLR	Cedar Coulee	5120	2
28039	CLR			3
28047	RimRock	Moccasin Creek	2560	1
28048	RimRock	Heart Butte	1920	2
28052	Newfield	Sand Creek	2560	2
28055	CLR	Elm Tree	2560	27
28056	CLR	Cedar Coulee	2560	22
28071	Newfield	Siverston	1280	14
28071	Newfield	Siverston	1280	14
28071	Newfield	Siverston	1280	14
28073	PetroShale	Antelope-Sanish	320	4
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