BR Looks To Have Fifteen Wells In A 1280-Acre Spacing Unit -- August 22, 2020

From the September, 2020, NDIC hearing dockets:

Case No. 28554 (a case, not a permit):

Application of Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP for an order amending the applicable order for the Westberg-Bakken Pool to authorize up to fifteen horizontal wells to be drilled on a 1280-acre spacing unit described as Sections 5 and 8, T.152N., R.96W., McKenzie County.

The graphics:

 

Existing wells:

• 23734, 2,485, BR, Bryce 11-5TFH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.1 million lbs, t11/13; cum 301K 5/20; off line 5/20;
• 23735, 2,974, BR, Bryce 11-5MBH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.4 million lbs, t11/13; cum 339K 5/20; off line 6/20;

• 18177, IA/1,844, BR, Bryce 31-5H, Westberg, open/cased hole, about 2.1 million lbs, t10/09; cum 255K 9/13; remains off line 6/20; well is dead; needs to be plugged and abandoned.

• 23736, 1,643, BR, Bryce 41-5TFH, Westberg, 17 stages; 2.0 million lbs, t10/14; cum 199K 5/20; off line 6/20?

• 25952, 2,712, BR, Capitol 44-7TFH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.4 million lbs, t12/13; cum 291K 5/20; off line 6/20;

• 23737, 2,712, BR, Bryce 24-8TFH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.3 million lbs, t11/13; cum 292K 5/20; off line 6/204
• 23738, 2,899, BR, Bryce 34-8MBH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.4 million lbs, t11/13; cum 347K 5/20; off line 6/20;
• 23739, 2,895, BR, Bryce 34-8TFH, Westberg, 30 stages; 3.3 million lbs, t11/13; cum 433K 5/20; off line 6/20;

• 31583, 794, Newfield, Larsen 152-96-16-21-5HLW, Westberg, 41 stages; 7 million lbs, t1/16; cu 253K 6/20; was off line 5/20;

Summary:

• nine wells; one middle Bakken well "dead"; five Three Forks wells; four middle Bakken wells; two section line wells;
• incredibly small fracks; 30 stages; 3.4 million lbs;
• BR looking to have 15 wells in this drilling unit which would mean six to seven new wells; probably six, evenly divided between Three Fork and middle Bakken;