Closer Look At BR's Plan For 30 Wells In A 2560-Acre Spacing Unit -- September 25, 2020

From the NDIC hearing dockets, October, 2020.

Case (not a permit):

• 28570, BR, Clear Creek-Bakken; amend; authorize up to 30 wells on a 2560-acre unit; sections 25/36-152-96 & sections 1/12-151-96, Mckenzie County;

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Currently there appear to be 12 wells in this stand-up 2560-acre unit; which means another 18 wells, nine running north and nine running south. Stand-up: 4 x 1; or four sections in a vertical line, north to south.

Most interesting: these are "old" wells and yet, at the time they were drilled by BR, they were placed on 2560-acre spacing. For that time period, that's pretty amazing.

Currently, these 12 wells are all sited in one horizontal line stretching less than a meager mile from the first one to the last one, four wells on each of three pads:

The wells:

• 19287, IA/1,872, BR, Rising Sun 11-1TF, 2NH, Clear Creek, t7/11; cum 209K 8/19; off line 9/19; remains off line 7/20;
• 19286, TF,
• 19285, MB,
• 19283, MB,

• 25831, 1,872, BR, Sunline 21-1TFH-4SH, Clear Creek, t6/14; cum 247K 7/20;
• 25830, TFH,
• 25829, MB,
• 25828, MB,

• 25684, IA/2,966, BR, Sunline 31-1TFH-6SH, Clear Creek, t1/14; cum 250K 12/19; off line 1/20; remains off line 7/20;
• 25683, TF,
• 25682, TF,
• 25681, TF,

In addition, there are two more wells sited in this drilling unit but are spaced fro 1280-acres so they are not part of the 2560-acre spacing unit under discussion.

• 17268, 1280-acre spacing, BR, 15 (no typo), Rising Sun 41-25H, Clear Creek, t11/08; cum 239K 6/20; offline, 7/20;
• 17536, 1280-acre spacing, BR, 1,691, Sunline 34-12H, Clear Creek, t4/09; cum 236K 7/20;

By the way, look at the chronologic numbers of these wells (#41, and #34). 

This works out to 15 wells on a 1280-acre unit, still well short of the number of wells we may ultimately see in the better Bakken.