June, 2021, NDIC Hearing Dockets Posted

Link here. 

The NDIC hearing dockets are tracked here.  

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Thursday, June 16 and June 17, 2021
Supplemental

The NDIC hearing dockets for June, 2021, were posted approx two weeks ago.

The NDIC released additional cases for June 16 and June 17, 2021:

• all were continuation cases;

Thursday, June 17, 2021
Supplement

The NDIC hearing dockets for June, 2021, were posted last week. 

The NDIC released three additional cases for June, 2021. Again, these are cases, not permits:

• 28845, NP Resources, Bicentennial-Bakken, establish a 320-acre unit; one vertical well; S/2 section 28-144-103, Golden Valley;
• 28846, NP Resources, Beaver Creek-Bakken, establish a 320-acre unit; one vertical well; N/2 section 6-142-102, Billings County;
• 28847, CLR, sixteen wells on an existing 2560-acre unit; sections 29/32-146-95 and sections 5/8-145-95, Dunn County;

Thursday, June 17, 2021
Four Pages

These are cases, not permits:

• 28830, Liberty Resources, use the Haley 158-93-29-32-10MBH, file #35883, as an injection well for an enhanced pilot operation in the East Tioga-Bakken pool; sections 29/30/31/32-158-93; Mountrail County;
• 28831, Liberty Resources, Enget Lake-Bakken, establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit; one well; sections 14/15/16/21/22/23-58-93; Mountrail County
• 28832, Slawson, Big Bend-Bakken; i) establish an overlapping 640-acre unit; six wells on that unit; N2 sections 13/14-151-92; ii) establish an overlapping 960-acre unit; five wells on said unit; S2 sections 13/14-151-92 and the S2 section 18-151-91; iii) two additional wells along the center line of an existing 1920-acre unit; Mountrail County;
• 28833, CLR, Hardscrabble and/or Indian Hill-Bakken to establish two overlapping 5120-acre units; two wells; sections 13/24/25/36-153-102 and sections 18/19/30/31-153-101 and sections 17/18/19/20/29/30/30/31/32-153-101; Williams and McKenzie Counties;
• 28834, Hunt Oil Co, Bailey and/or Lake Ilo-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; sections 3/10/15/22-145-93 (no typo); ten wells on said unit; Dunn County;
• 28835, NDIC, confiscation of assets on Henry Torstenson 2, file # 11926, McKenzie Corner
• 28836, CLR, pooling,
• 28837, CLR, pooling,
• 28838, Slawson, pooling,
• 28839, Liberty Resources, pooling,
• 28840, Liberty Resources, pooling,
• 28841, Liberty Resources, pooling,
• 28842, KODA Resources Operating, LLC, pooling,
• 28843, McKenzie County Grazing Association; convert file #9362, Burning Mine Butte 9-21 to a freshwater well;
• 28844, McKenzie County Grazing Association; convert file #9310, Federal Rivet 6 1 to a freshwater well;

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Two Pages

Note: the Cartwright-Bakken and the Randolph-Bakken oil fields are very small, non-descript fields on the south side of the river, near the Montana state line. One field is seven sections in size; the other is eight sections in size. 

These are cases, not permits:

• 28821, Whiting, Cartwright-Bakken; created a standup 1920-acre unit; three wells; sections 1/2/13-150-104; far western ND, just south of the river; McKenzie County;
• 28822, Whiting, Randolph-Bakken; create a laydown 1920-acre unit; four wells; section 24-150-104 and sections 19/20-150-103; far western ND, just south of the river; McKenzie County
• 28823, Whiting, Randolph-Bakken; create a standup 1920-acre unit; three horizontal wells; sections 5/8/17-150-103; far western ND, just south of the river; McKenzie County
• 28824, Whiting, Randolph-Bakken; create a standup 1920-acre unit; four horizontal wells; sections 6/7/18-150-103; far western ND, just south of the river; McKenzie County
• 28825, Kraken, Ellisville-Bakken; create a 1920-acre unit; four horizontal wells; sections 8/17/20-159-99;Williams County;
• 28826, Kraken, Ellisville-Bakken; created a 1920-acre unit; four horizontal wells; sections 10/15/22-158-99, Williams County;
• 28827, Hess, Robinson Lake and/or Sanish-Bakken; terminate an existing 3840-acre unit; establish a 1280-acre unit; six wells; establish a 2560-acre unit with one horizontal section line well;  sections 1/12-152-103 and sections 6/7-152-102; Mountrail County;
• 38828, Hess, pooling;
• 38829, Hess, pooling;

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
One Case

This is a case, not a permit:

• 28145, a continuation case, Lime Rock Resources, risk penalty legalese