Thursday, July 1, 2021

July, 2021, NDIC Hearing Dockets Posted

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The NDIC 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 Do not quote me on any of this.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.

Thursday, July 29, 2021 (link here)
Eight Pages

  • 28884, Grayson Mill Operating, Banks-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; one well; Williams/McKenzie counties; see this post;
  • 28885, Enerplus, Heart Butte-Bakken; establish and overlapping 2560-acre unit, sections 29/30/31/32-149-92, one well; Dunn County;
  • 28886, Slawson, Big Bend-Bakken; i) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, sections 19/20-152092; two wells; ii) establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, S/2 of sections 15/16 and all of sections 21/22-152-92; two wells; iii) terminate two existing 2560-acre units comprised of sections 15/16/21/22 and sections 17/18/19/20-152-92, in Zone XL1 ("Zone 41"); Mountrail County;
  • 28887, GMJS, treating plant
  • 28888, GMJS, SWD
  • 28889, GMJS, bond determination
  • 28890, WPX, Reunion Bay and/or Mandaree-Bakken; i) establish an overlapping 640-acre unit, W/2 sections 5/8-149-93, four wells; ii) three overlapping 2560-acre units, sections 21/22/27/28; sections 23/24/25/26; and, sections 25,26,35,36-150-93; one well on or near the seciton line between existing spacing units, Mountrail/Dunn County; see this post.
  • 28891, PetroShale, Bear Den-Bakken, flaring;
  • 28892, PetroShale, Croff-Bakken, flaring;
  • 28893, Liberty Resources, East Tioga-Bakken; re-work Haley, file no. 35883; temporary injection of fluids; see this post;
  • 28894, commingling
  • 28895, commingling
  • 28896, commingling
  • 28897, commingling
  • 28898, commingling
  • 28899, commingling
  • 28900, commingling
  • 28901, Slawson, risk penalty legalese;
  • 28902, Slawson, risk penalty legalese;
  • 28903, Slawson, risk penalty legalese;
  • 28904, WPX, Reunion Bay-Bakken, eight wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; sections 25/26-150-93; Mountrail/Dunn counties; see this post;
  • 28905, Resonance Exploration, pooling,
  • 28906, commingling

Wednesday, July 28, 2021 (link here)
Six Pages

  • 28851, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; one well; Williams;
  • 28852, Hess, 
  • 28853, Lime Rock Resources, Stanley-Bakken, establish two overlapping units; two wells on each unit, Mountrail County
  • 28854, Kraken, Burg-Bakken, establish two laydown 1920-acre units, five wells on each; Williams County;
  • 28855, Kraken, Burg-Bakken, establish four standup 1920-acre units; four wells on each, Williams County;
  • 28856, Kraken, Burg and/or Ellisville-Bakken, establish two standup 1920-acre units; four wells each; Williams County;
  • 28857, Kraken, Ellisville-Bakken; establish two standup 1920-acre units; authorize four wells on each, Williams County;
  • 28858, Kraken, Green Lake and/or Blue Ridge-Bakken, establish two standup 1920-acre units; four wells on each; Williams County
  • 28859, Kraken, Green Lake-Bakken, establish a laydown 1920-acre unit; five wells; Williams County;
  • 28860, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken, i) terminate two overlapping 1920-acre unit; ii) establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit, sections 4/5/8/9/16/17-153-91; two wells; Mountrail County;
  • 28861, Whiting, Glass Bluff and/or Foreman Butte-Bakken; establish a standup 1920-acre unit, sections 30/31-151-102 and section 6-150-102; three wells; McKenzie County;
  • 28862, Whiting, Foreman Butte-Bakken, establish a standup 1920-acre unit, sections 7/18/19-150-102, three wells; McKenzie;
  • 28863, MRO, Lost Bridge-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, sections 5/6-148-95, one well, Dunn County;
  • 28864, MRO, Murphy Creek-Bakken, reducing the setback, Dunn County;
  • 28865, MRO, Bailey-Bakken, nine wells on a 1280-acre unit, sections 18/19-146-93, Dunn County; see this post;
  • 28866, Oasis, Tobacco Garden-Bakken, six wells on a 1920-acre unit,  sections 21/28/33-151-99, McKenzie County;
  • 28867, pooling
  • 28868, pooling
  • 28869, pooling
  • 28870, pooling
  • 28871, pooling
  • 28872, pooling
  • 28873, pooling
  • 28874, pooling
  • 28875, pooling
  • 28876, pooling
  • 28877, pooling
  • 28878, pooling
  • 28879, pooling
  • 28880, pooling
  • 28881, pooling
  • 28882, Whiting, commingling,
  • 28883, Whiting, commingling

2 comments:

  1. Hey Bruce. Any thoughts on Kraken drilling 3 mile laterals? Will other operators follow suit? I would think there could be substantial cost savings in the longer laterals.

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    1. 1. Kraken has really had some great wells, suggesting they know what they are doing.

      2. If any operator can be successful with three-mile laterals, it would be Kraken.

      3. Slawson also has had success with three-mile laterals, if I recall correctly, but they were necessitated by the river / lake.

      4. Yes, experts have run the numbers and three-mile laterals are more cost-effective than two mile laterals. I believe the analyses were done in the Permian.

      5. The fact that so few three-mile laterals have been drilled in the Bakken suggests there are challenges: both with the drilling -- keeping the well bore in the target zone for three miles, and then the effectiveness of the frack.

      6. My hunch: the 1280 (two-mile lateral) remains the "norm" in the Bakken but periodically we will see the three-mile laterals.

      7. I assume mineral owners prefer shorter laterals / small drilling units for obvious reasons, but at the end of the day, it probably doesn't matter.

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