Wowza -- September 28, 2021

Back to the Bakken

With the NDIC not updating the GIS map, the scout tickets, or the active rig list it becomes increasingly difficult to keep track of what's going on. Thank goodness for reports from the field from readers. Most recent update, from a reader:

About a mile west of the COP Bartlett wells and the Continental Jack wells, there's a Nabors B rig MIRU on what appears to be a single-well pad with three oil tanks and a production water tank. New construction pad. Just big enough for a rig. I'll try to get a picture next time I drive by. Interesting.

My reply:

If you do get that close, take a picture of the "sign" at the entrance to the pad. I see two pads west of CLR Jack and COP (BR) Bartlett with at least one well confidential but the NDIC map is no longer current. Both of these pads are about the same distance from Jack / Bartlett, but about four miles west, not just a mile west. The CLR pad is to the north; COP (BR) pad is the same distance but to the south.

• Rimrock has a Nabors b rig in Dunn County.
• other operators have a Nabors b rig but not in Dunn County the last time we had NDIC information
• CLR is definitely operating in Dunn County
• I'm not aware that COP (BR) has started drilling again in the Bakken

Later, from another reader, see comments:

The rig west of Killdeer is B1 for Continental Resources (CLR). If you go to the 8/4 /21 daily report there was a single Jack well permitted. Not sure why it is a single well there. 

Coordinates: 47.387619,-102.805378, or lat/long: 47°23'15.4"N 102°48'19.4" W.

From the August 4, 2021, daily activity report, a new permit, no scout ticket, and not yet on the GIS map:

• 38450, conf, CLR, Jack 9-9HSL, Chamney Butte, SESE 8-145-95; 320' FSL and 576' FEL. This is a section unit line well, at least 2560-acre spacing.
  

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