FIU: What Does This CLR Acronym Mean? -- August 21, 2021

Updates

August 22, 2021: it appears Continental Resources has "FI" units in all their plays. My hunch becomes more likely simply: "fill-in units." See this very, very good article from 2017. 

August 22, 2021: the more I look at this, the more I think a reader's "guess" that this simply stands for Fill-In Unit" is exactly right.

Original Post  

Continental Resources has at least three major drilling projects with "FIU" in the name of the wells in these units.

For example:

• 38219, conf, CLR, Plano FIU, 4-28H, southwest side of Williston;
• 38140, conf, CLR, Dennis FIU, 12-8H, Dunn County, north of Killdeer;
• 37945, conf, CLR, Brangus FIU, 14-11H2, Elm Creek, McKenzie County;
  

As another example, the LCU in some CLR names refers to the "Long Creek Unit" wells, southeast of Williston.

The FIU similarly designates a drilling unit. I have spent a long time trying to figure it out, never could, gave up, figured that the "F" referred to "federal." And then moved on.

But now a reader asks. The reader asked the NDIC but they were unable to answer the question, saying one would have to ask Continental Resources.

Before I do that, and I probably won't in any event, I'll see if any readers know.

The first reader to correctly answer this question will get a lifetime subscription to the blog. 

The FIU north of Killdeer is tracked here.

"Things Are Going Very Well. Everything According To Plan." Resident Biden. Meanwhile, Covid-19: Folks Finally Getting Religion -- August 21, 2021

Link here.  

CDC data here.  

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Allmendinger wins another one.

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Folks Finally Getting Religion

Last three days, finally, back to one-million-plus vaccinations given each 24-hour period; haven't seen this in months:

		Total Doses Administered	Number of People Receiving At Least One Dose	Fully Vaccinated	Delta: Difference in daily doses from previous day	Percent (B+C)/A	Percent Of Americans (>18) Considered Fully Vaccinated	Delta from day before
Saturday	August 21, 2021	361,684,564	200,947,556	170,406,785	1,050,277	102.67%	66.48%	0.16%
Friday	August 20, 2021	360,634,287	200,421,787	169,998,983	1,010,907	102.71%	66.32%	0.16%
Thursday	August 19, 2021	359,623,380	199,887,540	169,592,873	1,023,545	102.74%	66.16%	0.16%
Wednesday	August 18, 2021	358,599,835	199,325,940	169,186,268	704,840	102.76%	66.01%	0.11%
Tuesday	August 17, 2021	357,894,995	198,929,642	168,897,604	602,938	102.78%	65.89%	0.08%
Monday	August 16, 2021	357,292,057	198,595,349	168,689,357	858,392	102.80%	65.81%	0.13%
Sunday	August 15, 2021	356,433,665	198,088,722	168,362,058	664,840	102.81%	65.68%	0.11%
Saturday	August 14, 2021	355,768,825	197,685,048	168,090,925	990,875	102.81%	65.58%	0.15%
Friday	August 13, 2021	354,777,950	197,081,471	167,699,170	918,056	102.82%	65.43%	0.13%
Thursday	August 12, 2021	353,859,894	196,505,543	167,354,729	654,350	102.83%	65.29%	0.10%
Wednesday	August 11, 2021	353,205,544	196,077,952	167,105,507	654,600	102.82%	65.19%	0.10%
Tuesday	August 10, 2021	352,550,944	195,646,711	166,861,912	617,769	102.82%	65.10%	0.08%
Monday	August 9, 2021	351,933,175	195,222,906	166,654,374	532,245	102.83%	65.02%	0.07%
Sunday	August 8, 2021	351,400,930	194,866,738	166,477,481	773,742	102.83%	64.95%	0.11%
Saturday	August 7, 2021	350,627,188	194,346,486	166,203,176	839,709	102.83%	64.84%	0.11%

Three New Permits; Twelve Permits Renewed; EOG Cancels Ten Permits; Three DUCs Reported as Completed -- August 20, 2021

Active rigs:

$62.32	8/20/2021	08/20/2020	08/20/2019	08/20/2018	08/20/2017
Active Rigs	24	12	63	58	53

Twenty-four oil and gas rigs:

• CLR (8):
• Hess (4):
• MRO (2):
• Slawson:
• Oasis:
• Rimrock:
• Petro-Hunt:
• Kraken
• Ovintiv
• Whiting:
• PetroShale
• Bruin:
• Hunt:
  

Three new permits, #38501 - #38503, inclusive:

• Operator: MRO
• Field: Bailey (Dunn)
• Comments:
• MRO has permits for three new wells in Bailey oil field: an Audrey, an Odermann, and a Rice;
• the three wells will be sited in NWNW 15-146-93, between 734 FNL and 756 FNL and between 1051 FWL and 974 FWL

Twelve permits renewed:

• BR (7): five Lincoln Hill permits in Dunn County, and two Omlid permits in McKenzie County;
• XTO (2): two Ernest Federal permits in Dunn County
• Koda Resources: an Omlid permit in Divide County
• Whiting: a Drew TTT permit in Mountrail County

Ten permits canceled:

• EOG: ten Hawkeye permits, all in McKenzie County

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 31314, 2,352, Sinclair, Porcupine 2-19H, 
• 19269, parent well, 410, Sinclair, Porcupine 1-19H, Little Knife, t9/11; cum 230K 6/21; no jump in production;
• 37325, conf,
• 37326, conf,
• 37327, conf,
  
• 37287, 1,575, Kraken, Marcy LE 19-18 1H, Oliver, no data,
  
• 37289, 1,019, Kraken, Marcy 24-13 4H, Oliver, no data,