CLR Nomenclature — Long Creek Unit -- Disclaimer Applies -- August 11, 2023

Locator: 45427B.

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In reply to comments by a reader yesterday (Friday, August 11, 2023): CLR is not drilling any formation they haven’t drilled before.

CLR well nomenclature:

• H: middle Bakken
• H1: Three Forks, First Bench
• H2: Three Forks, Second
• H3: continues
• H4: continues 
• Simple name: H or H1 or rarely, H2 —- standard 1280-acre spacing.

There are no H3 or H4 wells in this oil field, the LCU, IIRC. I don’t think there are any H2 wells, either, in this area, but I could be wrong.

LCU wells are tracked here:

• LCU Jessie/Truman Wells (CLR, Long Creek, CLR's 60-well project)
• LCU Ralph / Reckitt Wells (CLR, Long Creek, CLR's 60-well project)
• the Long Creek Unit.
  

Back to nomenclature.

If there are additional letters attached to the simple H or H1, the well is a section line, 4-section or 2560-acre spacing.

Note: this pertains to CLR. Other operators use other methods to designation section line wells, such as "X" or "LL."

An “S” or an “N” states direction of the lateral because even if it’s a 4-section, the lateral is still only two sections long.

Examples:

• simple, standard, two-section middle Bakken lateral: xxxx-H — middle Bakken, typical 2-mile lateral spaced for 1280 acres.
• simple, standard, two-section Three Forks, first bench lateral: xxxx-H1 — Three Forks, first bench, typical 2-mile lateral spaced for 1280 acres

Now, the names/designations for section line wells:

• simple, standard, section-line middle Bakken lateral: xxx-HSL —- a section line well, typical 2-mile lateral, running south, spaced for 2560 acres, middle Bakken
• simple, standard, two-section Three Forks, first bench lateral: xxx-HNL1 — another section line well, typical 2-mile lateral, running north, spaced for 2560 acres, Three Forks First Bench. The “1” at the end designates it a First Bench, Three Forks well.

To reiterate:

• CLR is drilling same formations in this area that it has drilled for a decade.
• CLR is drilling standard 2-mile laterals in this area, nothing new.

I may have missed an exception and if you think I have send me legal name of well and NDIC file number.

A lot of folks still don’t understand the concept of a two-mile lateral in 4-section spacing.

Years ago, Lynn Helms said, mana-a-Mano, a Three Forks well will be better than a middle Bakke n well.

If I’m wrong on this, and, of course, I’m not (LOL), I would like to hear from a Bakken landman.