When Folks Talk About Decreased Bakken Activity, I Simply Shake My Head -- So Much Work Left To Do -- Grayson Mill / Ovintiv Increased Density Wells -- Westberg Oil Field -- Update -- Originally Posted December 22, 2022 -- July 14, 2024

Locator: 48135WESTBERG.

Updates

July 14, 2024: updated maps -- were Ovintiv's -- now Grayson Mill --

 

Wells of interest:

• 19750, 1,111, BR (no typo), Devils Backbone 21-14H, Westberg, t4/11; cum 365K 5/24; 
• 20595, 1,832, Grayson Mill, Wahus Federal 152-97-13-24-1H, Westberg, t9/11; cum 358K 5/24;

Original Post
Originally Posted December 22, 2022
From The NDIC Hearing Dockets, December, 2022

I could have this wrong, but if I'm reading this correctly, there will be a total of nineteen wells in this drilling unit, as well as an additional two wells in a neighboring drilling unit. 

Spacing:

• 1280 acres / 20 wells: 64-acree spacing

Case, not a permit, from the NDIC December, 2022, hearing dockets:

• Case 29716, Ovintiv, Westberg-Bakken; to authorize an additional thirteen wells on a 1280-acre unit; sections 13, 24-152-97; authorize two wells to be drilled on two 2560-acre units, sections 13, 14, 23, 24-152-97; and sections 13, 24 -152-97 and sections 18, 19-152-96; seventeen wells total; McKenzie County;

Existing wells:

• 20595, 1,834, Ovintiv, Wahus Federal 152-97-13-24-1H, Westberg, t9/11; cum 336K 10/22;
• 31013, 1,348, Ovintiv, Wahus Federal 152-97-13-24-11H, Westberg, t9/15; cum 250K 10/22;
• 31011, 1,348, Ovintiv, Wahus Federal 152-97-13-24-11H, Westberg, t9/15; cum 160K 10/22;
  
• 23277, 2,000, Ovintiv, Darlene Federal 152-97-13-24-3H, Westberg, t1/13; cum 249K 10/22;
• 23276, 921, Ovintiv, Darlene Federal 152-97-13-24-10H, Westberg, t1/13; cum 165K 10/22;
• 23275, 2,102, Ovintiv, Darlene Federal 152-97-13-24-2H, Westberg, t1/13; cum 226K 10/22;
  

The graphics: