Seven New Permits; One Permit Renewed; A BR Well With A Surprisingly High IP -- November 12, 2024

Locator: 48749B. 

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Back to the Bakken

WTI:

Active rigs:

Seven new permits, #41329 - #41335, inclusive:

• Operators: Hess (4); Oasis (3);
• Fields: Ellsworth (McKenzie); Painted Woods (Williams)
• Comments:
• Hess has permits for one BW-Hagen well and three BW-Stoveland wells, all NWNE 15-149-100; 
• to be sited 2171 FEL, and, between 786 FNL and 654 FNL;
• Oasis has permits for three Owan wells, SWSE 26-154-102, 
• to be sited 2272-2274 FEL with one 612 FSL; one 579 FSL; and, the third one 546 FSL

One permit renewed:

• 40248, Grayson Mill, A Tufto, Cow Creek, Williams County;

Two permits canceled:

• BR: two Sandie permits (#36405, #36406), McKenzie County;

One permit modification:

• 36614, BR, Sandie 2B-UTFH, McKenzie County.

Four producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 39382, 0, BR, Devils Backbone 3B MBH,
• 39384, 240, BR, Devils Backbone 1B UTFH,
• 39385, 8,475, BR, Watchman Peak 4-8-11TFH,
• 40326, 405, Petro-Hunt, State 144-98-16B-21-1H, Billings County; 

Well of interest:

• 39385, 8,475, BR, Watchman Peak 4-8-11TFH,2560-acre spacing; sections 2 / 11 / 14 / 23-152-97. The map: looks like a standard 2-mile long Bakken horizontal on an 8-well pad, near another 8-well pad sited in the east: