Thursday, November 13, 2025

Four New Permits; Twelve Permits Renewed; Devon Acquires 850 Wells From WPX -- Thursday -- November 13, 2025

Locator: 49415B. 

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WTI: $58.90.

Active rigs: 32.

Change of operator: ten wells -- from White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC, to Kraken Operating, LLC.

Change of operator, approximately  - 850 wells - from WPX Energy Williston to Devon Energy Williston, LLC. This includes some SWD wells.

Four new permits, #42472 - #42475, inclusive:

  • Operators: Phoenix Operating (3); Petro-Hunt
  • Fields: Kittleson Slough (Mountrail County); and, North Tioga (Burke County);
  • Comments:
    • Petro-Hunt has a permit for a MM Wold well, lot 1, section 7-159-94, 
      • to be sited 330 FNL and 932 FWL; drilling unit, six sections; bottom hole locatioin NENE 25-160-95; so if sited in 159N and with bottom hole in 160N the laterals run north;
    • Phoenix Operating has permits for three Afseth wells, NENW 34-158-91, 
      • to be sited 560 FNL and 1730 / 1790 FWL.

Twelve permits renewed:

  • CLR (4): Schroeder (2); Marlene (2); Stoneview, Williams County;
  • Hess (2): SC-Ellingsberg, Truax, Williams County;
  • Hunt (2): Palermo, Nichols; Ross, Mountrail County;
  • Murex (2): HL-Harlen Lahti, Sanish, Mountrail;
  • Whiting: Klose Federal, Glass Bluff, McKenzie;
  • Formentera Operations: STR1, Woburn, Burke County

One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed

  • 42102, 533, Hunt, Burke 155-90-36-25H-1, Mountrail. Parshall oil field, wells of interest, all three below, one-section spacing units: 
    • 17800, 685, Hunt Oil, RS-State E-155-90 36-1, Parshall, t4/09; cum 451K 8/25 offline; no jump in production;
    • 17132, 608/IA, Hunt Oil, Nelson 1-25H, Parshall t9/08; cum 228K 4/25 offline; no jump in production;
    • 20910, 447, Hunt Oil, Nelson 2-25H, Parshall t12/13; cum 157K 9/25; no jump in production;