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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Blog Shorthand -- December 24, 2025

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Blog shorthand: when I say a well will be sited at 689 / 663 FNL and 1901 / 1836 FEL, I am using shorthand to show that the wells on that pad (regardless of the number) will be sited between 689 feet and 663 feet from the north line; same with distance from the east or west line. 

FNL: from north line = from the north section line
FEL: from east line = from the east section line
FSL: from south line = from the south section line
FWL: from west line = from the west section line

That information can be found on the daily activity report, free to anyone at the NDIC site without a subscription or password:

The information can also be found the scout ticket or production history, both of which require a subscription to "Basic Services" at the NDIC site, a $50 annual subscription. 

It really isn't necessary to provide this information on the blog, but I started doing it some time ago (many years ago) when NDIC was often down (during Covid-19 lockdown and during transition to new contractor) so that if NDIC was down, I still had the historic information.

The daily activity site sometimes also includes the bottom hole location (which I don't post --  yet) but does include the sections (or fractions of sections) in the spacing/drilling unit.