Locator: 51355KRAKEN.
This is really, really, really cool.
See this note for the background.
That note takes a look at the recently completed Kraken Sarah wells in Richland County, about six miles from the North Dakota state line straight west of Watford City.
The wells of interest:
- five wells on one pad: four Sarah wells and one Dolores well;
- a singleton Sarah well in the same section
A reader noted something strange.
The reader is receiving royalties from four Sarah wells, but not from the Dolores well on the same pad, and not even the singleton Sarah pad in the same section.
So, what's going on?
I was perplexed at first because I did not have access to the deeds nor the production and file data from Kraken regarding all these wells.
This appears to be the reason.
When you look at the graphics below, look at the names of the wells and where the horizontals are located.
To cut to the chase, the explanation is this: the reader's royalty/mineral rights must be in section 17.
So, I went back to the reader and asked the question. It was confirmed: the reader has mineral/royalty rights only in section 17. Isn't that amazing? No minerals rights in sections 4/5/8/9/16.
Dolores cuts through section 17 but such a small length, but even more, it suggests the well's spacing unit was made of sections 4/9/16 -- section 17 was not mentioned.
So, that question was answered, but even more amazing -- based on the legal name of the Delores 4-9-16 12H, it is amazing how little the horizontal was in that spacing unit. Just a bit into section 16. Amazing how horizontal wells made so many millionaires!
The graphics:
