NDIC Hearing Dockets, August 26 - 27, 2015

Disclaimer: these summaries are for my personal use only; you are free to read them; don't quote me on them; there will be typographical and factual errors.  If this is important to you go to the source. Link here. Highlights here.

Past dockets are archived here.

Note: a change in today's summary. I am not listing the "continued" cases.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

9 pages -- half the number of pages seen during the boom

24367, Murex, Alkabo-Stonewall, redefine the field, Divide
24368, Hess, Davis Buttes-Bakken, redefine the field, Stark
24369, CLR, Beaver Creek-Bakken, redefine, Billings, Golden Valley,
24370, HRC, McGregory Buttes-Bakken, complete a specific well, Dunn
24371, Whiting, Moccasin Creek-Bakken, establish a 640-acre unit, Dunn
24372, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakkekn, establish a 1920-acre unit, 8 wells, Dunn
24373, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 2560-acre unit; 8 wells, Dunn
24374, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 5120-acre unit, 16 wells, Dunn
24375, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 4 wells, Dunn
24376, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre units, 4 wells, Dunn
24377, QEP, Van Hook and Heart Butte-Bakken, establish 2 overlapping 1280-acre units; establish 2 overlapping 1920-acre units; 1+ wells in each; Mountrail, Dunn
24378, QEP, Heart Butte and Mandaree-Bakken, establish 3 overlapping 1280-acre units, 1+ wells each, Mountrail, Dunn
24379, QEP, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish 8 overlapping 1280-acre units, 1+ wells in each, Dunn
24380, QEP, Heart Butte, Twin Buttes, and Moccasin Creek-Bakken, establish 7 overlapping stand-up 1280-acre units; 1+ wells in each, Dunn
24381, QEP, Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, establish 2 1280-acre units, 24 wells on each; establish a 1120-acre unit, 24 wells the unit; establish a 960-acre unit, 24 wells on the unit; establish a 1600-acre units, 24 wells on the unit; 24 additional wells on each of four 1920-acre units, Dunn, McLean
24382, Oasis, Todd and Catwalk-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 9 wells; establish a 1280-acre units, 3 wells; to establish a 2560-acre unit, 12 wells; establish 2 overlapping 2560-acre units, 2 wells on each, McKenzie, Williams
24383, Petro-Hunt, Keene-Bakken/Three Forks, define stratigraphic definition, McKenzie
24384, Hess, pooling,
24385, Hess, pooling,
24386, Lime Rock Resources III-A, Stanley-Bakken, 3 wells on each of two 640-acre units; 6 wells on an overlapping 1280-acre unit; 7 wells on a 1280-acre unit; 6 wells on each of two 1280-acre units; 5 wells on each of two 2560-acre units; Mountrail
24387, BR, Sand Creek-Bakken, 16 wells on a 2560-acre unit, McKenzie
24388, BR, pooling,
24389, HRC, commingling
24390, HRC, commingling
24391, HRC, commingling
24392, HRC, commingling
24393, HRC, commingling
24394, HRC, commingling
24395, HRC, commingling
24396, HRC, commingling
24397, QEP, commingling
24398, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, 4 wells on a 1280-acre unit, Dunn
24399, pooling,
24400, Oasis, SWD
24401, Oasis, SWD

Thursday, August 27, 2015

11 pages

24402, North Plains, Alexandria-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre units; Divide
24403, CLR, Barta-Bakken, redefine the field, Dunn, Billings
24404, CLR, Ukraina-Bakken, redefine the field, Dunn, Billings
24405, XTO, revoke a BR permit, Mcransom 1-8-31UTH-ULW, McKenzie
24406, XTO, complete the Maddy wells, McKenzie
24407, Statoil, Spring Creek-Bakken, redefine the field, McKenzie
24408, XPX, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acreunit; 1 well, Dunn
24409, WPX, Spotted Horn-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 14 wells, McKenzie
24410, EOG, Alger-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, multiple wells, Mountrail
24411, Sinclair, Lone Butte-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 7 wells, McKenzie
24412, SHD, Deep Water Creek Bay and HEart Butte-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, multiple wells; Dunn, McLean
24413, SHD, Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1920-acre unt; multiple wells, Dunn, McLean
24414, SHD, Van Hook, Deep Water Creek Bay and Heart Butte-Bakken, establish an overlapping 4160-acre unit, fifteen wells, Dunn, McLean
24415, Sinclair, pooling
24416, Sinclair, risk penalty legalese,
24417, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24418, Liberty Resources, pooling
24419, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24420, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24421, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24422, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24423, Liberty Resources, pooling,
24424, EOG, pooling,
24425, EOG, pooling,
24426, EOG, pooling,
24427, CLR, Elm Tree-Bakken, 20 wells on an existing overlapping 2560-acre unit, McKenzie
24428, CLR, Antelope-Sanish, 13 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie
24429, CLR, pooling,
24430, CLR, pooling,
24431, CLR, pooling,
24432, CLR, pooling,
24433, CLR, commingling
24434, CLR, commingling
24435, CLR, commingling
24436, WPX, pooling,
24437, WPX, flaring,
24438, Statoil, commingling
24439, Statoil, commingling
24440, Enduro, commingling
24441, XTO, commingling
24442, Hanna, SWD
24443, Hanna, SWD

Whiting To Go With Six Drilling Rigs In The Bakken -- July 29, 2015

Back on July 25, 2015, I counted nine (9) active rigs drilling Whiting-operated wells. Apparently Whiting plans to cut  the number of active rigs in the Bakken to six and in the Niobrara to two.

A couple of weeks ago, Whiting has raised its CAPEX for FY 2015 to 2.3 billion, but has revised it a bit, back to $2.15 billion.

I bet the change in the number of rigs will have no effect on production. Whiting's production in the Bakken will depend on any number of factors -- I bet I could come up with 12 factors if I had to -- and the number of rigs will be the least of their concerns. And think of all the money they save by having 6 rigs in the Bakken instead of 9. Smart operators.

6/8 * 2.15 billion = $1.6 billion CAPEX to be spent in North Dakota. By one company. I can live with that.

Record-Setting Stockpiles Of US Diesel -- July 29, 2015

Platts is reporting record-setting stockpiles of diesel:

US ultra-low-sulfur diesel stocks rose to a record high for the fourth straight week, as East Coast stocks also hit a record for the fifth straight week.

Total US stocks of ULSD rose about 2 million barrels in the week that ended Friday to 123.91 million barrels, the highest level since EIA began collecting the data in 2004.

US stocks have risen to a record each of the last four weeks, with most of the stock builds concentrated in the East Coast.

East Coast stocks of ULSD rose 2.32 million barrels to 41.02 million barrels, the highest ever. Stock builds in the East Coast also have set records in each of the last five weeks.

ULSD stocks typically build this time of year in the East Coast ahead of peak winter demand season, with stocks rising last year to a then-record 33.27 million barrels.

Eleven (11) New Permits, North Dakota -- July 29, 2015

Active rigs:

	7/29/2015	07/29/2014	07/29/2013	07/29/2013	07/29/2013
Active Rigs	73	192	179	179	179

Only one (1) well coming off the confidential list Thursday:

• 29665, drl/NC, Newfield, Olson 152-96-30-31-11H, Westberg, producing,

Eleven (11) new permits:

• Operators: CLR (6), Petro Harvester (3), Hess (2),
• Fields: the six CLR permits for for Cedar Coulee wells; Petro Harvester permits are for wells in Portal oil field;
• Comments:

Five (5) producing wells completed:

• 27516, 647, XTO, Guy Federal 24X-35F, Grinnell, t6/15; cum --
• 27514, 1,316, XTO, Guy Federal 24X-35E, Grinnell, t6/15; cum --
• 27515, 2,178, XTO, Guy Federal 24-35A, Grinnell, t7/15; cum --
• 27517, 2,832, XTO, Guy Federal 24X-35B, Grinnell, t7/15; cum --
• 29393, 2,240, QEP, TAT 5-35-26BH, Grail, t7/15; cum -- 

August Dockets, August, 2015 -- A Quick Run-Through

Disclaimer: these summaries are for my personal use only; you are free to read them; don't quote me on them; there will be typographical and factual errors.  If this is important to you go to the source. Link here.

Past dockets are archived here.

Highlights. These are just the cases that caught my eye the first time through. This was done very, very quickly; it was not proofread. There will be factual and typographical errors. The full summary is here.

For newbies, these are "case numbers," not permit numbers. 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

9 pages -- half the number of pages seen during the boom

24373, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 2560-acre unit; 8 wells, Dunn
24374, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 5120-acre unit, 16 wells, Dunn
24375, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 4 wells, Dunn
24376, Whiting, Twin Buttes-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre units, 4 wells, Dunn
24377, QEP, Van Hook and Heart Butte-Bakken, establish 2 overlapping 1280-acre units; establish 2 overlapping 1920-acre units; Mountrail, Dunn
24378, QEP, Heart Butte and Mandaree-Bakken, establish 3 overlapping 1280-acre units, Mountrail, Dunn
24379, QEP, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish 8 overlapping 1280-acre units, Dunn
24380, QEP, Heart Butte, Twin Buttes, and Moccasin Creek-Bakken, establish 7 overlapping stand-up 1280-acre units; Dunn
24381, QEP, Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, establish 2 1280-acre units, 24 wells on each; establish a 1120-acre unit, 24 wells the unit; establish a 960-acre unit, 24 wells on the unit; establish a 1600-acre units, 24 wells on the unit; 24 additional wells on each of four 1920-acre units, Dunn, McLean
24382, Oasis, Todd and Catwalk-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 9 wells; establish a 1280-acre units, 3 wells; to establish a 2560-acre unit, 12 wells; establish 2 overlapping 2560-acre units, 2 wells on each, McKenzie, Williams
24386, Lime Rock Resources III-A, Stanley-Bakken, 3 wells on each of two 640-acre units; 6 wells on an overlapping 1280-acre unit; 7 wells on a 1280-acre unit; 6 wells on each of two 1280-acre units; 5 wells on each of two 2560-acre units; Mountrail
24387, BR, Sand Creek-Bakken, 16 wells on a 2560-acre unit, McKenzie

Thursday, August 27, 2015

11 pages

24402, North Plains, Alexandria-Bakken, 8 wells on a 1280-acre units; Divide
24409, WPX, Spotted Horn-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 14 wells, McKenzie
24411, Sinclair, Lone Butte-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit, 7 wells, McKenzie
24428, CLR, Antelope-Sanish, 13 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, McKenzie