Watch For Increased Activity -- West Of Williston -- November 12, 2026

Two of the older producing wells: huge halo effect.

Now drilling a salt water disposal well to serve the new wells. 

Tag:  20128 20152 19927    19478    43368 (SWD)

The map:

A Very Interesting Location -- November 11, 2026

The map:

The wells, singletons, west to east:

• 22787, 1,161, MRO, Irene Kovaloff 14-7H, Murphy Creek, t10/12; cum 194K 9/26;
• 17160, 378, MRO, Viola Koberstine 34-7H, Murphy Creek, t8/08; cum 181K 9/26;
• 17891, 1,064, MRO, Kovaloff 14-8H, Murphy Creek, t11/11; cum 297K 9/26;
• 17942, 384, MRO, Kovaloff 14-9H, Murphy Creek, t10/11; cum 285K 9/26;
• 18090, 384, MRO, Dirkach 34-9H, Murphy Creek, t8/09; cum 195K 9/26;

 The ten-well pad:

• 42528, conf, BR, Goldpoint 1A, Murphy Creek,
• 42529, conf, BR, Kudrna 1A, Murphy Creek,
• 42530, conf, BR, Goldpoint 1B42539, Murphy Creek,
• 42531, conf, BR, Kudrna 1B, Murphy Creek,
• 42532, conf, BR, Kudrna 1C, Murphy Creek,
• 42387, conf, BR, Goldpoint 1C, Murphy Creek,
• 42533, conf, BR, Kudrna 1D, Murphy Creek,
• 42534, ros/CONF, BR, Goldpoint 1D, Murphy Creek,
• 42535, conf, BR, Kudrna 1E, Murphy Creek,
• 42536, conf, BR, Goldpoint 1F-ULW, Murphy Creek,

A completed pad to the east: 

• 38906, PNC, Enerplus, MC-Kudrna 144-95-10-3-6H, Murphy Creek,
• 38905, A/F, Enerplus, MC-Kudrna 144-95-10-3-4H, Murphy Creek, t3/24; cum 272K 9/26; 

Kraken Has Acquired Zavanna -- June 16, 2026

 See this note. Or go direct here.

XTO Lawlar Wells -- May 11, 2026

I don't know if I've posted a blog on the XTO Lawlar wells.

Currently, the reader is receiving royalties for two Lawlar wells:

• 23469, 3,146, XTO/Denbury Onshore; Lawlar 41-15SEH, t4/13; North Tobacco Garden; cum 436K 3/26; 
• 23470, 1,551, XTO/Denbury Onshore; Lawlar 41-15SH, t4/13; North Tobacco Garden; cum 184K 3/26; 

On May 11, 2026, three Lawlar permits were renewed:

• 31231, conf, XTO, Lawlar 34X-10H, North Tobacco Garden;
• 31232, conf, XTO, Lawlar 34X-10D, North Tobacco Garden;
• 31233, conf, XTO, Lawlar 34X-10HXE, North Tobacco Garden;

Neptune's Kay Arnson Well --> Kraken's Kay Arnson Well -- Strandahl -- #21316 As Of October, 2025

This is incredibly unimportant but if you are tracking your wells, note the change of operator for the Kay Arnson USA well northeast of Williston. 

The changeover (with regard to royalty payments) came August / September, 2025, if I recall correctly. So you won't see it on your Neptune statement any more; it's on your Kraken statement.  

The well:

• 21361, 860, Kraken/Neptune/Bowline, Kay Arnson USA 34-35H, t5/12; cum 164K 2/26; sited, SWSE Section 35-157-103, 

• 1280-acre spacing; sections 26 and 35; it's quite a ways northwest of Williston; about twelve miles south and four miles west of Blacktail Dam. This is the only well in this drilling unit. Some day there will be more. 

 

Chord Energy -- XTO Assets -- Acquisition Closed Last October, 2025 -- Posted April 4, 2026

See details at this blog. 

As far as I know, readers did not receive a 1099 for 2025 from Chord Energy which is now responsible for royalties and 1099s for XTO assets Chord purchased from Exxon in calendar year 2025, which closed October 31, 2025. 

Oasis, Whiting, and Enerplus continue to pay royalties under their own names (Oasis, Whiting, and Enerplus) and those three companies will provide EOY 1099s.

Again, this is not true for XTO assets acquired by Chord in 2025. Royalty owners of those assets should expect to see checks directly from Chord starting in 2026. In their original note to royalty owners concerning this acquisition it was stated that royalties owners might see a 1099 from Chord in 2025. To the best of my knowledge, that did not happen. 

A New Family Of Wells For The Reader -- The Oasis Rella Wells In Ft Buford -- March 29, 2026

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Updates

October 1, 2026: division orders received by reader (in bold):

• 42348, xxxxx.x, Chord (Oasis), Rella E 5303 13-17 4B,
• 42347, xxxxx.x, Chord (Oasis), Rella E 5303 13-17 3B,
• 42380, 31472.1, Chord (Oasis), Rella E 5303 13-17 2BX,
• 42346, 31473.1, Chord (Oasis), Rella W 5303 13-18 4BX,
• 42345, 31474.1, Chord (Oasis), Rella W 5303 13-18 3B,
• 42344, 31475.1, Chord (Oasis), Rella W 5303 13-18 2B,

Updated map: 

September 26, 2026: production update; the Rella wells started to show production in June, 2026. Early production:

• 42380, conf, Oasis, Rella E 5303 13-17 2BX, Ft. Buford, spud, 6/26; t--; cum --;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2026	27989	19869
7-2026	30391	22042
6-2026	20500	13990

• 42344, conf, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 2B, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/18/2025; t--; cum --;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2026	27339	19913
7-2026	22087	15872
6-2026	6071	4341

•  42345, conf, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 3B, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/19/2025; t--; cum --;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2026	28005	19734
7-2026	23895	17097
6-2026	5913	4630

•  42346, conf, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 4BX, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/20/2025; t--; cum --;

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
8-2026	33248	23613
7-2026	26435	19043
6-2026	6980	5376

Original Post 

The wells: it looks like the reader has a new family of wells, the Oasis Rella wells in Ft Buford. These are incredibly long laterals -- four miles long. Remember, the standard Bakken well is two miles long; we've seen a few three-mile horizontals but I can't recall any four-mile laterals. 

These wells are in Ft Buford, in township 153N and range 103W.

They are sited in section at the north section line and extend through four sections to end at the south line of section 31. The reader has royalties in section 31-153-103.

• 42344, drl, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 2B, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/18/2025; t--; cum --;
• 42345, drl, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 3B, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/19/2025; t--; cum --;
• 42346, drl, Oasis, Rella W 5303 13-18 4BX, Ft. Buford, spud, 11/20/2025; t--; cum --;

The deed: 

The Oasis permits approved September 25, 2025. They have all been drilled to depth and are waiting to be fracked, from the daily activity report:

The Oasis permits: 

From the daily activity report: 

The permits: 

The maps:

This is a very, very busy slide. I may come back to it and explain it. Until I do, you're on your own.
 

The second map: simply documenting the wells have been drilled, waiting to be fracked:

The third map: the three-well Rella pad sited in section 18-153-103 in Ft Buford.