Sunday, March 29, 2026

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

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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. 
 


Three New Oasis Nelsen State Federal Wells -- March 29, 2026

The reader already has royalties from three older Oasis Nelsen State Federal wells. 

Now, the reader appears to have three more Oasis Petroleum Nelsen State Federal wells. They are currently being drilled according to the map below. 

I inadvertently labeled some Nelsen State wells and some Nelsen Federal wells. Part of the confusion: the original names were slightly different than the current names.  The names below are correct: 

  • 42410, loc, Oasis, Nelsen State Federal 5202 13-13 2B, Indian Hill, 
  • 42412, loc, Oasis, Nelsen State Federal 5202 13-13 4B, Indian Hill, 
  • 42413, loc, Oasis, Nelsen State.  5202 13-13 5B, Indian Hill, 

These are three-mile long laterals -- very long laterals.

These are all four-section (2560-acre) spacing, thus royalties will be less than the standard Bakken wells spaced for two sections (1280-acre). 

These are going to be some very good wells. The area produces some nice wells. In addition, they will drain oil from four sections (not just two) and they are long horizontals, three miles long. But again, because they are spaced at 2560 acres rather than 1280 acres, the royalties will be half what it might otherwise be. So these three wells are probably more like two new wells, rather than three, if that makes sense.

Indian Hill.

Deed:


 Permits


 



 Maps:


 


 


 

 

Monday, February 23, 2026

Little Knife Oil Field -- Section 3-145-97 -- February 23, 2026

Four wells on a 2560-acre unit.

This is a case, not permits. It will be quite some time for this to start reporting production.  

Based on information from a reader some time ago, it appears the reader may be interested in the following.

From the March, 2026, NDIC hearing dockets, section 3 - 145-97:

A deed held by the reader: section 3-145-97.


Saturday, February 14, 2026

Tax Year 2025: 1099's For Oasis, Whiting, And Enerplus -- February 14, 2026

Chord Energy: Oasis and Whiting merged to form Chord Energy and in turn Chord Energy bought Enerplus. 

Readers are telling me they have not necessarily received 1099s from each of these three companies.

AI prompt: Subject: 2026 IRS 1099. Enerplus, Oasis, and Whiting are now part of Chord Energy. Will Chord Energy send out a single 1099 for those three companies or will three separate 1099s be sent out?

Reply:  

Monday, February 9, 2026

A Reader Asked Why She Received A Division Order For A Well For Which She Was Already Receiving Royalties -- February 9, 2026

Done quickly: there may be typographical and content errors. 

ON THAT PAD, there are two sister wells with identical names except for one number (they have identical production histories; I assume they have identical drilling date histories); the reader should be getting royalties for both wells, and may, in fact, receive division orders for only one of the wells:

  • 40567, BR, Burned Edge 1A-ULW
  • 40566, BR, Burned Edge 2A-ULW

Note: the file number for the "2A" well was issued before the "1A" well. 

 The well:

The reader said the diivision order was dated 1-6-26.

Pertinent dates for this well:

  • March 6, 2024: application for the well
    • shortly thereafter requested 90-day delay in drilling
  • spud: August 30, 2024
  • TD reached (well reached total depth): September 2, 2024
  • completed (fracked): April 23, 2025

I don't see anything that would explain the delay in receiving the division. I think this happens frequently; it is simply the paperwork catching up with the work going on in the field.

Burlington Resources typically waits a long time between drilling a well to depth and then completing (fracking) the well and maybe that's part of the reason. 

I don't see any change in ownership of the site between the time of the application and the date the well started producing and paying royalties. 

My advice: I would simply sign the division order and return it to BR with a cover letter noting the dates.

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Reader Received An Offer For Purchase -- Dakota Energy -- Late 2025 -- Posted February 3, 2026

A reader asked me about an offer from Dakota Energy.

This appears to be a new offer for the reader from Dakota Energy.

It is an offer to PURCHASE the minerals.

The reader generally doesn't respond to requests to purchase.

The offer:

  • the offer was based on November 17, 2025, data, the offer was received on February 3, 2026;
  • two sections, would amount to a standard Bakken 1280-acre stand-up drilling unit:
  • sections 26 / 27 - 157 - 103;
  • Strandahl oil field;
  • well of interest is the Kay Arnson well one section to the south
  • well of interest is the Grimstvedt well, also one section to the south
  • there was an old Madison well in this area; dry
  • offer: $1,200 per mineral acre
  • total offer: $2,000

I don't see any new permits in this area and certainly no new drilling. However, it has been my experience that when an offer is made, the landman is aware of something may be happening soon. 

Maps and wells of interest: 

Kay Arnson:


Grimstvedt: 

The local map:

The regional map: the offer is for minerals about 23 miles northwest of Williston: 

Sunday, January 11, 2026

A New Devon Energy Cuda Well Is Now In Production -- A Very, Very Nice Well -- June 11, 2026

Locator: 10010GraysonMill.

  • 40077, conf, Devon Energy, Cuda 15-27F 3H, Round Prairie, 
DateOil RunsMCF Sold
11-20252306322347
10-20252586023321
9-20253899233502
8-20252730617961
7-20252589711755