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:
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:
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:
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.
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:
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:
Locator: 10010GraysonMill.
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 11-2025 | 23063 | 22347 |
| 10-2025 | 25860 | 23321 |
| 9-2025 | 38992 | 33502 |
| 8-2025 | 27306 | 17961 |
| 7-2025 | 25897 | 11755 |
Hearing dockets are found here at the NDIC.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Link here.
Case 32477: Oasis requests orders to establish an overlapping standup 2560-acre unit -- sections 15 / 22 / 27 / 34-157-103 in Strandahl-Bakken pool, and to authorize three wells to be drilled on that unit.
The reader noted that case and sent a screenshot of part of his mineral rights deed:
FYI only. Just for interest. Unimportant.
Note: there may be typographical and/or content errors. I often make errors with maps. If this is important to you, go to the source.
Just the maps:
Zoom way out: east Montana and western North Dakota, mostly along US Highway 2.
Zoom in: four-section stand-up drilling unit, sections 6 / 7 / 18 / 19 -- T28N-R56E.
The Enerplus Lind and Hamilton wells are tracked here.
These wells will come off confidential April 22 - April 26, 2026, link here.
From the daily activity report, #19396, dated December 2, 2025:
One day later, December 3, 2025, Enerplus announced another Hamilton well that was plugged or producing:
December 8, 2025: another well, plugged or producing:
