In the graphic below, the "red stars" indicate CLR's "Long Creek Unit." The "blue starts" are the two sections in which Reader Tucker has minerals.
One mile/two miles to the east of those minerals in sections 29/30-153-99, it appears that CLR plans to drill sixteen wells (as noted below). Half of these wells with target the middle Bakken; half will target the first bench of the Three Forks. Deeper benches of the Three Forks are not targeted.
Of course the wells could fan out across the entire drilling unit, but my hunch is that these wells will run on the west half of the drilling unit. If so, this is quite stunning to say the least.
On August 8, 2019, the NDIC posted the following "preliminary" data in the daily activity report released that day.
Williams County
Long Creek Unit
SWSW 22-153-99
1834' FSL and 2382' FWL
map here
- LCU Foster Federal 12-28HSL1,
- LCU Ralph Federal 2-27H,
- LCU Ralph Federal 3-27H1,
- LCU Ralph Federal 4-27H,
- LCU Ralph Federal 5-27H1,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 2-22H,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 3-22H1,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 4-22H,
1834' FSL and 2382' FWL
map here
- LCU Ralph Federal 6-27H,
- LCU Ralph Federal 7-2H1,
- LCU Ralph Federal 8-28H,
- LCU Ralph Federal 9-27H1,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 5-22H1,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 6-22H,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 7-22H1,
- LCU Reckitt Federal 8-22H,
The graphics:
In the first graphic, the reader has minerals in drilling units "A" and "B." Drilling units are one mile wide, so the new (proposed) CLR wells are one and two miles, respectively, east of the reader's minerals.
One does not need to be a rocket scientist to think that there will be a similar number of wells in the reader's drilling units if the price of oil is "right."
The next two graphics show the neighborhood. For more on the Long Creek oil field, see this post.
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