Grayson Mill (Equinor) -- Looking To Put A Section Line Well In Catwalk-Bakken -- November 20, 2021

From the NDIC December, 2021, hearing dockets.

This is a case, not a permit. This simply means that Grayson Mill is seeking permission from the regulator to place a well in this drilling unit.

• 29097, Grayson Mill Energy (Equinor), Catwalk-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 25/36-154-101 and 30/31-154-100; one well; McKenzie, Williams.

See Tucker, parcel 1057. 

The deed and background:

• Williams County 
• Catwalk Oil Field.  
• Section 30-154-100 
• Section 30: E1/2NW1/4 less 7.23 acre tract in NE1/4NW1/4, W1/2NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, SE1/4 (E2NW4 less 7.23 acre tract in NE4NW4, W2NE4, E4NW4, SE4)
  
  
  • Sections 30/31 is a 1280-acre drilling unit.
  • Section 27 is not yet part of a 2560-acre drilling unit.
    

Within a day or two of the NDIC December, 2021, hearing dockets to be posted, including the case noted above, a reader sent me this scanned copy of an offer for his/her mineral rights in that drilling unit;

 

White Rock Oil & Gas LLC

Policies

Royalty checks:

• minimum: $50
• North Dakota has $100 requirement
• Texas has $50 requirement; White Rock HQs: Plano, TX
• at least one check every six months, June, January
• North Dakota has "one year" rule

Updates

November 25, 2023:

• still the same wells; nothing has changed
• two wells
• Rehab 4-33
• State of North Dakota F-1

August 20, 2022:

• two wells
• Rehab 4-33
• State of North Dakota F-1

December 19, 2021: White Rock brings an old Madison well back on line. Link here.

15344, AB/109, White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC; Rehab 4-33, a Red River well, Indian Hill, t2/03; cum 128K 8/19; producing about 200 bbls/month; update: went on the abandoned list and quit producing oil as of October, 2019; out of the blue, this well began producing again, two years later, in October, 2021, producing 122 bbls in October, 2021.

Original Post

Section 33-153-101, Indian Hill.

One well:

• 11492, 475, White Rock, State of North Dakota F 1, Indian Hill, the Madison formation, t5/85; cum 379K 9/21; recent production --

Monthly Production Data:

NDIC	Name	Pool		Oct 22	Sep 22	Aug 22	Jul 22	Jun 22	May 22	Apr 22	Mar 22	February
15344	Rehab 4-33	Red River				200	221	213	218	215	73	8
11492	State of ND F 1	Madison				711	708	718	223	385	810	217

End.

Harrisburg 2-27HSL -- Indian Hill -- November 16, 2021

Updates

April 5, 2022: reader says Harrisburg section line well now showing up on statement; started showing up in February, 2022, statement and again, in March, 2022.

April 4, 2022: Tucker / Ekke received division orders this week for the CLR Harrisburg 2-27HSL well, a section line well with 2560-acre spacing.  Production to date:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	2-2022	28	13761	13820	25865	11511	11151	0
BAKKEN	1-2022	29	22472	22393	36565	14523	14164	0
BAKKEN	12-2021	23	19811	19860	31431	14669	14387	0
BAKKEN	11-2021	27	28196	27987	45471	21468	21125	0
BAKKEN	10-2021	3	145	145	1091	13	0	0

December 1, 2021: the well discussed below --

• 37661, 33-053-09474, conf, CLR, Harrisburg 2-27HSL, Indian Hill, fracked 9/17/21 - 9/23/21; 7.61 million gallons of water. 87.388% water by mass;

The reader noted that in his/her November 24, 2021 XTO statement some wells did not produce any oil for the month of September, 2021.

I checked XTO's three Nelson Federal wells on Indian Hill:

• 20971, 1,087, XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33R, Indian Hill, t9/11; cum 203K 9/21; this is an active well, but it was taken off line 5/21 (May, 2021); it produced very little oil when it was producing;
• 23761, 825, XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33F, Indian Hill, t2/13; cum 113K 7/21; this well was taken off line 8/21 (August, 2021) and remains off line 9/21;
• 23762, 1,246, XTO, Nelsen State 24X-33A, Indian Hill, t2/13; cum 253K 8/21; this well was taken off line 9/21 (September, 2021)

The fact that these three wells were taken off line suggests CLR is fracking the Harrisburg site discussed in the original post. 

Original Post 

1. Continental Resources (CLR) has a 4-well Harrisburg pad sited in NENW 27-153-10, Indian Hill. 

2. These wells are still confidential but are due to come off the confidential list this week. Unfortunately because of IT problems at NDIC, the NDIC is not updating scout tickets so even when this well comes confidential list we may not know what is going on for awhile.

3. My hunch: all of these wells, with one exception, will be 1280-acre spacing, sections 27 / 34-153-101 which does not affect Ekke. 

4. Ekke has minerals:

• section 33-153-101, S1/2NE1/4, N1/2SE1/4, SW?

5. The one exception:

• Harrisburg 2-27HSL
• I'm pretty sure that HSL = horizontal middle Bakken, section line
• a section line well is generally spaced for four sections, 5280-acre spacing
• if so, this section line well run down the section line between sections 33 and 34 of that township
• those sections are already spaced for 5280-acre drilling

6. If this is all accurate, then Ekke should have minerals in this Harrisburg 2027HSL, NDIC ##37761.

The graphics:

• the red star: section where Ekke has minerals
• the black stars: the 4-section drilling unit
• the big black arrow running south: likely location of the Harrisburg 2-27HSL horizontal bore
  

Zabolotny -- November 12, 2021

 

1. Petro-Hunt has a well sited in SE SE section, #37987, a Zabolotny well. It's still on confidential but has sold oil for three months, August, September, and October, 2021.

2. It's on confidential but the name and the location suggest will will run through the 1280-acre drilling unit to the south:

• sections 4 and 9 -- T144N - R98W.

3. If that is correct, Tucker had a deed for that drilling unit in the Billings County deeds:

• Section 4: Lot 4, SW4NW4,W2W4
• Section 9: N2

4. In Petro-Hunt's pay and production statement of October, 2021, this well did not show up.