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: