Upping the downspacingContinental, Hess have hundreds of infill wells on their drawing boards Mike Ellerd Petroleum News Bakken
Continental Resources filed numerous applications with the North Dakota Industrial Commission in November seeking authority to increase well densities ranging from 14 wells per 1,120-acre unit to 28 wells per 2,560-acre unit in more than 200 drill spacing zones within in nearly 50 fields spread across seven western counties. Commission hearings on those and other infill applications are scheduled for Nov. 20 and 21 in Bismarck.
Continental wants to drill up to 14 wells on each existing 1,280-acre spacing unit in 191 separate drilling zones across 46 fields in Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams counties and up to 28 wells on each existing 2,560-acre unit in 51 zones across 25 fields in those seven counties. In addition, Continental is looking to drill up to 14 wells on existing 1,120-acre units in one zone, 14 wells on existing 1,600-acre units in another zone, and 14 wells on existing 1,920-acre units in three other zones. Zones are established within fields or pools by the Industrial Commission to modify previous spacing orders.
Hess Corp. is seeking authority from the commission to drill up to eight wells on each of 22 separate 1,280-acre spacing units and up to eight wells on one 640-acre unit in the Little Knife field in western Dunn County. Hess also wants to drill up to eight wells on six other 1,280-acre units in the Traux, Ranch Coulee, Lone Butte, Big Gulch and Jim Creek fields in Dunn, McKenzie and Williams counties. In addition, Hess wants to drill up to six wells on each of 26 other 1,280-acre units in the Antelope, Cherry Creek, Ellsworth, Juniper and Sather Lake fields in McKenzie County.
Oasis and Slawson apps Oasis Petroleum submitted applications seeking the commission’s approval to drill from nine up to 21 wells on an unspecified number of 640-acre and 1,280-acre units in McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams counties. The company wants to drill up to 21 wells on some or all of the existing 1,280-acre units in the Alger and Alkali Creek fields in McKenzie, Mountrail and Williams counties, and up to 21 wells on some or all of the existing 640-acre units in the Robinson Lake and Sanish fields in Mountrail and McKenzie counties. Oasis also wants to drill up to 16 wells on some or all of the existing 1,280-acre units in the Cottonwood field in Burke and Mountrail counties, up to 15 wells on some or all of the existing 1,280-acre units in the Camp and Tyrone fields in McKenzie and Williams counties, and up to nine wells on some or all of the 1,280-acre units in the Crazy Man Creek field in McKenzie and Williams counties.
Slawson Exploration submitted applications with the commission seeking approval to drill up to seven wells on each of six existing 1,280-acre units in Bully, Trailside, Charbonneau, Elk and Arnegard fields in McKenzie County and in the Ross fields in Mountrail County. Slawson is also looking to drill a total of seven wells on an existing 640-acre unit in the Kittleson Slough field in northern Mountrail County.
Other drilling apps EOG Resources is seeking authority from the commission to drill up to 36 wells on an existing 2,560-acre spacing unit in the Kittleson Slough field, and up to 18 wells on an existing 1,280-acre unit in the adjacent Clear Water field. In the Painted Woods field in southwest Williams County, EOG wants to drill up to nine wells on each of two existing 1,280-acre spacing units.
QEP Energy Co. wants permission to drill up to 16 wells on an existing 3,200-acre unit in far southern end of the Van Hook field which spans the east side of the peninsula in Mountrail County but a portion of which extends south into Dunn County.
WPX Energy submitted an application seeking approval to drill up to 11 wells on an existing 1,280-acre unit that spans parts of Mountrail and Dunn counties at the south end of the peninsula in Reunion Bay field.
Triangle USA Petroleum wants to drill a total of eight wells on each of two existing 1,280-acre units in the Buffalo Wallow field in central McKenzie County.
MDU Resources subsidiary Fidelity Exploration and Production is seeking authority to drill a total of four wells on an existing 1,280-acre unit in the Green River field in northwest Stark County.
Whiting Oil and Gas is seeking permission to drill up to four horizontal wells on each of three existing 1,280-acre units in the Bicentennial field in northern Golden Valley County, and up to eight wells on an existing 1,280-acre unit in the Lonesome field in northwest McKenzie County. Whiting also wants to drill a second vertical well on an existing 320-acre unit in the Camel Hump field in central Golden Valley County.
Kodiak Oil and Gas (USA) applied to drill up to six wells on an existing 2,560-acre unit in the Traux field in south-central Williams County.
Petro-Hunt is seeking authorization to drill up to five wells on an existing 1,280-acre unit in the Little Knife field in western Dunn County.
Newfield Production wants to drill two wells on an existing 640-acre unit in the Westberg field in northeast McKenzie County.
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