Phoenix gets four McKenzie permits in DMR report
Daily filings also show 18 renewals, two Burlington completions and 12 abandoned Whiting wells.
The DMR Daily Activity Report recorded four new drilling permits approved in yesterday's filings, all issued to Phoenix Operating LLC in the Ranch Creek field of McKenzie County.
Permit numbers 43483 through 43486 cover the John 29-20-17 5H, 4H, 3H and 2H wells, each located in the NE NE 32-146N-98W section, according to the report. The four wells were the only new permits in the day's DMR activity, making Phoenix the sole operator with fresh drilling approvals.
The report recorded 18 permit renewals. Detailed entries included two Lime Rock Resources III-A, L.P. renewals in Dunn County's Cabernet field: #30058 for the State 3-25-36H-144-97 L, Lot 1, 30-144N-96W, and #30059 for the Kary 5-24-13H-144-97 L, Lot 1, 30-144N-96W. The Kary renewal was noted as a location outside of a spacing unit.
Petro-Hunt L.L.C. renewed two Burke County permits in the North Tioga field: #42484 and #42485 for the Setterlund 159-94-33D-28-2H and 159-94-33D-28-3H wells, both in the SW SE 33-159N-94W section. The report marked the permits confidential and described them as proposed drillbacks outside of a spacing unit.
Two producing wells were completed, both by Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP in McKenzie County. Permit #42175, the Omlid 1-8-7 TFH in the SE SW 07-151N-97W section, was reported at 833 barrels of oil per day and 0 barrels of water per day. Permit #42184, the Omlid 6-8-7 MBH in the same section, was reported at 1072 barrels of oil per day and 1558 barrels of water per day.
The report also listed 12 wells under producer now abandoned. The listed abandonments were all Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation wells.
The abandonments included Mountrail County wells such as Fladeland 44-31H (#17641), Brehm 21-4H (#19320), Hukkanen 11-23H (#22563), Van Hook 44-4H (#24857), Waldock Federal 14-4-3XH (#27231) and Bender 14-6H (#27310).
They also included McKenzie County wells Koala 15-31-30-2H (#21306) and Koala 4-4-28-3H3 (#27410), and Williams County wells P State 154-97-3-16-21-14H (#23373), Kaldahl 34-12H (#23870) and Kaldahl 24-12H (#29338). A 12th Whiting abandonment, Gajewski 32-7 (#34466), was listed at NWNE 7-151N-101W.
For Bakken operators and royalty owners, the report showed new permit activity concentrated in the Ranch Creek area of McKenzie County, completed wells in the Omlid area, and Whiting wells being retired across Mountrail, McKenzie and Williams counties. Renewal entries showed Lime Rock permits in Dunn County's Cabernet field and Petro-Hunt permits marked confidential in Burke County's North Tioga field.
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DMR Daily Activity Report
