🛢️ Aagvik 5298 41-35 3BX

Oasis Petroleum North America LLC · McKenzie County, ND · File #34037 · Generated 2026-10-02 18:48

API: 33-053-08196
Target Formation: Middle Bakken
Confidence: High

📊 Signals (7)

Tier	Signal	Date	Service Impact
Tier 1	Requested and received a waiver from the tubing/packer requirement (NDAC 43-02-03-21) for the completion period immediately following fracture stimulation.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 SUNDRY NOTICES AND REPORTS ON WELLS - FORM 4 (JUL 27 2018) Operator secured a regulatory variance to deviate from standard completion safety rules, allowing casing to be exposed during frac and flowback without a packer.	2018-07-25	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	Well was placed on confidential status immediately after completion, with first production on November 5, 2018.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 SUNDRY NOTICES AND REPORTS ON WELLS - FORM 4 (NOV 16 2018) Operator secured confidential status to withhold initial production data, a strategic move to control market information.	2018-11-15	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Well path required active geosteering and an anti-collision maneuver to underpass an existing well (Aagvik 1-35H) with a ~7' TVD buffer. 📄 SUNBURST CONSULTING Report (Geology Service) Demonstrates complex pad drilling with wellbore proximity management, requiring real-time interpretation and directional adjustments to avoid collision.	2018-04-18	Directional Drilling
Tier 3	Drilling encountered significant problems requiring a sidetrack due to stuck pipe and failed cement, adding non-productive time. 📄 SUNBURST CONSULTING Report (Geology Service) Substantial drilling dysfunction (stuck pipe, lost returns, failed sidetrack attempt) required multiple interventions including wireline, jars, and cementing.	2018-04-10	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Amended the bottom hole location and completion style from a cemented shoe to a 'wet shoe' to allow fracking out the shoe, shortening the lateral. 📄 SUNDRY NOTICES AND REPORTS ON WELLS - FORM 4 (FEB 26 2018) Significant late-stage change to well design and target endpoint, moving TD 50' closer and switching to a wet shoe completion to enable shoe fracking.	2018-02-22	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	Requested and received a waiver from open hole logging requirements (NDAC 43-02-03-31), substituting cased hole logs and mud log data. 📄 SUNDRY NOTICES AND REPORTS ON WELLS - FORM 4 (SEP 2017) Regulatory approval to skip standard open hole logging suite, reducing data acquisition costs and time during drilling.	2017-10-01	Mud / Fluids
Tier 3	Requested and received permission for a 90-day suspension of drilling after setting surface casing, using a smaller rig initially. 📄 SUNDRY NOTICES AND REPORTS ON WELLS - FORM 4 (SEP 20 2017) Planned operational pause to use a smaller, cheaper rig for surface hole, indicating a staged, cost-saving drilling strategy.	Unknown	Drilling Rigs

💡 Operator Intent

To optimize capital efficiency by staging drilling operations, using a smaller, cheaper rig for the surface hole before mobilizing the full-scale drilling rig.

OPNA requests permission for suspension of drilling for up to 90 days... to take advantage of the cost savings and time savings of using an initial rig that is smaller than the rig necessary to drill a well to TD.
To maximize reservoir contact within a tightly spaced unit while meticulously managing wellbore collision risks with existing laterals.

The Aagvik 5298 41-35 3BX would intersect only the Aagvik 1-35H at ~15,900' MD... it was decided to underpass the Aagvik 1-35H with a ten foot buffer... the wellbore was steered up avoiding contact.
To implement a specific completion design (wet shoe) that allows stimulation treatments to extend out of the liner shoe, potentially enhancing near-wellbore connectivity.

Oasis also requests to amend the toe completions style to a wet shoe... The North 150' setback is based on a production liner cemented in the lateral with a wet shoe and the ability to frac out the shoe.
To control market perception by withholding initial production performance data via confidential status.

Effective immediately, we request CONFIDENTIAL STATUS for the above referenced well. This well was completed on November 5, 2018. - DATE OF FIRST PRODUCTION.

🔧 Service Operator Relevance

Directional Drilling & Geosteering

The documented anti-collision maneuver and dense pad drilling (intersecting existing well) demonstrate an ongoing, high-skill requirement for precise wellbore placement and real-time geosteering in the area.

Fishing & Remedial Services

The significant stuck pipe event and sidetrack on this well highlight operational risks in the field; vendors specializing in fishing, jarring, and wellbore recovery may see demand on similar wells.

Pressure-Actuated Completion Tools

The switch to a 'wet shoe' completion design requiring pressure-actuated toe sleeves indicates a specific tooling need for future wells where operators plan to frac out the shoe.

Specialized Drilling (Small Rig)

The approved plan to use a smaller rig for surface holes suggests a recurring, planned niche for contractors with smaller equipment to perform initial phase work on multi-well pads.