🛢️ MH Hecker 1-11H

Murfin Drilling Company, Inc. · Dunn County, ND · File #41918 · Generated 2026-02-06 17:15

API: 3302505085
Target Formation: Middle Bakken
Confidence: High

📊 Signals

Tier	Signal	Date	Service Impact
Tier 2	Request for completion method waiver to use wet shoe sub without frac-out capability, allowing direct pumping of perforating guns for stage 1. Sundry Form ID: 259753	2025-07-23	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	Motor failure during drilling, leading to trip out and replacement of mud motor with higher bend angle for sidetrack success. Horizontal Wellbore section	2025-06-29	Mud / Fluids
Tier 3	Waiver granted for open hole logs, relying on offset well data instead of running porosity and resistivity logs. Sundry Form ID: 247996	2025-05-16	Regulatory / Permitting
Tier 3	Multiple sidetrack operations due to encountering Upper Bakken shale strikes, including open hole sidetrack after initial shale strike and additional sidetracks for wellbore optimization. Geological Summary and Horizontal Wellbore sections	2025-06-20 to 2025-06-29	Directional Drilling

🎯 Operator Intent

To maximize Middle Bakken exposure by avoiding shale intervals through sidetracks and optimizing lateral trajectory.

↳ Document details multiple sidetracks initiated upon encountering Upper Bakken shale, with decisions to displace to OBM and continue drilling to re-enter Middle Bakken.
To implement a cost-effective and efficient completion strategy using a wet shoe liner for selective perforating without frac-out capability.

↳ Sundry request for waiver to change completion method, approved for 100' setback and wet shoe design to pump guns directly.

🔧 Service Relevance

Directional Drilling and MWD Services

Sidetrack operations and motor failures during June 2025 drilling indicate immediate need for advanced directional tools and support to handle shale encounters and equipment issues.

Completion and Perforating Services

Completion method change approved in July 2025 signals upcoming opportunity for wet shoe sub and perforating gun deployment in the lateral section.