🛢️ MAGNUM 5301 36 6BX

ENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATION · McKenzie County, ND · File #43144 · Generated 2026-08-22 03:09

API: 3305310850
Target Formation: Middle Bakken
Confidence: High

📊 Signals (7)

Tier	Signal	Date	Service Impact
Tier 2	Use of a 'wet shoe' liner configuration for cost-effective toe initiation 📄 Section 1.11 Wet Shoe and accompanying schematic Design involves intentionally over-displacing cement by 7 barrels to create ~400 ft of uncemented annulus at the liner toe. This allows pumping down first-stage perforating guns on wireline, avoiding more expensive tubing-conveyed or tractor methods.	Unknown	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	Closed mud system with no cuttings pit required; cuttings must go to licensed disposal facility 📄 Permit Stipulations & Section 1.10 Licensed Facilities Permit stipulation mandates a closed mud system. Operator declares cuttings will be hauled to the closest available licensed facility from a pre-vetted list (e.g., Ideal Oilfield Disposal, IHD Solids Management).	2026-07-22	Mud / Fluids
Tier 3	Mandatory contact with specific NDIC Field Inspector (Marc Binns) prior to pad expansion or conductor setting 📄 Permit Stipulations Page 3 Regulatory condition names a specific inspector (Marc Binns, 701-770-2564) who must be contacted before two specific operations: expanding the pad or setting conductor. This is a personalized regulatory checkpoint.	2026-07-22	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Casing inspection log required on deep-set surface casing prior to setting next string 📄 Permit Stipulations Page 2 Beyond standard CBLs, a specific casing inspection log is mandated on the 13-3/8-inch surface casing before drilling ahead. This is a non-routine integrity check.	2026-07-22	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Waiver requested for mandatory adjacent operator notification due to common parent company (Chord Energy) 📄 Letter to NDIC dated Monday, July 20, 2026 Operator requests waiver from notifying adjacent operator (Oasis Petroleum North America LLC) because both are subsidiaries of Chord Energy. This bypasses a standard regulatory step.	2026-07-20	Regulatory / Permitting
Tier 3	Off-spacing drilling from surface location outside target unit with executed Surface Use Agreement 📄 Affidavit affirming Surface Use Agreement Well is drilled from a pad in Lot 7, Sec 4, T152N, R101W into 'off-lease' units (S25,36 T153N R101W & S30,31 T153N R100W). Requires a Surface Use Agreement with the landowner, indicating complex surface access negotiations are already resolved.	2026-07-20	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Anticipated drilling commencement date explicitly stated as July 15, 2025, in operator's proposed work⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 Section 1.8 Anticipated Starting Dates The document contains a forward-looking operational date (Jul 15, 2025) for well commencement, which is specific and pre-dates the permit approval date (Jul 22, 2026). This indicates advanced planning and a target timeline.	2025-07-15	Mud / Fluids

💡 Operator Intent

To drill a multi-well pad targeting multiple spacing units from a single, strategically located surface site.

Affidavit references two wells (MAGNUM 5301 36 4BHP and 6BX) drilled from the same pad into 'off-lease' units. The plat shows multiple well paths and an existing pad, indicating a developed multi-well location.
To minimize completion costs by employing a standardized 'wet shoe' liner design for toe initiation.

Detailed engineering description of the wet shoe configuration states it 'allows the operator to pump-down the first stage perforating guns on wireline, avoiding the more expensive option...'
To expedite regulatory process and reduce surface owner friction through pre-negotiated Surface Use Agreements for off-spacing operations.

The executed Surface Use Agreement affidavit is filed with the permit, showing intent to secure surface access upfront rather than dealing with delays or objections during operations.

🔧 Service Operator Relevance

Directional Drilling / Surveying

High-density anti-collision planning required with over 40 offset wellbores identified. Specific survey frequencies mandated (100' vertical, 30' curve, 90' lateral). The anti-collision statement reveals use of real-time corrected surveys and gamma ray signatures for avoidance, indicating need for advanced MWD/geosteering services.

Cementing & Casing Services

Complex casing program with deep surface casing, intermediate string, and a wet shoe production liner. Multiple Cement Bond Logs (CBL) required, including a zero-pressure pass on surface casing. Specific centralizer placement mandated. The wet shoe design requires precise cement over-displacement.

Waste Hauling & Solids Disposal

Closed mud system stipulation creates immediate, non-optional demand for hauling dry cuttings to one of the named licensed facilities. This service is locked in prior to spud.

Wireline Perforating

The wet shoe design is specifically intended to enable wireline pump-down of the first stage perforating guns. This creates a definitive opportunity for wireline perforating services at the toe of the well.

Pad Construction & Civil Work

Must contact NDIC Field Inspector Marc Binns BEFORE expanding pad or setting conductor. New pad construction statement details material sourcing and compaction specs. Indicates civil work is a regulated, pre-spud critical path item.