ROOSTER 29-20-17-8 4HF - Intelligence Brief

Phoenix Operating LLC · Divide County, ND · File #43358 · Generated 2026-10-02 19:03

📊 Signals (5)

Tier	Signal	Date	Service Impact
Tier 2	Permit includes a specific condition for a wet shoe in the production liner to enable fracking out the shoe, tied to a reduced north setback. 📄 Permit Review Policy / Conditions of Approval This is a non-standard engineering condition modifying standard setbacks, indicating a tailored wellbore design to maximize lateral length within the unit.	Unknown	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	NDIC engineer flagged potential Federal (BLM) permit requirement due to spacing unit composition.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 Email from Nathaniel Erbele dated 9/22/2026 Identifies an additional, non-NDIC regulatory layer (BLM) that the operator must address, adding complexity and potential delay.	2026-09-22	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Operator filed a waiver request for backbuild order notification citing majority working interest ownership in adjacent unit. 📄 Letter: ROOSTER 29-20-17-8 4HF - Backbuild Order Waiver Demonstrates proactive regulatory strategy to streamline operations by leveraging ownership structure to avoid formal notifications.	2026-09-09	Regulatory / Permitting
Tier 3	Operator must contact NDIC Field Inspector Marc Binns prior to location construction.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 Permit Review Policy / Conditions of Approval Pre-construction contact with a specific inspector is a stipulated condition, creating a defined regulatory checkpoint before work begins.	Relative	General Oilfield Services
Tier 3	Drill cuttings disposal pre-selected to Smoky Butte Environmental LLC. 📄 PROPOSED DRILLING PLAN - DISPOSAL OF DRILL CUTTINGS The waste disposal vendor is explicitly named in the drilling plan, indicating a locked-in service contract.	Unknown	General Oilfield Services

Tier

Signal

Date

Service Impact

Tier 2

Permit includes a specific condition for a wet shoe in the production liner to enable fracking out the shoe, tied to a reduced north setback.
📄 Permit Review Policy / Conditions of Approval
This is a non-standard engineering condition modifying standard setbacks, indicating a tailored wellbore design to maximize lateral length within the unit.

Unknown

Completions / Frac

Tier 3

NDIC engineer flagged potential Federal (BLM) permit requirement due to spacing unit composition.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE
📄 Email from Nathaniel Erbele dated 9/22/2026
Identifies an additional, non-NDIC regulatory layer (BLM) that the operator must address, adding complexity and potential delay.

2026-09-22

General Oilfield Services

Tier 3

Operator filed a waiver request for backbuild order notification citing majority working interest ownership in adjacent unit.
📄 Letter: ROOSTER 29-20-17-8 4HF - Backbuild Order Waiver
Demonstrates proactive regulatory strategy to streamline operations by leveraging ownership structure to avoid formal notifications.

2026-09-09

Regulatory / Permitting

Tier 3

Operator must contact NDIC Field Inspector Marc Binns prior to location construction.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE
📄 Permit Review Policy / Conditions of Approval
Pre-construction contact with a specific inspector is a stipulated condition, creating a defined regulatory checkpoint before work begins.

Relative

General Oilfield Services

Tier 3

Drill cuttings disposal pre-selected to Smoky Butte Environmental LLC.
📄 PROPOSED DRILLING PLAN - DISPOSAL OF DRILL CUTTINGS
The waste disposal vendor is explicitly named in the drilling plan, indicating a locked-in service contract.

Unknown

General Oilfield Services

💡 Operator Intent

To drill a long lateral well from a surface location outside the target spacing unit, maximizing resource access from a centralized pad.

Well is proposed from Section 31 but targets the Bakken pool in Sections 8, 17, 20, 29, as shown in the completion intervals and the backbuild waiver letter.

To streamline regulatory approval and neighbor notification by leveraging majority working interest ownership in adjacent lands.

The operator's waiver letter states 'Phoenix Energy is the majority WI Owner of the adjacent Sections... therefore, no additional notification is necessary.'

🔧 Service Operator Relevance

Drilling Waste Management

Vendor Smoky Butte Environmental is explicitly contracted for cuttings disposal; service is required upon commencement of drilling.

Civil Construction & Earthwork

Detailed pad layout, earthwork quantities (98,550 Cu. Yds. cut), and access road plans are finalized, indicating imminent site construction activity.

Regulatory & Land Coordination

The need to contact BLM per NDIC email and the pre-construction check with Inspector Marc Binns create immediate, time-sensitive coordination tasks.

🛢️ ROOSTER 29-20-17-8 4HF

📊 Signals (5)

💡 Operator Intent

🔧 Service Operator Relevance