Potter 4595 33-29 5B - Intelligence Brief

OASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLC · Dunn County, ND · File #43371 · Generated 2026-10-07 05:28

📊 Signals (4)

Tier	Signal	Date	Service Impact
Tier 2	Operator plans a 'wet shoe' completion configuration, intentionally leaving ~400 ft of uncemented annulus at the liner toe to facilitate pump-down perforating. 📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information' section, '1.11 Wet Shoe' and diagram (Fig. 1.1) This is a specific engineering design choice aimed at reducing completion costs by avoiding more expensive perforating methods, indicating a deliberate operational strategy.	2026-09-02	Completions / Frac
Tier 3	Well location is on an aquifer, triggering a mandatory onsite inspection and stipulations including a closed mud system, no drilling pit, and an impermeable liner for the entire location.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE 📄 Permit Information page, 'STIPULATIONS' section This is a high-risk location requiring extra regulatory oversight and specific environmental safeguards, adding cost and complexity to operations.	2026-10-05	Mud / Fluids
Tier 3	Operator has 'Requested Waiver' for open-hole logs, planning only a Cement Bond Log from the intermediate casing to the surface shoe. 📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information', '1.7 Evaluation Program' This represents a cost-saving design choice that deviates from routine data acquisition, impacting service demand for logging contractors.	2026-09-02	Regulatory / Permitting
Tier 3	Operator has declared a pre-approved list of nine specific licensed facilities for solid drill cuttings disposal, stating cuttings 'will be hauled to the closest available facility to the well.' 📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information', '1.10 Licensed Facilities for Solid Drill Cutting Disposal' This is a non-routine, explicit pre-selection of a vendor ecosystem for waste disposal, locking in business for the named companies.	2026-09-02	General Oilfield Services

Tier

Signal

Date

Service Impact

Tier 2

Operator plans a 'wet shoe' completion configuration, intentionally leaving ~400 ft of uncemented annulus at the liner toe to facilitate pump-down perforating.
📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information' section, '1.11 Wet Shoe' and diagram (Fig. 1.1)
This is a specific engineering design choice aimed at reducing completion costs by avoiding more expensive perforating methods, indicating a deliberate operational strategy.

2026-09-02

Completions / Frac

Tier 3

Well location is on an aquifer, triggering a mandatory onsite inspection and stipulations including a closed mud system, no drilling pit, and an impermeable liner for the entire location.⏰ TIME-SENSITIVE
📄 Permit Information page, 'STIPULATIONS' section
This is a high-risk location requiring extra regulatory oversight and specific environmental safeguards, adding cost and complexity to operations.

2026-10-05

Mud / Fluids

Tier 3

Operator has 'Requested Waiver' for open-hole logs, planning only a Cement Bond Log from the intermediate casing to the surface shoe.
📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information', '1.7 Evaluation Program'
This represents a cost-saving design choice that deviates from routine data acquisition, impacting service demand for logging contractors.

2026-09-02

Regulatory / Permitting

Tier 3

Operator has declared a pre-approved list of nine specific licensed facilities for solid drill cuttings disposal, stating cuttings 'will be hauled to the closest available facility to the well.'
📄 Attachment: '1 Well Information', '1.10 Licensed Facilities for Solid Drill Cutting Disposal'
This is a non-routine, explicit pre-selection of a vendor ecosystem for waste disposal, locking in business for the named companies.

2026-09-02

General Oilfield Services

💡 Operator Intent

To drill a multi-well pad with complex anti-collision management and a specific 'wet shoe' completion design for operational efficiency.

The file includes a 'Full Well Diagram and WetShoe configuration' and an 'Anti-Collision Statement' detailing precautions like real-time corrected surveys and gamma ray signatures to avoid existing wellbores.

To manage significant earthwork and pad construction for a multi-well operation.

The 'New Well Pad Construction Statement' and attached engineering sheets detail extensive earthwork quantities (e.g., 'EXCAVATION AFTER STRIPPING: 60,400 C.Y.') for the 'GRYFFINDOR 4595 33-29 PAD'.

🔧 Service Operator Relevance

Environmental & Containment Services

The aquifer stipulation requires immediate NDIC Field Inspector contact and implementation of a closed mud system and full-location impermeable liner before construction, creating urgent demand for liner installation and closed-loop system vendors.

Drilling Waste Hauling & Disposal

The operator's pre-declared list of nine licensed disposal facilities creates a near-term opportunity for those specific vendors once drilling commences, as cuttings must be hauled to the 'closest available' from this list.

Directional Drilling / Surveying

The complex anti-collision environment with many existing wells necessitates precise well planning and real-time surveying services, as indicated in the Anti-Collision Statement and detailed trajectory plans.

Pad Construction & Earthwork

The approved permit and attached construction plans with extensive earthwork quantities (over 60,000 cy of excavation) signal that pad construction is imminent or underway to support this multi-well pad.

🛢️ Potter 4595 33-29 5B

📊 Signals (4)

💡 Operator Intent

🔧 Service Operator Relevance