EN-Van Berkom-157-93-2627H-2U

HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC · Mountrail County, ND · File #42289 · Generated 2026-10-14 06:31

API: 3306105575
Target Formation: Bakken
Permit Explained: Yes

Permit Cycle Assessment

The permit approval is directly explained by contemporaneous documentation. Key justifications include: 1) Approval pursuant to Order 33873 with specific setback conditions, 2) Technical rationale for east setback based on cemented liner design, 3) Explicit description of the permit modifications (location shift and conversion to U-turn lateral), and 4) Non-routine stipulations for post-drilling approval linked to the U-turn geometry. An anticollision report supports the modified well path.

Permit Cycle Signals (5)

Permit approved pursuant to Commission Order No. 33873, with condition that well bore portions not isolated by cement maintain specific setbacks: 500' from north/south boundaries, 50' drilling setback from west line at apex, and 150' from east boundary within the 1280-acre spacing unit.

Direct

Permit Stipulations section
2026-08-27 (Exact confidence)

Explicitly ties permit approval to a regulatory order and imposes non-standard setbacks (50' at apex) conditioned on well geometry and cement isolation.

East setback is based on a production liner cemented in the lateral with a wet shoe and the ability to frac out the shoe.

Direct

Permit Stipulations section
2026-08-27 (Exact confidence)

Provides the technical justification (cemented liner with wet shoe) for the modified 150' east setback, directly conditioning the permit approval.

Permit modifications: small change in SHL location to 1843 FSL/551 FEL from 1868 FSL/569 FEL. Changing well into U lateral.

Direct

PROPOSED WORK section
Relative (Inferred confidence)

Explicitly states the scope of the permit modification, justifying the new permit action (surface location shift and conversion to U-turn geometry).

Requirement to submit as-built directional survey, production liner and cementing details, and fracture stimulation procedures for prior approval before completing a U-turn horizontal well where any portion is closer than 500' to the most nearly parallel spacing unit boundary.

Direct

Page 2, CPF section
2026-08-27 (Exact confidence)

Imposes a specific, non-routine post-drilling approval requirement tied directly to the U-turn geometry and proximity to boundaries, conditioning the permit.

Anticollision report dated May 8, 2026, shows Level 1 separation factor warnings with offset well EN-Van Berkom-157-93-2627H-1 (As Drilled), indicating close proximity requiring risk assessment.

Supporting

Anticollision Report summary
2026-05-08 (Exact confidence)

Provides technical justification (risk assessment for close approach) supporting permit approval for a modified well path on an existing pad.

Historical Context (3)

Operator must maintain a covered, leak-proof container with placard for filter sock disposal on-site from spud through completion and flow-back whenever filtration is used, per NDAC and 2014 memo.
Page 10, Operator Assertions and attached Filter Sock memo · 2014-02-12
This is a persistent regulatory obligation for all wells that applies to future operations during completion and flow-back phases.

Hydraulic fracture stimulation using diesel fuels is prohibited; affidavit from Hess (April 21, 2022) confirms Halliburton does not use listed diesel fuels in ND operations.
Attached affidavit dated April 21, 2022 · 2022-04-21
This is a standing corporate policy and regulatory prohibition that governs all future stimulation work for Hess in the Bakken.

Perimeter berm required surrounding entire location. Pad constructed with sufficiently impermeable material in dikes and base.
Permit Stipulations and Operator Assertions · Unknown
This is a site-specific containment design requirement that persists for the life of the pad and affects all future well operations and spill prevention.

Operator Pattern

Hess utilizes detailed anti-collision protocols including certified planner guidance, real-time corrected surveys, minimum separation factors, risk assessments, MOCs, and gamma ray geo-steering.
Anti-collision statement in original APD (Page 7) and 2026 anticollision report demonstrating Level 1 risk management for close approaches.

Confidence: High
Key dates (permit approval 8/27/2026, anticollision report 5/8/2026) are explicitly provided. Permit conditions directly reference the modifications and provide technical justifications. Clear separation exists between current permit stipulations and historical, persistent obligations.