AB-Kelly Renee Federal 29-26H MB LS

MUREX PETROLEUM CORPORATION · Williams County, ND · File #42455 · Generated 2026-10-14 06:31

API: 3310506738
Target Formation: Middle Bakken
Permit Explained: Yes

Permit Cycle Assessment

The permit approval is directly conditioned by regulatory stipulations tied to Commission Order 34020, specific setback requirements justified by a cemented liner with a wet shoe design, a drilling/completion sequencing mandate, and jurisdiction-based pre-construction inspections.

Permit Cycle Signals (5)

Approval conditioned on wellbore staying within 500' drilling corridor with specific 150' west and 100' east setbacks from boundaries of the 3840-acre spacing unit. East setback justification: 'The east setback is based on a production liner cemented in the lateral with a wet shoe and no ability to frac out the shoe.'

Direct

Permit Information / Stipulations, Conditions of Approval
2026-06-15 (Exact confidence)

Stipulation directly conditions the permit approval on a non-standard setback linked to a specific well design (cemented liner with wet shoe).

Permit condition requiring one horizontal well to be drilled and completed in the 1920-acre laydown spacing unit (Sections 26, 27, 28) prior to completing any well in the 3840-acre laydown lease-line spacing unit (Sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35).

Direct

Permit Information / Stipulations, Conditions of Approval
2026-06-15 (Exact confidence)

Specific regulatory sequencing requirement that constrains the order of operations for this well's completion, conditioning its permit.

Stipulation requiring operator to contact NDIC Field Inspector Robert Stafford prior to location construction due to well being within Tioga's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, mandating an onsite inspection and site-specific stipulations.

Direct

Permit Information / Stipulations, Conditions of Approval
2026-06-15 (Exact confidence)

Direct condition tied to the permit's jurisdiction, triggering specific pre-construction actions and inspections.

Permit Modification Type of Work described as change to surface hole size (17.5"), surface casing size (13-3/8"), and addition of a Dakota string (12.25" hole).

Supporting

PROPOSED WORK section
Relative (Inferred confidence)

Explicitly defines the scope of the permit modification request, which is the basis for the approval.

Regulatory approval via Commission Order No. 34020 referenced as the basis for granting approval to drill.

Direct

Permit Information / Stipulations, Conditions of Approval
Unknown (Missing confidence)

Direct linkage to a governing regulatory order authorizing the well.

Historical Context (4)

Core and sample collection mandate from Base of Last Charles Salt, with specific intervals (30' vertical/build, 200' horizontal), requiring submission to state library within 30 days of drilling completion.
Cores and Samples letter from Ross Edison · 2025-11-10
Imposes a persistent post-drilling obligation for sample handling and submission that must be fulfilled after the permitted drilling operations.

Drillback waiver request for multiple wells (including this one) due to wellbores entering the Bakken system outside the target spacing unit. Waiver granted as operator is also the operator of the adjacent unit.
DRILLBACK WAIVER document · 2025-10-23
Documents a pre-existing regulatory clearance for the non-standard wellbore trajectory that remains valid for execution.

Anticollision report identifies a 'Collision Avoidance Required' warning with offset well 'AB-Ivy Jolyn Federal 29-26H MB' at a separation factor of 1.007.
Anticollision Report Summary · 2025-10-20
Establishes an ongoing operational constraint requiring specific anti-collision procedures during drilling execution.

Surface Use Agreement in place with landowner Berniece B. Olson for off-spacing operations, effective August 1, 2025.
AFFIDAVIT of Sam Giamfortone · 2025-09-23
Represents a binding surface access agreement that remains in force for the duration of operations.

Operator Pattern

Operator utilizes detailed well design plans (wet shoe schematic), comprehensive anticollision analysis, and pre-emptively secures surface agreements and regulatory waivers.
Drilling program includes wet shoe design detail; anticollision report addresses multi-well pad risks; affidavit confirms surface agreement; drillback waiver pre-filed.

Confidence: High
The permit document (dated 2026-06-15) contains explicit stipulations and conditions of approval that directly explain the permit action. Supporting technical documents (drill program, anticollision) are date-stamped and clearly linked. Historical documents are distinct and time-bound prior to the permit.