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🛢️ QUARNE FED 2-11-14-23 1HF
Phoenix Operating LLC · Williams County, ND · File #42636 · Generated 2026-02-13 12:33
- API
- 3310506778
- Target Formation
- Bakken Formation
- Permit Explained
- Partially
📋 Permit Cycle Assessment
The permit approval on 2026-05-15 is conditioned by Commission Order No. 34633, which establishes specific setback requirements (150' north/south, 500' east/west) within a defined 2560-acre spacing unit. These setbacks are technically justified by the well design specification (production liner cemented with wet shoe and fracout capability). The Grenora-Bakken Pool definition provides the regulatory pool framework. Pre-permit directional drilling coordination with the adjacent spacing unit operator (Koda Resources) demonstrates compliance with NDIC Order No. 31848 notification requirements. However, a post-permit NDIC notice (dated 1/12/2026) indicates federal mineral interest oversight by the BLM Dickinson office, suggesting that federal permit filing may be a concurrent requirement not fully addressed in the state permit file itself. The file contains no evidence of BLM approval status or federal permit conditions as of the state permit approval date.
🔍 Permit Cycle Signals (5)
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section, page 1
📅 2026-05-15 (Exact confidence)
Direct regulatory order explicitly conditions this permit approval on specific boundary setbacks tied to spacing unit geometry
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section, page 1
📅 2026-05-15 (Exact confidence)
Ties specific well design (wet shoe with fracout) to setback justification; explains technical basis for approval condition
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section, page 1
📅 2026-05-15 (Exact confidence)
Establishes regulatory pool definition governing this well's target interval and completion constraints
📄 Affidavit of Tori Siemieniewski, Director—Bakken Regulatory, dated 12/31/2025; email from Nathaniel Erbele dated 1/12/26 referencing five-well pad spacing unit
📅 2025-12-31 (Exact confidence)
Demonstrates compliance with cross-spacing-unit drilling notification requirement; pre-permit adjacency coordination addressing regulatory obligation tied to well geometry
📄 Email from Nathaniel Erbele, NDIC Petroleum Engineer, to Phoenix Operating dated 1/12/2026 (post-permit notice)
📅 2026-01-12 (Exact confidence)
Flags federal mineral overlay requiring concurrent BLM permit; indicates regulatory coordination gap or condition not fully captured in state permit file
📖 Historical Context (5)
Requirement for leak-proof filter container on well location during drilling, clean-out, completion, and flow-back operations per NDIC directive dated 05/30/2025 (effective 06/01/2014 statewide)
📄 NDIC letter from Mark F. Bohrer, Assistant Director, dated May 30, 2025, referencing North Dakota Administrative Code Section 43-02-03-19.2 · 📅 2025-05-30
Operationally binding waste management requirement for all drilling phases; persists throughout well lifecycle until final disposition of filters in authorized facility. Non-compliance subjects operator to waste handling penalties.
Closed mud system with no cuttings pit stipulation
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section (Permit Review Policy), page 1 · 📅 2026-05-15
Operational constraint on drilling practices throughout well construction; eliminates surface cuttings pit option and mandates closed-loop mud management during entire drilling phase.
Remote or automatic shutoff devices required on all equipment
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section (Permit Review Policy), page 1 · 📅 2026-05-15
Safety equipment mandate applying to all operational equipment on location; persists through all drilling and completion phases and potentially through production operations.
Conductor casing set-on-permitted-wells-only constraint
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section (Conditions of Approval), page 1 · 📅 2026-05-15
Restricts conductor setting to this permitted well location only; prevents reuse of conductor on adjacent or offset wells within same pad or spacing unit, affecting future drilling logistics.
Pre-construction notification requirement: Phoenix Operating must contact NDIC Field Inspector Gunther Harms at 701-770-2564 prior to location construction commencement
📄 Application for Permit - Stipulations section (Construction Commencement Notification), page 1 · 📅 2026-05-15
Mandatory regulatory checkpoint before pad construction; regulator must approve construction readiness before earthwork begins, affecting project timeline and NDIC field oversight.
🔧 Operator Pattern
Multi-well pad development with coordinated directional drilling across shared spacing unit; proactive cross-unit operator notification compliance
Five horizontal wells (QUARNE FED 2-11-14-23 1HF through 5HF, plus QUARNE 2-11-14-23 3HF and 4HF variations) proposed from single pad location in Lot 4, Section 2, T159N, R103W. Operator notified adjacent spacing unit operator (Koda Resources) of directional trajectories entering adjacent acreage per regulatory requirement. Pad layout design document shows staged surface locations with lateral spacing to manage multi-well completions (surface footages at 425' FNL with 30' FWL increments: 1195', 1225', 1255', 1285', 1315', 1345' FWL). No historical violations or operational concerns noted in file.
Confidence: High
Permit approval date is clearly anchored (2026-05-15, dirt work). Stipulations are explicit and regulation-bound. Directional drilling coordination affidavit is dated and notarized (2025-12-31). NDIC notification email is contemporaneous (2026-01-12, post-permit, flagging federal oversight). Well design specifications (wet shoe, fracout) are documented in permit application. All date references verified except where explicitly marked as missing. OCR quality sufficient to extract regulatory orders and technical specifications. One uncertainty: BLM permit status as of state approval date is unclear from file (only flagged post-factum by NDIC).