🛢️ Hazy 3315-4BH

KODA Resources Operating, LLC · Divide County County, ND · File #42644 · Generated 2026-02-13 12:33

API: 3302301745
Target Formation: Bakken (Middle Bakken Dolomite)
Permit Explained: Yes

📋 Permit Cycle Assessment

The permit approval is directly explained by Commission Order No. 34629, which conditions drilling approval on compliance with specified setback distances (150' north/south, 500' east/west) within the defined 2560-acre spacing unit. The Bakken Setback Summary Statement justifies the cementing and completion design (production liner with wet shoe and frac-out capability) that satisfies these setback requirements. Anti-collision modeling dated 24 November 2025 provides technical support for the trajectory design, demonstrating separation factors above warning levels for all offset wells. KODA's waiver request from Order 31973 (dated 5 December 2025) is justified by its majority operator status in both the reference well spacing unit and the adjacent unit through which the wellbore traverses. The executed Surface Use Agreement (12 January 2026) confirms the operator has secured surface rights from the Mae Ludwig Life Estate, completing the permit-cycle prerequisite. All material pre-permit submissions reference or condition the specific permit approval anchored to the file number and approval order.

🔍 Permit Cycle Signals (5)

Commission Order No. 34629 approval granted conditioned on setback compliance: 150' from north/south boundaries, 500' from east/west boundaries within 2560-acre spacing unit (Sections 34, 3, 10, 15).

Direct

📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1
📅 Unknown (Missing confidence)

Core permit condition establishing boundary isolation requirements tied to specific spacing unit geometry.

Bakken Setback Summary Statement: South setback based on production liner cemented in lateral with wet shoe and ability to frac out shoe.

Supporting

📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1
📅 Unknown (Missing confidence)

Justifies non-standard cementing design and lateral completion approach required by Order 34629.

Anti-collision avoidance modeling submitted for Hazy 33 pad based on all known offset wells within vicinity of planned wellbore path.

Supporting

📄 Drilling Plan, Section 5 (Evaluation Program); Anticollision Report dated 24 November 2025
📅 2025-11-24 (Exact confidence)

Demonstrates technical justification for wellbore trajectory design to avoid collisions with offset wells (Hazy 3309-1BHN, Hazy 3310-2BHN, Hazy 3316-3BH, Hazy 33-1 SWD). Closest approach separation factors documented (minimum SF 1.791 with Hazy 3310-2BHN at ~2,100 MD).

Waiver requested from NDIC Order 31973 notification requirement because KODA Resources is majority operator of both reference well (Hazy 3315-4BH) and adjacent spacing unit where wellbore traverses (Sections 10, 15, 22 & 27, T162N, R102W).

Direct

📄 Letter dated 5 December 2025 from KODA to Todd Holweger, NDIC Permit Manager
📅 2025-12-05 (Exact confidence)

Addresses regulatory requirement that wellbore enters Bakken outside target spacing unit; waiver justified by operator control of both units.

Surface Use Agreement affidavit (dated 12 January 2026) confirms executed agreement with Mae Ludwig Life Estate (surface owner) covering drilling, completing, and producing operations.

Direct

📄 Affidavit of Pending Surface Use Agreement, page 1 (executed version)
📅 2026-01-12 (Exact confidence)

Demonstrates compliance with surface rights requirement prior to permit approval; final executed agreement provided after earlier pending affidavit (dated 26 November 2025).

📖 Historical Context (5)

Daneville-Bakken Pool definition established by NDIC: accumulation of oil and gas in interval from 50 feet above top of Bakken Formation to 50 feet below top of Three Forks Formation.
📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1 · 📅 Unknown
Defines vertical limits of producible interval and establishes baseline for all future well completions and production reporting in this spacing unit; affects regulatory classification of commingling and unitization decisions.

Closed mud system requirement with no cuttings pit and remote/automatic shutoff devices on all equipment mandated by Permit Review Policy.
📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1 · 📅 Unknown
Establishes operational constraint on drilling fluid management and safety procedures that must be maintained throughout drilling and completion phases; failure triggers non-compliance liability.

Filter sock/filter media disposal requirement: leak-proof, covered container required on-site from spud through flow-back whenever filtration operations conducted (effective 1 June 2014 per NDAC 43-02-03-19.2).
📄 Letter from NDIC dated 30 May 2025, re: Filter Socks and Other Filter Media · 📅 Unknown
Establishes waste management obligation extending from drilling through completion; non-compliance creates exposure under NDAC 43-02-03-19.2 and triggers obligation to contact ND Department of Environmental Quality (701-328-5166) for solid waste transport permitting.

Conductor-only setback: Conductor pipe may only be set on permitted wells (Permit Review Policy stipulation).
📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1 · 📅 Unknown
Restricts conductor casing installation to authorized well locations and creates regulatory audit trail for wellbore integrity; affects future well integrity certification and abandonment liability.

Pre-location construction notification requirement: Operator (Koda) must contact NDIC Field Inspector Gunther Harms (701-770-2564) prior to location construction.
📄 Permit Information / Stipulations, page 1 · 📅 Unknown
Establishes trigger for regulatory field inspection before ground disturbance; operator's failure to notify creates presumptive violation of Conditions of Approval and may result in permit suspension pending compliance verification.

🔧 Operator Pattern

KODA Resources operates as majority working interest holder (85.23–96.12%) across all four wells on the Hazy 33 Pad, demonstrating consolidated operational control and unified development strategy. Company has secured surface rights via executed agreement and has proactively obtained waivers from regulatory notification requirements where operator cohesion permits, indicating coordinated pad-level planning rather than well-by-well permitting.
Working interest affidavit (dated 17 November 2025) lists: Hazy 3309-1BHN 56.41%; Hazy 3310-2BHN 61.56%; Hazy 3316-3BH 96.12%; Hazy 3315-4BH 85.23%. Order 31973 waiver rationale (5 December 2025) explicitly cites operator's 85.23% WI in adjacent spacing unit, eliminating third-party notification burden. Pad design and surface use documentation show unified engineering and land management under single Land Manager (Jason McLaren).

Confidence: High
Permit file contains dated Commission Order (No. 34629), multiple contemporaneous pre-permit submissions (anti-collision report, waiver requests, surface agreement affidavits) all explicitly referenced in or conditioning the permit approval. Directional planning and setback justification are explicit and time-bound. Regulatory orders and stipulation letters are primary sources. No material dates are inferred; all critical dates are documented. The permit approval is clearly explained by Order 34629 and supporting technical and legal submissions dated within 2–6 weeks prior to inferred approval date.