🛢️ ROOSEVELT FEDERAL 5003

WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION · McKenzie County, ND · File #42887 · Generated 2026-05-26 02:39

API: 3305310799
Target Formation: BAKKEN
Permit Explained: Yes

📋 Permit Cycle Assessment

The permit is explained well by the stipulations attached. The file indicates the approval references Order 35417 and sets conditions regarding wellbore placement, setbacks justified by the wet-shoe completion design, NDIC field inspector contact, and CBL requirement. Internal email suggests potential federal mineral involvement.

🔍 Permit Cycle Signals (5)

Pursuant to Commission Order No. 35417, approval to drill the well is hereby given. The approval is granted on the condition that all portions of the well bore not isolated by cement shall be located approximately down the north-south axis (within the Commission's 500' drilling corridor) and be no closer than the 150' setback from the north & south boundaries within the 3840-acre spacing unit consisting of Sections 24, 25, and 36, Township 150 North, Range 103 West and Sections 19, 30, and 31, Township 150 North, Range 102 West.

Direct

📄 Permit Stipulations
📅 2026-04-30 (Exact confidence)

The approval cites order 35417 and sets conditions on wellbore placement within the spacing unit.

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

Supporting

📄 Permit Stipulations
📅 2026-04-30 (Exact confidence)

Justifies the southern setback by reference to the wet-shoe completion design and the operator's assessment of frac-out risk.

Whiting must contact NDIC Field Inspector Will Ryan at 701-770-6684 prior to location construction.

Direct

📄 Permit Stipulations
📅 2026-04-30 (Exact confidence)

Requires contact with the NDIC field inspector before beginning location construction.

A CBL must be run on the 9-5/8" Dakota string prior to running 7" casing.

Direct

📄 Permit Stipulations
📅 2026-04-30 (Exact confidence)

Imposes a cement bond log requirement on the Dakota string before running the 7" casing.

It appears that the below captioned permit application is within a spacing unit that may be subject to a Federal permit. Please contact the BLM office in Dickinson at (701) 227-7713 to ensure that all documentation has been properly filed.

Direct

📄 Email from Nathaniel Erbele
📅 2026-04-30 (Exact confidence)

NDIC Petroleum Engineer inquiries if all documentation has been filed with the BLM.

📖 Historical Context (1)

This facility design uses an indirect heater in lieu of a heated treater. This indirect heater has a setback exemption from the NDIC under Case No. 28949 Order No. 31500 and can be set within 60 feet of the well head and 21 feet of the oil tank.
📄 Facility Statement · 📅 Unknown
The facility is subject to NDIC Case No. 28949 Order No. 31500 regarding setback exemptions for indirect heaters, which needs to be accounted for in future facility modifications or operational changes.

🔧 Operator Pattern

Requests waivers; seeks adjacent-operator waivers, anti-collision assurances.
Whiting Oil & Gas Corporation, a subsidiary of Chord Energy, is the operator of the adjacent spacing unit, therefore a waiver on said notification is requested. Anti-Collision Statement: Operator has evaluated the subject wells for anti-collision concerns by taking the following precautions: Operator first utilizes AC guidance reporting from certified well planners.

Confidence: High
The document is the permit itself, and it contains detailed information.