Wells can be on the confidential list when the only thing that has happened is that a permit has been issued.
Well 6454 was a producing well from 1978 thru the mid 1990's. St Mary is doing something or planning on doing something to this well that allowed them to put whatever their plans are into the confidential file. On Oct 31, 2:32 pm, seabass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am assuming that "well file numbers" are assigned by the state in > sequential order from oldest to newest. Lowest numbers were assigned > going all the way back to the 1950's. I think the current numbers are > reaching 18,000 or more by now. > > I've notice on the Current Confidential Well List that there are quite > a few wells that have low "well file numbers" like the ones listed > below. The first one is file number 6454. > > See : https://www.dmr.nd.gov/oilgas/confidential.asp > > -------- > 6454 ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY PET. INC. FEDERAL 20-44HR E2SE > 20-T148N-R104W > > Or > > 15822 ZENERGY, INC ANDERSON 1-13H NWNW 13-T154N-R103W > --------- > It seems these both must be a very old (and fairly old) oil wells > given their low file numbers. > > I thought there was only a 6 month grace period where a well could be > kept confidential. How could a well with a file number in the > hundreds be listed as confidential? Am I missing something? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
