Not required on every well. Depending on location, an access road is built to allow vehicles and equipment onto the wellsite. Generally, they are placed to provide the shortest, most direct and safest [..]

Sufficient for safe operation of the drill rig, completion equipment and other development activities. A site for a typical Bakken single horizontal well is between 4 to 6 acres; multiple-well pad is [..]

Less than for development, it is sufficient for safe operation of routine production and follows the interim reclamation of well site; typically, it is about 25 percent less acreage than for drilling [..]

After drilling, the well bore is lined and sealed to prevent contact with its surroundings. Equipment is set up to pump fluids into the formation under enough pressure to fracture the rock and allow o [..]

For mineral owners, it is the right to their share of the field’s mineral resources and to be protected from wasteful practices by others in the field.

Underground minerals are considered dominant over the surface estate since the minerals cannot be produced without reasonable access to the surface.

In the past, common law did not require mineral owners to compensate the surface owner for access, however now, many areas in the US and elsewhere require some form of payment for damages to the surfa [..]

Most Bakken wells are drilled vertically for several thousand feet. The drill bit is then diverted until it is moving horizontally within the upper and lower boundaries of the Bakken formation and con [..]

Valuation data can be obtained through two generally available statewide reports (see: ND Farm Business Management Report, and USDA ND Annual Report) and through local real estate brokers and appraise [..]

ND law requires all excavators notify the state before the start of all digging projects, with a few exceptions. Notification and free line-location services for buried pipes and utilities are availab [..]