Drilling in Dunn County ND - Where to Find Drilling Permit Applications?

Natural Gas Shale Plays
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I have been informed by a family member that there is an application for drilling permits for 4 wells on a section of land that I own some mineral rights to in Dunn County, North Dakota. I would like to verify this, is there somewhere that lists drilling permit applications for North Dakota? I have not had any luck finding this information.

Thanks

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Google North Dakota Oil and Gas Commission, and I bet you’ll probably find it.

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First place I looked. No search provision, no well permit application area that I could find. Thanks

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Go back to their website, and click on daily activity reports. It will show you the list of permits daily, or there is a box in the left corner to do a search.

Bill Heinson said:

First place I looked. No search provision, no well permit application area that I could find.
Thanks

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A nudge in the right direction, all I needed. Thanks! Apparently the permits have not been applied for yet. Thanks again

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You’re very welcome!

Bill Heinson said:

A nudge in the right direction, all I needed. Thanks!
Apparently the permits have not been applied for yet.
Thanks again

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That could almost be impossible to do it that way unless you know the date, the easy way to check is go to the GIS mapping and it will have a yellow dot on the section for each permit. I seriously doubt that there are 4 permits issued for any one section at the same time anywhere in Dunn county. The most I have seen in years have been 2 like when Continental experimented with fracing in 2 formations. I have also seen where they permit 2 Bakken wells in the same section at the same time but it is rare.

Tim Metz Mineral buyer