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NDIC file 40233 · API 33-009-02485-00-00

BUFFLEHEAD 29-3A 1H

Operated by EMPIRE NORTH DAKOTA LLC · Bottineau County, North Dakota

Active (A)Oil and gasSpud 2023

Well facts

Operator
EMPIRE NORTH DAKOTA LLC
Status
Active (A)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
STARBUCK
Spud date
Total depth
8,000 ft
Legal location
NWSE Sec 29 T161N R78W
Footages
2,530 ft FSL · 2,300 ft FEL
County
Bottineau County
NDIC file no.
40233
API no.
33-009-02485-00-00

Location & navigation

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48.74078, -100.80619

Published surface location (NAD83). A horizontal well's lateral can run up to three miles from this point.

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Production

29 months reported, Apr 2024 to Aug 2026, MADISON pool.

Cumulative oil26.9KbblApr ’24 to Aug ’26 · 29 of 29 months known
Peak oil rate94bbl/dMay 2024 · 2,904 bbl in 31 days
Oil, last 12 months9,105bbl+5% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months94scf/bblfirst year 48 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months72%first year 77% · 82.3K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months0%of gas produced · 854 mcf reported flared
050100Oil bbl/d44Apr ’24Jul ’24Oct ’24Jan ’25Apr ’25Jul ’25Oct ’25Jan ’26Apr ’26Jul ’26

Early time

First reported month
Apr 2024
Months to peak
2 (May 2024)
Peak month rate
94 bbl/d on 31 days
First 3 months, oil
6,868 bbl
First 6 months, oil
9,582 bbl
First 12 months, oil
13,873 bbl
First 24 months, oil
22,737 bbl
Share of cumulative in year 1
52%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
44 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
47.5%
Uptime, last 12 months
92% of days
Cumulative gas
2,236 mcf
Cumulative water
82.3K bbl
Pools reported
MADISON
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
791391,5333031,75995%
7111442,075312320374%
7471391,472302518666%
6521441,500312122170%
1,0141441,362313314257%
8751442,431283116574%
90503,4313129079%
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1,16103,6773137076%
92402,1893031070%
65801,7643121073%
1,37901,6583144055%

As first reported to NDIC in each month's report (NDIC Monthly Production Reports, Jan 2003 to Aug 2026). Operators amend past months later and the published reports are not updated, so a month can differ from the current record. A blank or missing month is unknown, not zero, and a cumulative over such months is a lower bound; two pools reported in one month are summed. Rates per producing day divide the month's volume by the days reported, so a month reported without producing days has no rate. Gas–oil ratio is gas produced over oil produced; water cut is water over oil plus water. Months from Jan 2003 to Apr 2015 are read from the Division's PDF reports, which print no flared gas and list a well in a unitized pool only inside its unit's total.

Nearby wells

Closest published well heads within 3 miles; wells on one pad share a location.

Other published attributes (1)
symbolA-OG

DMR shapefile columns not shown above, unchanged.