BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

NDIC file 9768 · API 33-013-00943-00-00

ELMER MELBY 1

Operated by FORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLC · Burke County, North Dakota

Inactive (IA)Oil and gasSpud 1982

Well facts

Operator
FORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLC
Status
Inactive (IA)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
BOWBELLS
Spud date
Total depth
6,150 ft
Legal location
SESW Sec 25 T162N R90W
Footages
660 ft FSL · 1,980 ft FWL
County
Burke County
NDIC file no.
9768
API no.
33-013-00943-00-00

Location & navigation

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48.82353, -102.29746

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

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Production

284 months reported, Jan 2003 to Aug 2026, MADISON pool.

Cumulative oil19.3KbblJan ’03 to Aug ’26 · 284 of 284 months known
Peak oil rate20bbl/dAug 2015 · 81 bbl in 4 days
Oil, last 12 months63bbl-92% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months0scf/bblfirst year 303 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months82%first year 70% · 87.3K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months—%of gas produced · 0 mcf reported flared
0102030Oil bbl/d2200420082012201620202024

Early time

First reported month
Jan 2003
Months to peak
94 (Oct 2010)
Peak month rate
20 bbl/d on 4 days
First 3 months, oil
327 bbl
First 6 months, oil
694 bbl
First 12 months, oil
1,423 bbl
First 24 months, oil
2,744 bbl
Share of cumulative in year 1
7%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Sep 2025
Latest oil rate
2 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
10.7%
Uptime, last 12 months
8% of days
Cumulative gas
3,112 mcf
Cumulative water
87.3K bbl
Pools reported
MADISON
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
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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)
symbolIA-OG

DMR shapefile columns not shown above, unchanged.