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NDIC file 30281 · API 33-053-06598-00-00

MERTON 21-15MBH

Operated by BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP · McKenzie County, North Dakota

Active (A)Oil and gasSpud 2015

Well facts

Operator
BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Status
Active (A)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
NORTH FORK
Spud date
Total depth
21,734 ft
Legal location
NENW Sec 15 T149N R96W
Footages
378 ft FNL · 1,980 ft FWL
County
McKenzie County
NDIC file no.
30281
API no.
33-053-06598-00-00

Location & navigation

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47.73086, -102.95480

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

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Production

121 months reported, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026, BAKKEN pool.

Cumulative oil514KbblAug ’16 to Aug ’26 · 121 of 121 months known
Peak oil rate958bbl/dSep 2016 · 8,623 bbl in 9 days
Oil, last 12 months22.9Kbbl-27% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months3,242scf/bblfirst year 1,620 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months38%first year 25% · 242K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months88%of gas produced · 2,787 mcf reported flared
05001,000Oil bbl/d572017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Early time

First reported month
Aug 2016
Months to peak
10 (May 2017)
Peak month rate
958 bbl/d on 9 days
First 3 months, oil
17,101 bbl
First 6 months, oil
68,674 bbl
First 12 months, oil
195,959 bbl
First 24 months, oil
319,711 bbl
Share of cumulative in year 1
38%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
57 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
5.9%
Uptime, last 12 months
99% of days
Cumulative gas
988K mcf
Cumulative water
242K bbl
Pools reported
BAKKEN
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
2,4577,4641,11230823,03831%
2,4597,0141,24931792,85234%
2,0716,0581,27630692,92538%
1,9946,5321,16231643,27637%
1,8174,8411,23331592,66440%
1,5934,3971,01928572,76039%
1,8255,5941,16631593,06539%
1,5584,4581,04530522,86140%
1,5524,54997431502,93139%
1,9304,6831,09930642,42636%
1,89811,1271,40529655,86243%
1,7587,5681,18031574,30540%

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.

Spacing units

Units whose published footprint holds at least 660 ft of this well's surveyed lateral. Allowances are facts extracted from signed NDIC orders, machine-extracted and not human-reviewed.

Nearby wells

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

Other published attributes (1)
symbolA-OG

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