Environmental Assessment Completed

Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and Newfield Exploration Company Proposed Oil Well Drilling.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands McKenzie, North Dakota Dakota Prairie Grasslands All Units

The Forest Service is proposing to approve necessary surface use associated with Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and Newfield Exploration Company's proposal to drill, complete, and produce an oil well on their Federal oil and gas lease.

Location

Approximately 24 miles west-northwest of New Town, ND. Generally located within the Sand Creek Oil Field.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
08/30/2013
2
Comment Period
08/30/2013
3
Decision
04/2014 (Estimated)
4
Implementation
06/2014 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivityOil
Tarpon Federal 24-20, 44-19, Helsingborg Federal 153-96-22-27 & Sand CreekDecision Signed Date: 04/10/2014
ForestsDakota Prairie Grasslands
DistrictsMckenzie Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionSections 15, 19, 20, 21, and 22, T153N, R96W.
Minerals and geology