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<BLM31603>
  <DocumentInformation>
    <documentName namingSystem="POSC pilot">Sample 2</documentName>
    <Version>
      <dtdVersion>1.0 beta</dtdVersion>
      <formVersion>BLM 3160-3 August 1999</formVersion>
    </Version>
    <reportClass>Application for Permit to Drill</reportClass>
    <filingDate>
      <year>1997</year>
      <month>07</month>
      <day>14</day>
    </filingDate>
    <Security>
      <securityClass>confidential</securityClass>
    </Security>
    <BusinessAssociate>
      <Contact>
        <name>Joseph Josephson</name>
        <Address>
          <street>5847 Rushmore Dr.</street>
          <cityName>Rapid City</cityName>
          <stateName namingSystem="USCode">SD</stateName>
          <postalCode namingSystem="USZipCode">57709</postalCode>
        </Address>
        <phoneNumber>266-181-9229</phoneNumber>
        <associatedWith>Black Hills Exploration</associatedWith>
      </Contact>
      <AuthorizedPerson>
        <name>Joseph Josephson</name>
        <title>Vice President of Drilling Operations</title>
      </AuthorizedPerson>
    </BusinessAssociate>
  </DocumentInformation>
  <FieldInformation>
    <regulatoryFieldName>wildcat</regulatoryFieldName>
    <SpacingOrder>
      <spacingUnitSize unit="acre">40</spacingUnitSize>
    </SpacingOrder>
    <ContractDesignation>
      <leaseName>Dog Draw</leaseName>
      <leaseNumber>156-5799-80-89</leaseNumber>
      <unitAgreementName>WY72817</unitAgreementName>
      <leaseSize unit="acre">629.97</leaseSize>
      <indianName type="allottee">James Hickson</indianName>
    </ContractDesignation>
  </FieldInformation>
  <WellInformation>
    <apiWellNumber>510162561100</apiWellNumber>
    <wellID>Dog Draw #1</wellID>
    <wellProduct type="oil" />
    <wellActivity type="drill" />
    <wellCompletionType type="single" />
    <Operator>
      <operatorName>Black Hills Exploration</operatorName>
      <Address>
        <street>5847 Rushmore Dr.</street>
        <cityName>Rapid City</cityName>
        <stateName namingSystem="USCode">SD</stateName>
        <postalCode namingSystem="USZipCode">57709</postalCode>
      </Address>
      <phoneNumber>266-181-9229</phoneNumber>
      <bondCollateralNumber>BF39002976</bondCollateralNumber>
    </Operator>
    <WellLocation>
      <LegalDescription>
        <townshipNumber direction="N">52</townshipNumber>
        <rangeNumber direction="W">68</rangeNumber>
        <sectionNumber>18</sectionNumber>
        <quarterSectionIdentifier>SE 1/4, SW 1/4</quarterSectionIdentifier>
        <locationDistance from="FSL" unit="ft">843</locationDistance>
        <locationDistance from="FWL" unit="ft">1664</locationDistance>
      </LegalDescription>
      <Geopolitical>
        <stateName>WY</stateName>
        <countyName>Crook</countyName>
      </Geopolitical>
      <RelativeFrom from="Town">
          Approximately 15 mi NW of Moorcroft, WY </RelativeFrom>
    </WellLocation>
    <wellElevationHeight referenceCode="GL">4306</wellElevationHeight>
    <WellboreInformation>
      <proposedTotalMeasuredDepth unit="ft">8500</proposedTotalMeasuredDepth>
      <proposedTotalTrueVerticalDepth unit="ft">8450</proposedTotalTrueVerticalDepth>
      <BottomholeLocation>
        <LegalDescription>
          <townshipNumber direction="N">52</townshipNumber>
          <rangeNumber direction="W">68</rangeNumber>
          <sectionNumber>18</sectionNumber>
          <quarterSectionIdentifier>SE 1/4, SW 1/4</quarterSectionIdentifier>
          <locationDistance from="FSL" unit="ft">843</locationDistance>
          <locationDistance from="FWL" unit="ft">1664</locationDistance>
        </LegalDescription>
        <Geopolitical>
          <stateName>WY</stateName>
          <countyName>Crook</countyName>
        </Geopolitical>
        <RelativeFrom from="LeaseLine">
          843 ft from nearest property or lease line</RelativeFrom>
      </BottomholeLocation>
      <operationStartDate>
        <year>1997</year>
        <month>8</month>
        <day>8</day>
      </operationStartDate>
      <estimatedDuration unit="days">37</estimatedDuration>
      <drillingTool type="rotary" />
    </WellboreInformation>
  </WellInformation>
  <ProposedCasingProgram>
    <CasingInformation type="conductor">
      <drillBitDiameter>12 5/8</drillBitDiameter>
      <tubularOutsideDiameter>9.5</tubularOutsideDiameter>
      <tubularWeight unit="lb/ft">52</tubularWeight>
      <tubularGradeCode>C-22</tubularGradeCode>
      <baseMeasuredDepth unit="ft">3477</baseMeasuredDepth>
      <Cement>
        <cementQuantity unit="sacks" type="Eugene">97</cementQuantity>
        <cementSlurryVolume unit="ft3">1287</cementSlurryVolume>
        <cementSlurryYield unit="ft3/sack">13.1</cementSlurryYield>
        <additive>Rock Salt</additive>
        <additive>carcinogenic biophages</additive>
        <topMeasuredDepth unit="ft">87</topMeasuredDepth>
      </Cement>
    </CasingInformation>
    <CasingInformation type="intermediate">
      <drillBitDiameter>8 7/8</drillBitDiameter>
      <tubularOutsideDiameter>8.125</tubularOutsideDiameter>
      <tubularWeight unit="lb/ft">43</tubularWeight>
      <tubularGradeCode>D-220</tubularGradeCode>
      <baseMeasuredDepth unit="ft">9112</baseMeasuredDepth>
      <Cement>
        <cementQuantity unit="sacks" type="Portland">82</cementQuantity>
        <cementSlurryVolume unit="ft3">1003</cementSlurryVolume>
        <cementSlurryYield unit="ft3/sack">13.1</cementSlurryYield>
        <stageCementerMeasuredDepth unit="ft">6633</stageCementerMeasuredDepth>
      </Cement>
      <Cement>
        <cementQuantity unit="sacks" type="Seattle">116</cementQuantity>
        <cementSlurryVolume unit="ft3">1504</cementSlurryVolume>
        <cementSlurryYield unit="ft3/sack">13.1</cementSlurryYield>
        <additive>mucilaginous algal-based slime</additive>
        <stageCementerMeasuredDepth unit="ft">3483</stageCementerMeasuredDepth>
      </Cement>
    </CasingInformation>
  </ProposedCasingProgram>
  <reportRemark>Black Hills Exploration has a Statewide Bond. Bond # BF39002976</reportRemark>
  <reportRemark>Drilling Program and Surface Use Plan attached.</reportRemark>
</BLM31603>