BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T156N R96W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit2 wells allowed · order 35003Dollar Joe-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T156N R96W sections 17, 20
Pool
Dollar Joe-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
6
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-0294f24525ae66a5cce2
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
2
Wells assigned to this unit
2
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-4
First linked order
Aug 16, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.92 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
7.1 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
5.65 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 2 laterals still fit at the density this unit's neighbourhood has reached (the larger of the 75th percentile of mature units within 10 miles and the median of units drilled in the last three years), placed in the widest gaps with the setbacks of the November 2026 method. Machine-made and geometric: not a commitment to drill, not a permit, order, lease or plan, and no economics. Land is counted once, so a unit under a larger unit shows only what the larger one left. How it is computed.

Map

SHELDON 34-20HViolet Olson 5596 13-5 4BViolet Olson 5596 13-5 2BTri D Ranch 5696 13-18 6BXPERIOT 24-20TFHPERIOT 44-20HU1 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

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Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
SHELDON 34-20HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)18,261 ft100%
Violet Olson 5596 13-5 4BWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,437 ft50%
Violet Olson 5596 13-5 2BWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,433 ft50%
Tri D Ranch 5696 13-18 6BXWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,179 ft67%
PERIOT 24-20TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,766 ft100%
PERIOT 44-20HUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)739 ft8%

Surveyed Bakken-system laterals with at least 660 ft of plan-view length inside the published footprint. Geometric membership, not a legal assignment; a lateral can cross several units.

Order history

  1. Order 10660Case 9012Designated the spacing unit
  2. Order 10954Case 9331Pooled all interests in the unitMARATHON OIL CO.
  3. Order 14648Case 12392Designated the spacing unitAMERICAN OIL & GAS, INC.
  4. Order 14705Case 12449Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  5. Order 18881Case 16612Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  6. Order 22721Case 20415Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  7. Order 33688Case 31002Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedOASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLC

Facts extracted from signed NDIC orders whose land description covers this footprint; machine-extracted and not human-reviewed. A stated allowance is what that order allowed, not proof that it governs today.

Overlapping units

8 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.