BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T154N R97W sections 5, 6, 7, 8

Spacing unit6 wells allowed · order 33947Truax-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T154N R97W sections 5, 6, 7, 8
Pool
Truax-Bakken
Zone
Zone XVII
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
23
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-0978de67880744d56829
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
6
Wells assigned to this unit
5
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-16
First linked order
Mar 30, 2012
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
8.63 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
8.92 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 0 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

VANCE 11-17HVANCE 11-17-2HVANCE 11-17-4HJOHNSON 24-7-3TFHVANCE 11-17-3HVANCE 11-17TFHVANCE 41-17TFHVANCE 11-17TFHUNELSON 11-18-2TFHUVANCE FEDERAL 41-17-3TFHJOHNSON 24-7TFHP VANCE 154-97-2-17-5-5HJOHNSON 24-7-2TFHJOHNSON 24-7 SWDVANCE FEDERAL 14-9HKIRBY 9-7HVANCE 14-9-2HJOHNSON 24-7-4HVANCE 14-9-3HJOHNSON 24-7-3HVANCE 44-9HJOHNSON 24-7-2HJOHNSON 24-7H1 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
VANCE 11-17HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)11,537 ft100%
VANCE 11-17-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)11,360 ft100%
VANCE 11-17-4HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)11,233 ft100%
JOHNSON 24-7-3TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)11,015 ft100%
VANCE 11-17-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,801 ft100%
VANCE 11-17TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,380 ft99%
VANCE 41-17TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,344 ft100%
VANCE 11-17TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,216 ft100%
NELSON 11-18-2TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,109 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 41-17-3TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,033 ft100%
JOHNSON 24-7TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,952 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-2-17-5-5HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)9,517 ft100%
JOHNSON 24-7-2TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,510 ft100%
JOHNSON 24-7 SWDWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,118 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 14-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,998 ft85%
KIRBY 9-7HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,827 ft100%
VANCE 14-9-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,311 ft69%
JOHNSON 24-7-4HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,242 ft71%
VANCE 14-9-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)5,525 ft54%
JOHNSON 24-7-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)4,663 ft46%
VANCE 44-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)3,366 ft32%
JOHNSON 24-7-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)2,901 ft27%
JOHNSON 24-7HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)1,285 ft11%

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 18586Case 16320Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  2. Order 18899Case 16630Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  3. Order 21742Case 19440Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  4. Order 22534Case 20228Designated the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedHESS CORP.
  5. Order 23439Case 21135Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  6. Order 27057Case 24696Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.

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.