17,000-acre Bakken spacing unit

Unit facts

Formation

Bakken

Acres

17,000

Type

Spacing unit

County

Williams County

Surveyed wells inside

62

Most wells operated by

XTO ENERGY INC

Unit id

dsu-0c4596b88b4ef186e049

Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)

22 (40.41 two-mile equivalents)

Neighbourhood target density

8.73 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres

Density drilled so far

4.83 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 22 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. 7 more would fit the density but not the spacing rule. 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

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