BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R96W sections 16, 21

Spacing unitNorth Fork-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R96W sections 16, 21
Pool
North Fork-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
9
Most wells operated by
BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Unit id
dsu-0d2f4bc9462140ee7792
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.85 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
10.58 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
8.04 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 3 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

Saddle Butte 44-9MBH-RSADDLE BUTTE 24-9 TFHSADDLE BUTTE 44-9 TFHSADDLE BUTTE 14-9 TFHSaddle Jerome 44-9 MBH-ULWSADDLE BUTTE 11-16HSADDLE BUTTE 21-16 TFH-2SHSADDLE BUTTE 21-16 MBH-3SHSADDLE BUTTE 14-9 MBH-ULW1 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
Saddle Butte 44-9MBH-RBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,789 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 24-9 TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,387 ft98%
SADDLE BUTTE 44-9 TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,387 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 14-9 TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,170 ft100%
Saddle Jerome 44-9 MBH-ULWBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,046 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 11-16HBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)9,567 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 21-16 TFH-2SHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)9,516 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 21-16 MBH-3SHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)9,377 ft100%
SADDLE BUTTE 14-9 MBH-ULWBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)1,531 ft16%

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 11337Case 9646Established the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 12024Case 10095Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 31567Case 29016Designated the spacing unitPETROSHALE (US), INC.

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

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