BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T156N R100W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit12 wells allowed · order 35871East Fork-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T156N R100W sections 17, 20
Pool
East Fork-Bakken
Zone
Zone V
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
9
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-1349abbbaef90eb53b6f
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
12
Wells assigned to this unit
7
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+4
First linked order
Jun 9, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
7.62 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.21 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

NELSON 156-100-17-20-2HNELSON 14-8-2HNELSON 14-8-1TFHNELSON 156-100-17-20-12TFHNELSON 156-100-17-20-1HNELSON 156-100-17-20-11TFHNELSON 156-100-17-20-3HTOMMY 1-20HNELSON 14-8-1HU1 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
NELSON 156-100-17-20-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)11,166 ft100%
NELSON 14-8-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,513 ft100%
NELSON 14-8-1TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,365 ft100%
NELSON 156-100-17-20-12TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,362 ft100%
NELSON 156-100-17-20-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,334 ft100%
NELSON 156-100-17-20-11TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,195 ft100%
NELSON 156-100-17-20-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,176 ft100%
TOMMY 1-20HSPRINGLINE OPERATING LLCActive (A)7,267 ft100%
NELSON 14-8-1HUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)2,162 ft21%

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 14691Case 12435Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  2. Order 15377Case 13109Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowed
  3. Order 15377Case 13109Designated the spacing unit
  4. Order 18896Case 16627Designated the spacing unitKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  5. Order 21455Case 19152Pooled all interests in the unitLIBERTY RESOURCES LLC
  6. Order 19908Case 17638Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  7. Order 21679Case 19376Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedLIBERTY RESOURCES LLC
  8. Order 22586Case 20280Designated the spacing unit, 9 wells allowedPETRO- HUNT, LLC
  9. Order 22844Case 20538Established the spacing unit, 9 wells allowedLIBERTY RESOURCES LLC
  10. Order 24328Case 21995Designated the spacing unit, 9 wells allowed
  11. Order 23697Case 21380Designated the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  12. Order 25728Case 23388Established the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) 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

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