BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T154N R97W sections 4, 5, 8, 9

Spacing unit6 wells allowed · order 33947Truax-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T154N R97W sections 4, 5, 8, 9
Pool
Truax-Bakken
Zone
Zone XVII
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
19
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-1bac290167956fceb052
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
6
Wells assigned to this unit
4
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-13
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
7.67 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 14-9-2HVANCE FEDERAL 14-9HVANCE 44-9HVANCE 11-17TFHVANCE 14-9-2TFHVANCE 41-17TFHVANCE 14-9-3HVANCE FEDERAL 41-17-3TFHP VANCE 154-97-2-17-5-5HVANCE 14-9TFHVANCE 44-9TFHOPPEGAARD 43-9HOPPEGAARD 9-9HOPPEGAARD 43-9-2HVANCE 11-17-4HVANCE 11-17TFHUVANCE 11-17-3HVANCE 11-17-2HVANCE 11-17H1 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 14-9-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,568 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 14-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,559 ft100%
VANCE 44-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,464 ft100%
VANCE 11-17TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,380 ft99%
VANCE 14-9-2TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,380 ft100%
VANCE 41-17TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,344 ft100%
VANCE 14-9-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,249 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 41-17-3TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,033 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-2-17-5-5HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)9,517 ft100%
VANCE 14-9TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,318 ft100%
VANCE 44-9TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,965 ft100%
OPPEGAARD 43-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,590 ft100%
OPPEGAARD 9-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,146 ft100%
OPPEGAARD 43-9-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,907 ft100%
VANCE 11-17-4HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,702 ft69%
VANCE 11-17TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)6,272 ft61%
VANCE 11-17-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)4,957 ft46%
VANCE 11-17-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)3,278 ft29%
VANCE 11-17HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)1,645 ft14%

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 20228Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 6 wells allowedHESS CORP.
  5. Order 23439Case 21135Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  6. Order 27056Case 24695Pooled 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

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