Spacing unit · McKenzie County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T151N R104W sections 8, 17
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T151N R104W sections 8, 17
- Pool
- Nohly Lake-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone II
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 1
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-1cb113a121ffedb08830- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 8
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 1
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +7
- First linked order
- Jul 30, 2010
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 4.19 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 0.91 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
DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.
Wells inside the unit
| Well | Operator | Status | Lateral inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNELS FEDERAL 17-8H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,518 ft100% |
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
- Order 14807Case 12550Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedZENERGY, INC.
- Order 16287Case 14012Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowed
- Order 16287Case 14012Designated the spacing unit
- Order 19505Case 17236Pooled all interests in the unitZENERGY, INC.
- Order 20141Case 17872Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedZENERGY, 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.
- Footprint 1a6330f3 1,600-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T151N R104W sections 8, 9, 16, 17 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- Footprint a2dc19ba 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit