BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Divide County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T163N R98W sections 29, 32

Spacing unit7 wells allowed · order 33919Blooming Prairie-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T163N R98W sections 29, 32
Pool
Blooming Prairie-Bakken
Zone
Zone VIII
County
Divide County
Surveyed wells inside
3
Most wells operated by
Formentera
Unit id
dsu-288aede3fbe4e347c448
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
7
Wells assigned to this unit
3
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+4
First linked order
Jan 19, 2007
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.9 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.71 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
2.82 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 2 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

NESS 3229-4HNESS 3229-6HNESS 29-32-163-98H1 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
NESS 3229-4HFORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLCActive (A)10,389 ft100%
NESS 3229-6HFORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLCActive (A)9,957 ft100%
NESS 29-32-163-98HFORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLCActive (A)9,352 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

  1. Order 10904Case 9289Established the spacing unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  2. Order 11138Case 9481Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 14577Case 12325Pooled all interests in the unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  4. Order 17295Case 15044Designated the spacing unit
  5. Order 20627Case 18358Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  6. Order 21003Case 18701Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.

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

One other unit shares a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.