BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Divide County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T161N R95W sections 14, 23

Spacing unit2 wells allowed · order 21147Sadler-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T161N R95W sections 14, 23
Pool
Sadler-Bakken
Zone
Zone V
County
Divide County
Surveyed wells inside
5
Most wells operated by
Continental Resources
Unit id
dsu-294232f721aa19dcb336
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
2
Wells assigned to this unit
2
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-3
First linked order
Jun 27, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
3.84 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
4.72 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

MELGAARD 4-23H1MELGAARD 3-23HMELGAARD 2-23H1MELGAARD 1-14HMELGAARD 5-14H11 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

Open in the regional 3D viewerFootprint, wells and production playbackSee on the cases and orders mapHistorical spacing units by order

Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
MELGAARD 4-23H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,327 ft76%
MELGAARD 3-23HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,326 ft78%
MELGAARD 2-23H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,324 ft77%
MELGAARD 1-14HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,685 ft100%
MELGAARD 5-14H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,461 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 10557Case 8987Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 14041Case 11860Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  3. Order 14254Case 12023Pooled all interests in the unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 15619Case 13342Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  5. Order 20738Case 18452Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  6. Order 21147Case 18846Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, 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

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