Spacing unit · Billings County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T144N R101W sections 29, 32
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T144N R101W sections 29, 32
- Pool
- North Elkhorn Ranch-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone II
- County
- Billings County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 3
- Most wells operated by
- NP RESOURCES, LLC
- Unit id
dsu-2d57f838515c7687f99f- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 4
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 0
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +4
- First linked order
- Oct 7, 2010
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 3 (2.84 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 2.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 0 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. The county or basin value stands in for the target because fewer than eight developed units lie within 20 miles. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL 32-2HR | SM ENERGY COMPANY | Plugged and abandoned (PA) | 3,197 ft100% |
| NORTH ELKHORN RANCH UNIT 2903 | COBRA OIL & GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 2,860 ft100% |
| NORTH ELKHORN RANCH UNIT 2901 | COBRA OIL & GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 1,185 ft32% |
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 15347Case 13083Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 24634Case 22301Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowed
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.
- T144N R101W sections 28, 33 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit