BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R97W sections 28, 33

Spacing unit12 wells allowed · order 34673Haystack Butte-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R97W sections 28, 33
Pool
Haystack Butte-Bakken
Zone
Zone VII
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
4
Most wells operated by
XTO Energy
Unit id
dsu-2dd9f45f028bb4fc07c5
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
12
Wells assigned to this unit
4
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+8
First linked order
May 23, 2008
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
6 (5.63 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
9.65 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
3.89 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 6 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

HOVET FEDERAL 41X-29GHOVET FEDERAL 41X-29DHOVET FEDERAL 41X-29EHOVET FEDERAL 41X-29B1 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
HOVET FEDERAL 41X-29GXTO ENERGY INCActive (A)10,222 ft99%
HOVET FEDERAL 41X-29DXTO ENERGY INCActive (A)10,216 ft99%
HOVET FEDERAL 41X-29EXTO ENERGY INCActive (A)10,191 ft99%
HOVET FEDERAL 41X-29BXTO ENERGY INCActive (A)9,573 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 11888Case 10074Established the spacing unitHEADINGTON OIL CO. LLC
  2. Order 15456Case 13188Designated the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  3. Order 15519Case 13246Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 18862Case 16593Designated the spacing unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  5. Order 20427Case 18158Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  6. Order 27022Case 24658Established the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedXTO ENERGY 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.