BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T159N R97W sections 2, 11

Spacing unit1 wells allowed · order 35697Wildrose-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T159N R97W sections 2, 11
Pool
Wildrose-Bakken
Zone
Zone I
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-2eaaa8da4f7d8f2e2288
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
1
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
0
First linked order
May 10, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.39 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.85 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.75 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. 2 more would fit the density but not the spacing rule. 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

D. CVANCARA 9-11H1 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
D. CVANCARA 9-11HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,933 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 14537Case 12285Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  2. Order 14537Case 12285Designated the spacing unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  3. Order 20720Case 18435Pooled all interests in the unitKODIAK OIL & GAS, INC.
  4. Order 18177Case 15915Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowed
  5. Order 35697Case 32771Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  6. Order 35868Case 32939Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL 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

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