BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Burke County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T162N R89W sections 5, 8

Spacing unit1 wells allowed · order 18537Spiral-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T162N R89W sections 5, 8
Pool
Spiral-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Burke County
Surveyed wells inside
2
Most wells operated by
CHALLENGER POINT ENERGY, LLC
Unit id
dsu-3645172ca7722c7e8057
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
1
Wells assigned to this unit
0
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
0
First linked order
Feb 22, 2013
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.89 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
3.4 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.68 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. 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

NORGAARD UNIT 1E-M MELBY 8-13R HZ1 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
NORGAARD UNIT 1CORNERSTONE NATURAL RESOURCES LLCActive (A)7,307 ft100%
E-M MELBY 8-13R HZCHALLENGER POINT ENERGY, LLCPlugged and abandoned (PA)7,152 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 18141Case 15882Designated the spacing unitCORNERSTONE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC
  2. Order 18537Case 16272Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedCORNERSTONE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC
  3. Order 18537Case 16272Designated the spacing unitCORNERSTONE NATURAL RESOURCES LLC

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.