BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T154N R97W sections 16, 17, 20, 21

Spacing unit2 wells allowed · order 33947Truax-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T154N R97W sections 16, 17, 20, 21
Pool
Truax-Bakken
Zone
Zone XIV
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
17
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-4114bb5e59462ead905e
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
2
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-15
First linked order
Jan 29, 2016
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
8.56 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.97 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

P VANCE 154-97-16-9-21-16H3P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15HP VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-14H3P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15HAP VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15H3VANCE FEDERAL 14-9-4HP VANCE 154-97-2-17-20-15HP VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-14HVANCE 41-17-2HP VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13H3AP VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13HVANCE FEDERAL 41-17HVANCE FEDERAL 41-17TFHUP STATE 154-97-3-16-21-14HP VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13H3VANCE FEDERAL 41-17-4TFHP STATE 154-97-3-16-21-13H31 mi

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

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
P VANCE 154-97-16-9-21-16H3WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONInactive (IA)11,384 ft97%
P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,388 ft96%
P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-14H3WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,365 ft95%
P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15HAWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,334 ft97%
P VANCE 154-97-14-9-21-15H3WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,318 ft97%
VANCE FEDERAL 14-9-4HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,197 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-2-17-20-15HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,068 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-14HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,886 ft100%
VANCE 41-17-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,750 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13H3AWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,638 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,635 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 41-17HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,586 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 41-17TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,579 ft100%
P STATE 154-97-3-16-21-14HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONAbandoned (AB)9,524 ft100%
P VANCE 154-97-4-17-20-13H3WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,472 ft100%
VANCE FEDERAL 41-17-4TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,363 ft100%
P STATE 154-97-3-16-21-13H3WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,811 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 25944Case 23603Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  2. Order 26203Case 23862Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  3. Order 29505Case 27059Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.

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

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