BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Billings County

320-acre Bakken spacing unit

T142N R101W section 17

Spacing unitTerminated by order 27830 (Mar 20, 2017)Ash Coulee-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
320
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T142N R101W section 17
Pool
Ash Coulee-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Billings County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
XTO ENERGY INC
Unit id
dsu-451288686fe81775867d
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
2.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.87 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. 1 more would fit the density but not the spacing rule. 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

KETCH 1-171 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
KETCH 1-17XTO ENERGY INCPlugged and abandoned (PA)2,286 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 6008Case 5191Pooled all interests in the unitSLAWSON EXPLORATION COMPANY, INC.
  2. Order 14176Case 11978Designated the spacing unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  3. Order 23210Case 20904Designated the spacing unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  4. Order 27830Case 25427Terminated the spacing unitNP 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.