Spacing unit · Williams County
2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
T159N R97W sections 5, 8, 17, 20
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 2,560
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T159N R97W sections 5, 8, 17, 20
- Pool
- Corinth-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone VI
- County
- Williams County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 3
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-4d015d5f6be23038e5bb- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 4
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 0
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +1
- First linked order
- Jun 4, 2026
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 0
- Neighbourhood target density
- 3.8 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 1.49 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
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
| Well | Operator | Status | Lateral inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoltenberg 2-4HSL | CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. | Active (A) | 13,704 ft89% |
| WILDROSE 159-97-13-8-20-13H3 | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,886 ft100% |
| COLLYER 9-8H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 7,846 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
- Order 34858Case 32169Designated the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
- Order 35697Case 32771Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING 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
6 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T159N R97W sections 5, 8 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R97W sections 4, 9 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T160N R97W sections 29, 30, 31, 32 5,120-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R97W sections 4, 9, 16 1,920-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R97W sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16, 17 3,840-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R97W sections 17, 20 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit