BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Divide County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T163N R98W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit7 wells allowed · order 33919Blooming Prairie-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T163N R98W sections 17, 20
Pool
Blooming Prairie-Bakken
Zone
Zone VIII
County
Divide County
Surveyed wells inside
2
Most wells operated by
Formentera
Unit id
dsu-50883219ed5ebddbb547
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
7
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+5
First linked order
Jan 19, 2007
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.77 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
1.62 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 3 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

HANSON 17-20-163-98HRANCHERO 1819-8H1 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
HANSON 17-20-163-98HFORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLCActive (A)8,866 ft100%
RANCHERO 1819-8HFORMENTERA OPERATIONS, LLCActive (A)8,150 ft86%

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 10904Case 9289Established the spacing unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  2. Order 11138Case 9481Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 15221Case 12954Pooled all interests in the unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  4. Order 23102Case 20796Designated the spacing unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  5. Order 24497Case 22163Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  6. Order 24737Case 22402Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.

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

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