BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T153N R97W sections 4, 9

Spacing unit14 wells allowed · order 31430Banks-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T153N R97W sections 4, 9
Pool
Banks-Bakken
Zone
Zone X
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
7
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-59f1450d21a40bef92c5
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
14
Wells assigned to this unit
3
Pending permits inside
2
Balance under the allowance
+7
First linked order
Aug 19, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
4 (3.81 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
8.92 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
4.69 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 4 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

FLATLAND 43-9-1HFLATLAND 43-9-2HFLATLAND 43-9-1XHFLATLAND 9-9HKOALA WOLD 153-97-1-5-9-15HFLATLAND 43-9HUFLATLAND 24-9-1XH1 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
FLATLAND 43-9-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,488 ft100%
FLATLAND 43-9-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,446 ft100%
FLATLAND 43-9-1XHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)8,345 ft82%
FLATLAND 9-9HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)8,149 ft100%
KOALA WOLD 153-97-1-5-9-15HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)7,309 ft63%
FLATLAND 43-9HUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)6,646 ft78%
FLATLAND 24-9-1XHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)2,277 ft21%

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 14814Case 12555Designated the spacing unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  2. Order 15009Case 12747Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC
  3. Order 17048Case 14773Pooled all interests in the unitNORTH PLAINS ENERGY, LLC,
  4. Order 21247Case 18946Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  5. Order 21744Case 19442Established the spacing unit, 5 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
  6. Order 26039Case 23698Designated the spacing unit, 14 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  7. Order 26205Case 23864Established the spacing unit, 14 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

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