BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T159N R95W sections 9, 16

Spacing unit7 wells allowed · order 20223Sauk-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T159N R95W sections 9, 16
Pool
Sauk-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
3
Most wells operated by
Continental Resources
Unit id
dsu-5cd5f66822e8906b6cbc
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
7
Wells assigned to this unit
3
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+4
First linked order
Apr 20, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
5.11 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
2.67 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

LOVDAHL 3-16HLOVDAHL 2-16HLOVDAHL 1-16H1 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
LOVDAHL 3-16HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,687 ft100%
LOVDAHL 2-16HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,607 ft100%
LOVDAHL 1-16HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)8,692 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 10493Case 8933Established the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 10556Case 8986Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  3. Order 10698Case 9109Pooled all interests in the unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 20110Case 17841Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  5. Order 23705Case 21380Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

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.