Spacing unit · Williams County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T159N R98W sections 15, 22
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T159N R98W sections 15, 22
- Pool
- Big Stone-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone III
- County
- Williams County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 4
- Most wells operated by
- Phoenix
- Unit id
dsu-62560043340d37d8fd26- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 6
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 3
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +2
- First linked order
- May 29, 2013
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 2 (1.9 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 4.85 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 3.19 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodnight 22-15 5H | Phoenix Operating LLC | Active (A) | 10,310 ft100% |
| Goodnight 22-15 4H | Phoenix Operating LLC | Active (A) | 10,284 ft100% |
| Goodnight 22-15 3H | Phoenix Operating LLC | Active (A) | 10,260 ft100% |
| Goodnight 22-15 1H-LL | Phoenix Operating LLC | Active (A) | 2,727 ft26% |
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 21545Case 19242Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowed
- Order 21545Case 19242Designated the spacing unit
- Order 34600Case 31863Pooled all interests in the unitPHOENIX OPERATING LLC
- Order 34429Case 31697Designated the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedPHOENIX OPERATING LLC
- Order 34431Case 31699Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedPHOENIX OPERATING 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
4 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T159N R98W sections 16, 21 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R98W sections 16, 17, 20, 21 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R98W sections 15, 16, 21, 22 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T159N R98W sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23 5,120-acre Bakken spacing unit