Spacing unit · McKenzie County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T149N R96W sections 30, 31
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T149N R96W sections 30, 31
- Pool
- Haystack Butte-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone VII
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 4
- Most wells operated by
- XTO Energy
- Unit id
dsu-6775d53df813bf969282- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 12
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 3
- Pending permits inside
- 4
- Balance under the allowance
- +8
- First linked order
- Jun 25, 2008
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 8 (7.63 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 10.57 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 3.22 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE FEDERAL 31X-30B | XTO ENERGY INC | Active (A) | 10,214 ft100% |
| PRAIRIE FEDERAL 31X-30A | XTO ENERGY INC | Active (A) | 10,148 ft100% |
| PRAIRIE FEDERAL 31X-30E | XTO ENERGY INC | Active (A) | 9,984 ft100% |
| CHERRY PIE 1R TFH ULW | BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP | Active (A) | 3,664 ft36% |
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 11966Case 10131Established the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
- Order 12069Case 10216Designated the spacing unitHEADINGTON OIL CO. LLC
- Order 13569Case 11448Designated the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
- Order 13898Case 11543Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowed
- Order 20427Case 18158Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
- Order 27022Case 24658Established the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedXTO ENERGY 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
4 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T149N R96W sections 29, 30, 31, 32 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- Footprint 5701cbcb 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- Footprint 905fb1df 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- Footprint ed51ff90 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit