BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T153N R96W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit13 wells allowed · order 31977Sand Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T153N R96W sections 17, 20
Pool
Sand Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone XII
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
11
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-8322379c16270c84e0ae
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
13
Wells assigned to this unit
10
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Jan 12, 2011
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
9.28 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
10.19 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 0 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

TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-1TFHTARPON FEDERAL 24-20-1RTFTARPON FEDERAL 34-20-3HTARPON FEDERAL 34-20-2TFHTARPON FEDERAL 24-20-1HTARPON FEDERAL 24-20-2RTFTARPON FEDERAL 24-20-3RTFTARPON FEDERAL 34-20-2HTARPON FEDERAL 24-20-2RHTARPON FEDERAL 34-20-1HTARPON FEDERAL 34-20TFHU1 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
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-1TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,827 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 24-20-1RTFWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,790 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)10,618 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-2TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,890 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 24-20-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,875 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 24-20-2RTFWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,763 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 24-20-3RTFWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,685 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,620 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 24-20-2RHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,554 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20-1HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,509 ft100%
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)6,268 ft42%

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 15038Case 12775Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  2. Order 15333Case 13069Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  3. Order 15334Case 13070Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  4. Order 16855Case 14577Designated the spacing unit, 3 wells allowedZENERGY, INC.
  5. Order 17595Case 15349Established the spacing unit, 3 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  6. Order 21092Case 18790Designated the spacing unit, 5 wells allowedBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  7. Order 21332Case 19029Established the spacing unit, 5 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  8. Order 25994Case 23653Designated the spacing unit, 13 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  9. Order 26216Case 23875Established the spacing unit, 13 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

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