BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · North Dakota

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T142N R99W sections 5, 8

Spacing unit8 wells allowed · order 27639Fairfield-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T142N R99W sections 5, 8
Pool
Fairfield-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
Surveyed wells inside
0
Unit id
dsu-8f993bdd3010bacb0fcd
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
8
Wells assigned to this unit
0
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+8
First linked order
Jul 25, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
5 (4.75 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.35 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 5 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

1 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

No surveyed lateral has 660 ft or more inside this footprint.

Order history

  1. Order 10600Case 9024Established the spacing unitHEADINGTON OIL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  2. Order 10606Case 9030Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  3. Order 19207Case 16939Designated the spacing unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  4. Order 20736Case 18450Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  5. Order 21431Case 19128Established the spacing unit, 8 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.