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Spacing unit · McKenzie County

640-acre Bakken spacing unit

T153N R96W section 16

Spacing unit6 wells allowed · order 31977Sand Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
640
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T153N R96W section 16
Pool
Sand Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
8
Most wells operated by
Devon Energy
Unit id
dsu-90164ed76428759ad356
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
6
Wells assigned to this unit
7
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
-2
First linked order
Jun 22, 2010
Review note
over_allowance
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
9.1 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.11 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. 2 more would fit the density but not the spacing rule. 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 34-20TFHUSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-11HSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-10HSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-3HSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-2HSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-4HSAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-12HSAND CREEK STATE 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
TARPON FEDERAL 34-20TFHUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)5,181 ft35%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-11HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,799 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-10HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,743 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-3HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,707 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-2HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,573 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-4HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,570 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 153-96-16-12HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Active (A)4,488 ft100%
SAND CREEK STATE 1-16HDEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C.Plugged and abandoned (PA)4,477 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 14560Case 12308Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 2 wells allowedENCORE OPERATING, LP
  2. Order 14820Case 12561Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  3. Order 17780Case 15534Pooled all interests in the unitNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  4. Order 16855Case 14577Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedZENERGY, INC.
  5. Order 18329Case 16066Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  6. Order 24898Case 22564Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
  7. Order 31915Case 29345Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 6 wells allowedOVINTIV PRODUCTION INC.
  8. Order 31977Case 29406Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedOVINTIV PRODUCTION 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

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