BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T146N R99W sections 4, 9

Spacing unit4 wells allowed · order 21047Butte-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T146N R99W sections 4, 9
Pool
Butte-Bakken
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
PRIMA EXPLORATION, INC.
Unit id
dsu-908823ca8ee13dd6a474
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
4
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+3
First linked order
Sep 2, 2011
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
8 (7.68 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
8.72 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.85 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

JOHNSTON 31-4-1H1 mi

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

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
JOHNSTON 31-4-1HWHITE ROCK OIL & GAS, LLCActive (A)9,058 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 17038Case 14763Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedGMX RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 18228Case 15966Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedGMX RESOURCES INC.
  3. Order 18228Case 15966Designated the spacing unitGMX RESOURCES INC.
  4. Order 18271Case 16008Pooled all interests in the unitGMX RESOURCES INC.
  5. Order 21047Case 18745Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedGMX RESOURCES INC.
  6. Order 25930Case 23144Designated the spacing unit

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.