Spacing unit · Billings County
1,600-acre Bakken spacing unit
T140N R100W sections 5, 8, 17
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,600
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T140N R100W sections 5, 8, 17
- Pool
- Park-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone III
- County
- Billings County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 3
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-982b027bddff5325f79c- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 5
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 3
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +2
- First linked order
- Jul 19, 2012
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 1 (1.27 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 5.14 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 2.9 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 1 lateral 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. 1 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABECK 41-5PH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 14,834 ft100% |
| BABECK 31-5PH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 13,591 ft100% |
| BABECK FEDERAL 11-5PH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 13,306 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
- Order 17025Case 14750Designated the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 17601Case 15355Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 18386Case 16122Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 22373Case 20068Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
- Order 22369Case 20064Established the spacing unit, 5 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.