BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Dunn County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T144N R96W sections 27, 28, 33, 34

Spacing unitMurphy Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T144N R96W sections 27, 28, 33, 34
Pool
Murphy Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone XIX
County
Dunn County
Surveyed wells inside
6
Most wells operated by
MARATHON OIL COMPANY
Unit id
dsu-99f5f979fc27ca7146bc
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
1 (0.96 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.75 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
2.71 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. 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

ERNEST CHARCHENKO 24-33HT D STEFFAN 21-27HTOM STEFFAN 21-27HERNEST CHARCHENKO 14-33HERNEST CHARCHENKO 34-33HSAMPSON 34-34H1 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
ERNEST CHARCHENKO 24-33HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,047 ft100%
T D STEFFAN 21-27HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)9,852 ft100%
TOM STEFFAN 21-27HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)9,697 ft100%
ERNEST CHARCHENKO 14-33HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)9,462 ft100%
ERNEST CHARCHENKO 34-33HMARATHON OIL COMPANYAbandoned (AB)9,292 ft100%
SAMPSON 34-34HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)9,011 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 24874Case 22540Designated the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  2. Order 35805Case 32879Designated the spacing unitPHOENIX OPERATING LLC

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

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