BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Dunn County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R92W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit11 wells allowed · order 35852Heart Butte-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R92W sections 17, 20
Pool
Heart Butte-Bakken
Zone
Zone XXXIV
County
Dunn County
Surveyed wells inside
2
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-9c3e1ff40069d8097f81
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
11
Wells assigned to this unit
2
Pending permits inside
3
Balance under the allowance
+9
First linked order
Nov 24, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
7 (6.68 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
9.07 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
1.99 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 7 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

BIRON 20-24HBAKER 20-34H1 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
BIRON 20-24HENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATIONActive (A)11,355 ft100%
BAKER 20-34HENERPLUS RESOURCES USA CORPORATIONActive (A)9,401 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 15291Case 13024Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowed
  2. Order 15700Case 13423Established the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedPEAK NORTH DAKOTA, LLC
  3. Order 16640Case 14363Designated the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedENERPLUS RESOURCES (U.S.A.) INC.
  4. Order 17317Case 15067Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedENERPLUS RESOURCES (U.S.A.) INC.
  5. Order 25079Case 22744Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedENERPLUS RESOURCES (USA) INC.
  6. Order 26057Case 23715Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedSHD OIL & GAS, LLC
  7. Order 26057Case 23715Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedSHD OIL & GAS, LLC
  8. Order 26319Case 23976Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  9. Order 26319Case 23976Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  10. Order 26335Case 23991Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  11. Order 26335Case 23991Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  12. Order 26418Case 24075Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedQEP ENERGY CO.
  13. Order 26418Case 24075Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedQEP ENERGY CO.
  14. Order 26744Case 24377Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedQEP ENERGY CO.
  15. Order 26744Case 24377Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedQEP ENERGY CO.
  16. Order 26814Case 24448Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  17. Order 26814Case 24448Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 7 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
  18. Order 28171Case 25760Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedWPX ENERGY WILLISTON, LLC
  19. Order 28168Case 25757Designated the spacing unit, 11 wells allowedSHD OIL & GAS, LLC
  20. Order 28422Case 26009Established the spacing unit, 11 wells allowedENERPLUS RESOURCES (USA) 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.

Overlapping units

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