Spacing unit · McKenzie County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T153N R97W sections 16, 21
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T153N R97W sections 16, 21
- Pool
- Banks-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone X
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 8
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-9e090aabf941a94a3fac- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 14
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 6
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +6
- First linked order
- Jan 16, 2009
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 9.58 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 6.26 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 3 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMELEON STATE 31-16-1H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 10,053 ft100% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 153-97-16-21-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Plugged and abandoned (PA) | 9,950 ft100% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 21-16-1H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,590 ft100% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 21-16-1TFH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,576 ft100% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 153-97-16-21-1H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,570 ft100% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 21-16-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,483 ft100% |
| TOPAZ 20-17 XE #1TFH | DEVON ENERGY WILLISTON, L.L.C. | Active (A) | 5,083 ft52% |
| CHAMELEON STATE 31-16HU | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 2,503 ft23% |
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 12693Case 10734Established the spacing unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO., LP
- Order 19276Case 17008Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
- Order 18900Case 16631Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
- Order 19975Case 17705Pooled all interests in the unitNEWFIELD PRODUCTION CO.
- Order 26039Case 23698Established the spacing unit, 14 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.
Overlapping units
6 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T153N R97W sections 17, 20 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T153N R97W sections 14, 15, 22, 23 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T153N R97W sections 3, 10, 15, 22 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T153N R97W sections 15, 22 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T153N R97W sections 15, 16, 21, 22 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T153N R97W sections 16, 17, 20, 21 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit