BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Billings County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T142N R101W sections 3, 10

Spacing unit4 wells allowed · order 29703Elkhorn Ranch-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T142N R101W sections 3, 10
Pool
Elkhorn Ranch-Bakken
Zone
Zone VII
County
Billings County
Surveyed wells inside
2
Most wells operated by
Foundation Energy
Unit id
dsu-a4be73202fd069a8c487
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
4
Wells assigned to this unit
2
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Nov 21, 2008
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.92 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
2.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
1.11 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 2 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. The county or basin value stands in for the target because fewer than eight developed units lie within 20 miles. 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

MIKES CREEK 21-3TFHMOI 21-3HCE1 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
MIKES CREEK 21-3TFHFOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LLCActive (A)9,335 ft100%
MOI 21-3HCEWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)2,401 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 12484Case 10553Established the spacing unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  2. Order 12623Case 10679Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  3. Order 14376Case 12126Designated the spacing unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  4. Order 20116Case 17847Designated the spacing unitGMX RESOURCES INC.
  5. Order 19187Case 16919Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & 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.