BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Billings County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T142N R99W sections 21, 28

Spacing unit8 wells allowed · order 34570St. Demetrius-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T142N R99W sections 21, 28
Pool
St. Demetrius-Bakken
Zone
Zone VII
County
Billings County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Continental Resources
Unit id
dsu-a698bf147114c5e863ee
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
8
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+7
First linked order
Apr 20, 2005
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.05 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
5.6 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
1.15 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. 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

PALUCK 41X-281 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
PALUCK 41X-28CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)12,141 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 9962Case 8411Established the spacing unit
  2. Order 10107Case 8608Designated the spacing unitHEADINGTON OIL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  3. Order 12563Case 10621Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 13185Case 11124Established the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  5. Order 15211Case 12944Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedANSCHUTZ EXPLORATION CORP.
  6. Order 21431Case 19128Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.

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.