BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R96W sections 3, 10

Spacing unitNorth Fork-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R96W sections 3, 10
Pool
North Fork-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
8
Most wells operated by
BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LP
Unit id
dsu-b26372d28774db78e295
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.85 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
10.74 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.11 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

MERTON 41-15MBHMERTON 21-15MBHMERTON 21-15MBH 2NHMERTON 21-15TFHMERTON 21-15TFH 3NHMERTON 14-10MBHMERTON 1-3HMERTON 14-10TFH ULW1 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
MERTON 41-15MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,436 ft100%
MERTON 21-15MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,407 ft99%
MERTON 21-15MBH 2NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,376 ft97%
MERTON 21-15TFHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPInactive (IA)10,319 ft95%
MERTON 21-15TFH 3NHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,315 ft92%
MERTON 14-10MBHBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPPlugged and abandoned (PA)10,269 ft100%
MERTON 1-3HBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)10,115 ft100%
MERTON 14-10TFH ULWBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY LPActive (A)2,024 ft20%

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 11366Case 9665Established the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 12024Case 10095Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 13006Case 10984Pooled all interests in the unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  4. Order 31567Case 29016Designated the spacing unitPETROSHALE (US), 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.

Overlapping units

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