BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · North Dakota

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T143N R99W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit1 wells allowed · order 22771Whitetail-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T143N R99W sections 17, 20
Pool
Whitetail-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
Surveyed wells inside
0
Most wells operated by
Continental Resources
Unit id
dsu-b475e3be31b4ff4e883e
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
1
Wells assigned to this unit
0
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+1
First linked order
Oct 19, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
5 (4.74 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.68 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 5 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

1 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

No surveyed lateral has 660 ft or more inside this footprint.

Order history

  1. Order 10720Case 9128Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 22771Case 20465Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  3. Order 27640Case 25221Designated the spacing unit

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.