Spacing unit · McKenzie County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T149N R99W sections 4, 9
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T149N R99W sections 4, 9
- Pool
- Pleasant Hill-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone I
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 5
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-bd4e95b3e90d8273d3ec- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 9
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 5
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +4
- First linked order
- Mar 16, 2012
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 7.73 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 4.62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUD 11-4-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 10,586 ft100% |
| RUD 11-4H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 10,225 ft100% |
| JOHNSON 31-4-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,828 ft100% |
| RUD 11-4TFH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,498 ft100% |
| JOHNSON 31-4H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 8,751 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
- Order 17422Case 15178Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowed
- Order 18383Case 16119Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 20530Case 18261Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 24311Case 21978Established the spacing unit, 9 wells allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
- Order 26663Case 24298Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING 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
2 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T149N R99W sections 4, 5, 8, 9 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R99W sections 3, 4, 9, 10 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit