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Spacing unit · Mountrail County

640-acre Bakken spacing unit

T153N R89W section 16

Spacing unit3 wells allowed · order 35934Parshall-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
640
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T153N R89W section 16
Pool
Parshall-Bakken
Zone
Zone V
County
Mountrail County
Surveyed wells inside
3
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-be8e76dc24f34f06487d
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
3
Wells assigned to this unit
3
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
0
First linked order
Oct 10, 2012
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
6.4 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
3.18 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 0 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. 2 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

SHELL CREEK STATE 11-16-3HSHELL CREEK STATE 11-16-2HSHELL CREEK STATE 11-16H1 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
SHELL CREEK STATE 11-16-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONPlugged and abandoned (PA)5,969 ft100%
SHELL CREEK STATE 11-16-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)5,461 ft100%
SHELL CREEK STATE 11-16HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)5,271 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 21065Case 18763Pooled all interests in the unitEOG RESOURCES, INC.
  2. Order 22305Case 19998Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 3 wells allowedSLAWSON EXPLORATION CO., INC.
  3. Order 22589Case 20283Established the spacing unit, 3 wells allowedWHITING 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

One other unit shares a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.