Spacing unit · McKenzie County
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T149N R98W sections 29, 32
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T149N R98W sections 29, 32
- Pool
- Pembroke-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone IV
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 5
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-c9c2792e45be20185c58- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 14
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 4
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +9
- First linked order
- Jan 25, 2010
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 3 (2.86 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 7.91 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 4.64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKEY 16-20-32-15H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Plugged and abandoned (PA) | 10,578 ft99% |
| RAUSER 11-29-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 10,568 ft100% |
| RAUSER 11-29H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Abandoned (AB) | 9,791 ft100% |
| SMOKEY 16-20-32-16H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Plugged and abandoned (PA) | 9,415 ft100% |
| RAUSER 11-29HU | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 8,846 ft84% |
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 14218Case 12018Established the spacing unitPEAK GRASSLANDS, LLC
- Order 14684Case 12428Designated the spacing unit, 4 wells allowed
- Order 19253Case 16985Pooled all interests in the unitKODIAK OIL & GAS CORP.
- Order 21927Case 19621Established the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedKODIAK OIL & GAS (USA) INC.
- Order 23327Case 21023Established the spacing unit, 14 wells allowed
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
4 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T149N R99W sections 25, 36 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R98W sections 30, 31 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R98W sections 28, 29, 32, 33 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R98W sections 29, 30, 31, 32 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit