BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit

T159N R98W sections 5, 8, 17, 20

Spacing unit7 wells allowed · order 35700Big Stone-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
2,560
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T159N R98W sections 5, 8, 17, 20
Pool
Big Stone-Bakken
Zone
Zone XI
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
5
Most wells operated by
Phoenix
Unit id
dsu-cc470a32bf5f954df3ce
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
7
Wells assigned to this unit
5
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Dec 27, 2024
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
0
Neighbourhood target density
4.98 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
5.05 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. 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

Nystuen 20-17-8-5 5HNystuen 20-17-8-5 1HNystuen 20-17-8-5 4HNystuen 20-17-8-5 3HNystuen 20-17-8-5 2H1 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
Nystuen 20-17-8-5 5HPhoenix Operating LLCActive (A)23,140 ft100%
Nystuen 20-17-8-5 1HPhoenix Operating LLCActive (A)20,941 ft100%
Nystuen 20-17-8-5 4HPhoenix Operating LLCActive (A)20,828 ft100%
Nystuen 20-17-8-5 3HPhoenix Operating LLCActive (A)20,823 ft100%
Nystuen 20-17-8-5 2HPhoenix Operating LLCActive (A)20,805 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 33778Case 31089Established the spacing unit, 5 wells allowedPHOENIX OPERATING LLC
  2. Order 34247Case 31525Pooled all interests in the unitPHOENIX OPERATING LLC
  3. Order 34429Case 31697Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedPHOENIX OPERATING LLC

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.