BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T149N R99W sections 16, 21

Spacing unit9 wells allowed · order 29376Pleasant Hill-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T149N R99W sections 16, 21
Pool
Pleasant Hill-Bakken
Zone
Zone I
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
7
Most wells operated by
Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
Unit id
dsu-d0812793509abbdfcebc
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
9
Wells assigned to this unit
6
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Mar 16, 2012
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
1 (0.95 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
7.59 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
6.63 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 1 lateral 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

CHERRY STATE 21-16TFHCHERRY STATE 31-16HCHERRY STATE 21-16-2HCHERRY STATE 31-16HUCHERRY STATE 31-16-2HCHERRY STATE 31-16-3HCHERRY STATE 21-16H1 mi

DMR footprint (NAD83) with the published surface locations of its wells. Laterals run under the unit; pads often sit on a neighbouring section.

Wells inside the unit

WellOperatorStatusLateral inside
CHERRY STATE 21-16TFHWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONAbandoned (AB)13,054 ft100%
CHERRY STATE 31-16HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,947 ft100%
CHERRY STATE 21-16-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,585 ft100%
CHERRY STATE 31-16HUWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,581 ft96%
CHERRY STATE 31-16-2HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,531 ft100%
CHERRY STATE 31-16-3HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,455 ft100%
CHERRY STATE 21-16HWHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATIONActive (A)9,303 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 17422Case 15178Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowed
  2. Order 17697Case 15451Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.,
  3. Order 18383Case 16119Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  4. Order 20530Case 18261Established the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  5. Order 24311Case 21978Established the spacing unit, 9 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

2 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.