BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · North Dakota

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T163N R98W sections 3, 10

Spacing unit7 wells allowed · order 24856Candak-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T163N R98W sections 3, 10
Pool
Candak-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
Surveyed wells inside
0
Unit id
dsu-d10351d65037d532df39
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
7
Wells assigned to this unit
0
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+7
First linked order
Apr 16, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
5 (4.79 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.6 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 5 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

1 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

No surveyed lateral has 660 ft or more inside this footprint.

Order history

  1. Order 14402Case 12150Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  2. Order 16835Case 14557Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowed
  3. Order 16835Case 14557Designated the spacing unit
  4. Order 19284Case 17016Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  5. Order 20191Case 17922Designated the spacing unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
  6. Order 24856Case 22522Established the spacing unit, 7 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.