BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · McKenzie County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T146N R103W sections 16, 21

Spacing unit1 wells allowed · order 18562Poker Jim-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T146N R103W sections 16, 21
Pool
Poker Jim-Bakken
Zone
Zone III
County
McKenzie County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Morningstar
Unit id
dsu-e23f8f70c75308828f41
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
1
Wells assigned to this unit
0
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
0
First linked order
Nov 27, 2012
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
4 (3.62 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
4.88 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.18 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 4 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

POKER JIM STATE 11 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
POKER JIM STATE 1MORNINGSTAR OPERATING LLCActive (A)1,928 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 18157Case 15898Designated the spacing unitBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  2. Order 18562Case 16297Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedBURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP
  3. Order 24764Case 22429Designated the spacing unitEMERALD OIL, INC.

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.