BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Billings County

640-acre Bakken spacing unit

T144N R102W section 5

Spacing unit2 wells allowed · order 29281Buckhorn-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
640
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T144N R102W section 5
Pool
Buckhorn-Bakken
Zone
Zone II
County
Billings County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Foundation Energy
Unit id
dsu-e3867b041c05c2f1ae03
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
2
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+1
First linked order
Jul 8, 1992
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.06 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
2.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.38 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 2 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. The county or basin value stands in for the target because fewer than eight developed units lie within 20 miles. 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

BUCKHORN FEDERAL 23-5H1 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
BUCKHORN FEDERAL 23-5HFOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LLCActive (A)2,315 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 6459Case 5583Established the spacing unitMERIDIAN OIL INC.
  2. Order 16593Case 14317Listed the unit in a pool zone table, 2 wells allowedSEQUEL ENERGY, 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

One other unit shares a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.