BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Billings County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T143N R102W sections 17, 20

Spacing unit4 wells allowed · order 29703Roosevelt-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T143N R102W sections 17, 20
Pool
Roosevelt-Bakken
Zone
Zone VI
County
Billings County
Surveyed wells inside
3
Most wells operated by
Foundation Energy
Unit id
dsu-e526125385dc9561aead
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
4
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+3
First linked order
Feb 19, 2010
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.91 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
2.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.91 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

DRY CREEK 44-20TFHFEDERAL 44-20HFEDERAL 42-18H1 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
DRY CREEK 44-20TFHFOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LLCActive (A)9,604 ft100%
FEDERAL 44-20HWHITE ROCK OIL & GAS, LLCActive (A)4,644 ft100%
FEDERAL 42-18HFOUNDATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LLCActive (A)4,307 ft50%

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 14174Case 11976Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  2. Order 14174Case 11976Designated the spacing unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  3. Order 14175Case 11977Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  4. Order 17420Case 15176Designated the spacing unit
  5. Order 19181Case 16913Designated the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & GAS CORP.
  6. Order 19183Case 16915Established the spacing unit, 4 wells allowedWHITING OIL & 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

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