Spacing unit · McKenzie County
2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
T149N R99W sections 16, 17, 20, 21
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 2,560
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T149N R99W sections 16, 17, 20, 21
- Pool
- Pleasant Hill-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone II
- County
- McKenzie County
- Surveyed wells inside
- 14
- Most wells operated by
- Chord / Enerplus / Oasis / Whiting
- Unit id
dsu-e7fba62fe7d1065f1f0f- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 1
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 0
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- -13
- First linked order
- Sep 19, 2013
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 0
- Neighbourhood target density
- 7.55 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 6.54 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 0 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
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
| Well | Operator | Status | Lateral inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERRY STATE 21-16TFH | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Abandoned (AB) | 13,054 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-5H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 10,290 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-4H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,988 ft100% |
| CHERRY STATE 31-16H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,947 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-7H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,787 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-6H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,766 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,599 ft100% |
| CHERRY STATE 21-16-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,585 ft100% |
| CHERRY STATE 31-16HU | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,581 ft96% |
| CHERRY STATE 31-16-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,531 ft100% |
| CHERRY STATE 31-16-3H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,455 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-3H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,404 ft100% |
| MORK TRUST 21-17-2H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (A) | 9,340 ft100% |
| CHERRY STATE 21-16H | WHITING OIL AND GAS CORPORATION | Active (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
- Order 23018Case 20713Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
- Order 23794Case 21452Designated the spacing unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
- Order 24846Case 22512Pooled all interests in the unitWHITING OIL AND GAS CORP.
- Order 29376Case 26934Designated the spacing unitSLAWSON EXPLORATION CO., 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
4 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.
- T149N R99W sections 17, 20 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R99W sections 17, 18, 19, 20 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R99W sections 15, 16, 21, 22 2,560-acre Bakken spacing unit
- T149N R99W sections 16, 21 1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit