BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Dunn County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T144N R96W sections 5, 8

Spacing unit6 wells allowed · order 35805Murphy Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T144N R96W sections 5, 8
Pool
Murphy Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone X
County
Dunn County
Surveyed wells inside
4
Most wells operated by
Burlington / Marathon
Unit id
dsu-ed5ebad6623048c1cc21
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
6
Wells assigned to this unit
4
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Aug 16, 2006
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.86 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
6.07 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
4.43 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. 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

HECKER 21-5HKERKHOFF 14-8HKNOPIK 24-8HHAZEL 14-8H1 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
HECKER 21-5HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)16,817 ft100%
KERKHOFF 14-8HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,500 ft100%
KNOPIK 24-8HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,318 ft100%
HAZEL 14-8HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,247 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 10648Case 9066Established the spacing unitMARATHON OIL COMPANY
  2. Order 11646Case 9887Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 13317Case 11233Designated the spacing unit
  4. Order 14422Case 12170Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedTRACKER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT II, LLC
  5. Order 15133Case 12866Designated the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedENCORE OPERATING, L.P.

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

2 other units share a surveyed well with this one; overlapping units are not additive.