Spacing unit · North Dakota
1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit
T163N R97W sections 27, 34
Unit facts
- Formation
- Bakken
- Acres
- 1,280
- Type
- Spacing unit
- Land described
- T163N R97W sections 27, 34
- Pool
- Paulson-Bakken
- Zone
- Zone II
- Surveyed wells inside
- 0
- Most wells operated by
- SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY
- Unit id
dsu-ee3bd8f4ae8cb8fbcb12- Wells allowed by the latest linked order
- 1
- Wells assigned to this unit
- 0
- Pending permits inside
- 0
- Balance under the allowance
- +1
- First linked order
- Dec 30, 2010
- Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
- 5 (4.78 two-mile equivalents)
- Neighbourhood target density
- 4.68 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
- Density drilled so far
- 0 per 1,280 acres
Room to drill: 5 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
No surveyed lateral has 660 ft or more inside this footprint.
Order history
- Order 15538Case 13262Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
- Order 15538Case 13262Designated the spacing unitSAMSON RESOURCES CO.
- Order 34024Case 31324Designated the spacing unitDAKOTA ENERGY, L.L.C.
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.