BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T154N R96W sections 5, 8

Spacing unit12 wells allowed · order 29315West Capa-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T154N R96W sections 5, 8
Pool
West Capa-Bakken
Zone
Zone I
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
10
Most wells operated by
Continental Resources
Unit id
dsu-f0c4b3ca231dafc86c84
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
12
Wells assigned to this unit
7
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
May 23, 2008
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
2 (1.9 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
8.61 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
7.01 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

Helen 4-8HHelen 3-8H1HELEN 11X-5Helen 2-8HSLHelen 7-8HHelen 6-8H1Helen 5-8HKenneth 5-17H1Kenneth 6-17HJOHN 33X-81 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
Helen 4-8HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,736 ft100%
Helen 3-8H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,613 ft100%
HELEN 11X-5CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,304 ft100%
Helen 2-8HSLCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,255 ft100%
Helen 7-8HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,625 ft100%
Helen 6-8H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)9,067 ft100%
Helen 5-8HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)8,573 ft100%
Kenneth 5-17H1CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)1,901 ft16%
Kenneth 6-17HCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)1,893 ft15%
JOHN 33X-8CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)931 ft8%

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 11885Case 10071Established the spacing unitHEADINGTON OIL CO. LLC
  2. Order 12355Case 10214Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 14686Case 12430Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  4. Order 17790Case 15544Pooled all interests in the unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  5. Order 16376Case 14101Established the spacing unit, 3 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  6. Order 20279Case 18010Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  7. Order 25943Case 23602Designated the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  8. Order 23708Case 21380Designated the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.
  9. Order 26287Case 23944Established the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  10. Order 26926Case 24560Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  11. Order 26926Case 24560Designated the spacing unit, 12 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  12. Order 33838Case 31149Designated the spacing unitCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, 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

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