BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Dunn County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T144N R97W sections 1, 12

Spacing unit6 wells allowed · order 35805Murphy Creek-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T144N R97W sections 1, 12
Pool
Murphy Creek-Bakken
Zone
Zone X
County
Dunn County
Surveyed wells inside
4
Most wells operated by
Burlington / Marathon
Unit id
dsu-f3b67b74b253dfe8754e
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
6
Wells assigned to this unit
3
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+2
First linked order
Jun 25, 2008
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
3 (2.93 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
6.05 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
3.65 per 1,280 acres

Room to drill: 3 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

ELL 21-1HRutledge 6-11HSLIRENE ELL 11-1HELL 31-1H1 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
ELL 21-1HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,242 ft100%
Rutledge 6-11HSLCONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.Active (A)10,167 ft98%
IRENE ELL 11-1HMARATHON OIL COMPANYActive (A)10,031 ft100%
ELL 31-1HMARATHON OIL COMPANYInactive (IA)9,100 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 11928Case 10106Established the spacing unit
  2. Order 13312Case 11228Designated the spacing unit
  3. Order 13317Case 11233Designated the spacing unit
  4. Order 13903Case 11742Pooled all interests in the unitMARATHON OIL CO.
  5. Order 14422Case 12170Designated the spacing unit, 2 wells allowedTRACKER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT II, LLC
  6. Order 15133Case 12866Designated the spacing unit, 6 wells allowedENCORE OPERATING, L.P.
  7. Order 24942Case 22607Established the spacing unitMARATHON OIL CO.

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.