BBakken SubsurfaceNorth Dakota well index

Spacing unit · Williams County

1,280-acre Bakken spacing unit

T158N R96W sections 16, 21

Spacing unit8 wells allowed · order 34572Big Meadow-Bakken

Unit facts

Formation
Bakken
Acres
1,280
Type
Spacing unit
Land described
T158N R96W sections 16, 21
Pool
Big Meadow-Bakken
Zone
Zone I
County
Williams County
Surveyed wells inside
1
Most wells operated by
Silver Hill Energy
Unit id
dsu-fb7b201d6b6c4f2aded5
Wells allowed by the latest linked order
8
Wells assigned to this unit
1
Pending permits inside
0
Balance under the allowance
+7
First linked order
Nov 25, 2008
Laterals that still fit (Nov 2026 method)
5 (4.79 two-mile equivalents)
Neighbourhood target density
5.86 two-mile laterals per 1,280 acres
Density drilled so far
0.96 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

OLSON C 158-96-21-16-4MBH1 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
OLSON C 158-96-21-16-4MBHSilver Hill Energy Operating, LLCActive (A)10,196 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 12526Case 10588Established the spacing unitXTO ENERGY INC.
  2. Order 19025Case 16756Established the spacing unit, 1 well allowed
  3. Order 19025Case 16756Designated the spacing unit
  4. Order 23854Case 21512Pooled all interests in the unitEMERALD OIL, INC.
  5. Order 21677Case 19374Designated the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedXTO ENERGY INC.
  6. Order 23867Case 21525Established the spacing unit, 7 wells allowedEMERALD OIL, INC.
  7. Order 28104Case 25694Established the spacing unit, 8 wells allowedLIBERTY RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CO., LLC

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.