The question arose from this NDIC case:
#17195: Application of Continental Resources, Inc. for an order amending the field rules for the Brooklyn-Bakken Pool to create two 2560-acre spacing unitscomprised of Sections 14, 23, 26 and 35; and Sections 18, 19, 30 and 31,T.155N., R.98W., ...My reply:
1. My hunch is they are drilling them now, but I could be wrong.
2. The NDIC map suggests that CLR was successful in getting the two 2560-acre spacing units. There were already a pair of wells in 1280-acre spacing units in those sections.
3. There are now 2 wells in the western spacing units (18, 19, 30, 31) and four wells in the eastern spacing unit (14, 23, 26,35) on confidential status. One rig is on site (in the eastern spacing units, where there are four newly permitted wells). Because they are "confidential" I don't know if they are 2560-acre spaced wells, but the fact that they were permitted after the 2560-acre spacing case (at least it appears they were), it's very likely that these six wells could be 2560-acre spacing wells. Even so, they will be standard 9,000-foot long laterals (2 sections). That one rig will probably drill all six wells.