Mystery: 5-Section Tract In The Bakken With No Oil Activity -- November 24, 2015

Updates

November 27, 2015: a reader suggests that this is part of the reservation that WPX owns outright and there is no need to drill a well hold these mineral rights. The multi-well pad to the east of these five undrilled sections is a WPX pad. 

Original Post
It's difficult to find a section of land in the Bakken that is not held by production. But there's a strip of land about five sections running north / south sitting right between Mandaree in the reservation and Johnson Corner east of Watford City, two areas of significant activity and production. The area under discussion is outlined in blue in the graphic below:

There must be a reason why this area has not been drilled yet. It's possible I even blogged about it before, but if so, I've forgotten. Looking at satellite views of the area, the area outlined in blue looks like the rest of the area, no obvious reasons why it can't be drilled. If one wants to take a look, the GPS coordinates of #21217 are: 47.717859, -102.785278 which can be plugged into Google maps. There's a similar area a few miles directly north but that area is a state park or preserve of some sort.

Section 24 in the rectangular area is the only section that has been spaced for drilling (640-acre spacing). None of the other sections are spaced for drilling.