Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP — McKenzie County Bakken Consolidator with 15 Pending Cases and 30 Requested Wells on Deck for Oct 21

Docket & Locations

All 15 pending cases are in McKenzie County, scheduled for the October 21, 2026 Industrial Commission hearing. The geographic core is a contiguous block in Townships 147–148N, Ranges 98–99W — specifically the Bully-Bakken and Bully/Haystack Butte-Bakken pools. Cases span pooling and spacing-unit types, with Burlington Resources listed as applicant across all dev_location entries in the bundle. Several cases (31929, 31966, 31967, 31968, 31969) first appeared on the docket as early as July 23, 2025, and have accumulated 15 continuances each; case 32004 and 31977 first heard August 27, 2025, carry 14 continuances. Continued cases can be continued again — these histories underscore that the October 21 date is the next scheduled appearance, not a guaranteed resolution.

Portfolio

The operator's well inventory totals 1,533, with 1,001 active, 1,004 currently producing, and only 107 plugged. The near-complete overlap between active and producing counts points to a portfolio with very little idle or shut-in inventory. The low plugged count — 107 out of 1,533 — indicates limited abandonment liability in the near term and a development vintage that is predominantly recent. Work types on file span the full development cycle: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking.

Recent Orders & Cases

Eight signed orders appear in the recent record. Four pooling orders were signed July 20, 2026, covering North Branch-Bakken (two orders), Boxcar Butte and/or South Boxcar-Bakken, and Bull Moose-Bakken, all in McKenzie County, plus one Jim Creek-Bakken pooling order in Dunn County signed August 17, 2026. Against that, three Burning Mine-Bakken actions signed August 17, 2026 were dismissals — one general dismissal and two pooling order dismissals — all in McKenzie County. The pending slate of 8 cases at the October 21 hearing includes 4 pooling and 4 spacing-unit cases, all McKenzie County. The operator's historical win rate is 69%; average probability across pending cases is 79.3%, and 10 of the 15 pending cases are flagged high-probability.

Convergence & Momentum

The October 21 hearing concentrates 8 cases, 30 requested wells, and a momentum ramp score of 38.8 into a single docket date. Case 31929 — a spacing-unit application requesting 13 wells across 2,560 acres in the Bully-Bakken — carries the highest individual progression probability in the bundle at 95.0%, despite 15 prior continuances. The companion pooling cases for the same and adjacent sections (31966, 31967, 31968, 31969, 32004) each score 92.7%. By contrast, the two 5,120-acre spacing-unit cases (31930 at 49.6% and 31977 at 24.2%) are the outliers — same geography, same hearing date, but the model assigns materially lower confidence to the spacing structure being resolved. The Haystack Butte-Bakken pooling case 33239 scores 96.6%, the highest single-case probability in the bundle. Work-type coverage across drilling, frac, and construction services confirms the operator is resourced for execution once regulatory clearances arrive.

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