Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP is a large-scale, mature Bakken operator running 1,489 total wells in its ND portfolio, of which 914 are active and 989 are producing today. Activity is concentrated entirely in McKenzie County, where the company has 12 pending regulatory cases, 25 wells already authorized, and a ramp score of 29.8. All 12 pending cases land on a single hearing date — August 26, 2026 — spanning spacing-unit and pooling filings across the Bully-Bakken, Haystack Butte-Bakken, Bowline-Bakken, and Bull Moose-Bakken pools. The operator's historical win rate sits at 73%, with an average case probability of 71.3%. Recent orders signed in July and August 2026 confirm continued regulatory throughput across McKenzie and Dunn counties.
Burlington's entire active regulatory footprint sits in McKenzie County. All 12 pending cases are set for the August 26, 2026 hearing — a mix of spacing-unit and pooling filings covering the Bully-Bakken, Haystack Butte-Bakken, Bowline-Bakken, and Bull Moose-Bakken pools. Spacing units range from 1,920 to 5,120 acres per case. The geographic core runs across T.147–148N., R.98–99W., with sections spanning both townships. Case 33094 (Bully-Bakken spacing, 2,560 acres, 6 wells authorized) carries a 100% progression probability; case 33023 (Bowline/Bull Moose pooling, 1,920 acres) sits at 77%. Case 33008 (Bowline/Bull Moose spacing, 1,920 acres, 4 wells) is the lowest-confidence item at 36.9%.
Burlington holds 1,489 total ND wells. Of those, 914 are active, 989 are producing now, and 106 have been plugged. The producing-now count exceeding the active count is a data nuance worth noting but not resolving here. The operator is not a greenfield entrant — every development location in the docket shows prior-well counts of 2 to 152, confirming a mature, layered position. Work types on the ground span drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking — a full-cycle operational footprint.
Eight orders were signed in the July–August 2026 window. On August 17, Burlington received a Pooling Order (ord-35974) for Jim Creek-Bakken in Dunn County alongside a cluster of Burning Mine-Bakken actions in McKenzie — including a new pooling application (ord-34703) and two dismissals (ord-34705, ord-34704) for the same field on the same day, indicating an active restructuring of that position. July 20 orders covered North Branch-Bakken, Snowcover-Bakken, Boxcar Butte-Bakken, South Boxcar-Bakken, and Bull Moose-Bakken pools, all in McKenzie. The 8 pending cases on the August 26 docket include 3 spacing-unit filings and 5 pooling filings, all in McKenzie County.
Burlington's ramp score of 29.8 and a 73% historical win rate across cases, with an average case probability of 71.3%, point to a steady, high-throughput regulatory machine rather than a speculative pipeline. With 25 wells already authorized and 12 cases pending, the August 26 hearing is the near-term forcing function. Vendors covering drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, pad construction, and water trucking should treat the post-August 26 window as the likely mobilization trigger — particularly given that at least one location cluster already has 20 wells spudded.