Devon Energy Williston, LLC operates one of the larger well portfolios in the North Dakota Bakken, with 2,322 total wells, 1,922 active, and 1,969 producing as of mid-2026. The company is simultaneously pursuing spacing, pooling, and field-extension cases across Dunn, McKenzie, and Williams counties, with 3 pending cases all set for a June 25, 2026 hearing. Recent orders — spanning commingling authorizations, spacing amendments, and redevelopment authorizations — signal a company in active, multi-front development mode rather than a maintenance posture. Work-type exposure spans the full completion cycle: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, pad construction, and water logistics.
All 3 pending cases are calendared for June 25, 2026, spanning three counties. Cases 32611 (spacing unit) and 32626 (pooling) both sit in Williams/McKenzie counties targeting the Grinnell-Bakken Pool at Sections 27, 28, 33, 34, T.154N., R.96W., and both have progressed to order status — the regulatory finish line. Case 32612 is a field extension in Dunn County covering the Twin Buttes Bakken Pool, also progressed to order. On the development-location side, two new-pending spacing cases in Williams County (32828 and 32829) target the Sixmile-Bakken/Lake Trenton and Squires-Bakken pools respectively, each requesting 2,560-acre units. A third new-pending case (32927) is a field extension in McKenzie County's Trailside-Bakken, covering 1,920 acres.
Devon's ND well count stands at 2,322 total, with 1,922 active and 82 plugged. Notably, 1,969 wells are producing now — a figure that exceeds the active count, indicating some wells classified outside 'active' are still on production. Work-type exposure covers the full development chain: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking.
Eight orders have been signed since late April 2026. Commingling authorizations dominate: two for Painted Woods-Bakken Pool in Williams County (ord-35689, signed June 22; ord-35534, signed May 21) and one for Sandrocks-Bakken Pool in McKenzie County (ord-35688, signed May 21). In Camp-Bakken Pool, Devon secured both a spacing unit amendment and redevelopment authorization (ord-35508, May 5) and a production commingling authorization (ord-35533, May 1) — while simultaneously absorbing a dismissed field-rules amendment (ord-35352, May 5) in the same pool. A spacing unit modification and field redefinition order (ord-35507, April 27) covered the Nameless, Foreman Butte, and Glass Bluff fields in McKenzie County. A 2,880-acre overlapping spacing unit order (ord-34200, June 22) was signed for Wolf Bay-Bakken Pool in Dunn County.
The Grinnell-Bakken cases (32611 and 32626) represent Devon's clearest strategic signal: filing a spacing unit and a pooling case on the same sections for the same hearing date is a coordinated land-lock designed to resolve both the unit geometry and mineral interest consolidation in one regulatory session. Separately, the Camp-Bakken sequence — a dismissed amendment alongside a successful spacing modification on the same date — reflects a disciplined regulatory triage approach. The Trailside-Bakken field extension (32927) is the outlier: its 18% ML progression probability sits far below Devon's 88% historical win rate, making it the case to watch for a continuation or withdrawal signal.