Devon Energy Williston, LLC is a large-scale Bakken operator running 2,322 total wells across Dunn, McKenzie, and Williams counties, with 1,922 active and 1,969 producing as of the dossier date. The regulatory pipeline is live and multi-front: 6 pending cases span spacing, pooling, field extension, and well authorization work, with a 90% historical win rate and a ramp score of 9.2. The operator's near-term docket is concentrated on two hearing dates — August 27 and September 23, 2026 — and recent signed orders show Devon simultaneously locking in new spacing, clearing commingling logistics, and dismissing stale cases, a pattern consistent with a deliberate acreage-consolidation push rather than opportunistic one-off filings.
Devon has 6 pending cases heard across two dates. The August 27, 2026 slate covers a spacing unit (case 32611, Williams/McKenzie, Grinnell-Bakken, 2,560 acres, 1 well authorized), a companion pooling case (32626, same PLSS cells, Grinnell-Bakken), a second pooling case (33150, McKenzie, Sandrocks-Bakken, progression probability 27.7%), and a field extension (32612, Dunn, Twin Buttes Bakken Pool). The September 23 slate adds a spacing unit (33163, Williams, Squires-Bakken Pool, 2,560 acres, 4 wells) and a well authorization (33186, McKenzie). Geographic footprint spans Dunn, McKenzie, and Williams counties. The Grinnell-Bakken spacing and pooling pair sits in T.154N., R.96W.; the Squires-Bakken spacing sits in T.155N., R.102W.; the Trailside-Bakken field extension covers sections across T.146N.–T.147N., R.100W.; and the Camp-Bakken pooling pair (cases 33097/33098, both 100% progression probability) sits in T.152N., R.101W.
Devon's Williston book totals 2,322 wells: 1,922 active, 1,969 producing now, and 82 plugged. The producing count exceeding the active count is a data nuance worth noting — in ND context it can reflect wells in various administrative states still on production. The portfolio is overwhelmingly non-greenfield; every development location in the docket shows prior wells in the unit, ranging from 2 (Trailside field extension, case 32927) to 538 (Siverston/North Tobacco Garden spacing, case 33012), confirming Devon is working mature, delineated acreage rather than frontier positions.
Four orders were signed between June 22 and August 14, 2026. Order 35978 (August 14, McKenzie) authorized commingling across the Tobacco Garden, South Tobacco Garden, and Siverston fields — operationally significant given the concurrent spacing case 33012 in the Siverston-Bakken. Order 35208 (July 17, McKenzie) dismissed cases covering the Foreman Butte-Bakken, Glass Bluff-Bakken, and Nameless-Bakken pools, clearing stale docket items. Order 34200 (June 22, Dunn) established spacing for Wolf Bay, complementing the active Twin Buttes field extension (case 32612) also in Dunn. Order 35689 (June 22, Williams) authorized commingling for Painted Woods, the same Williams County area where Devon holds active spacing momentum. On the pending side, the two Camp-Bakken pooling cases (33097, 33098) both carry 100% progression probability with 31 and 46 prior wells respectively, and the Squires-Bakken spacing (32829) also sits at 100% with 16 prior wells — these three cases represent Devon's highest-confidence near-term regulatory outcomes. The McKenzie spacing case 33012 (Siverston/North Tobacco Garden, 2 wells authorized) sits at 50.5% probability and has been continued, making it the most uncertain active item of substance.
The pattern across Devon's docket is coherent and non-accidental. Spacing and pooling cases are filed in tandem on the same acreage (Grinnell-Bakken), commingling orders are being secured to operationalize newly defined units (Tobacco Garden/Siverston, Painted Woods), and dismissals are clearing pools that no longer fit the forward plan. All of this is running simultaneously across all three core counties. With a 90% win rate, 5 wells authorized in the current pipeline, and a ramp score of 9.2, Devon is not in a holding pattern — it is actively building the regulatory infrastructure for the next phase of development on acreage it already knows well.