as of 2026-06-25

Eagle Operating, Inc. — Mature McKenzie County Operator Pursuing Enhanced Recovery on Existing Madison Pool Position

Producing now

167

Total wells

Pending cases

Wells authorized

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Win rate

2026-06-25

Next hearing

Producing now14 / 167

Active (status A/AC)18 / 167

Plugged / abandoned84 / 167

Eagle Operating, Inc. is a small, long-established North Dakota operator with a portfolio of 167 total wells, the large majority of which are plugged (84) or inactive, leaving 18 active wells and 14 currently producing. Its sole forward-looking activity is a single enhanced-recovery case (No. 32728) in McKenzie County's Foreman Butte-Madison Pool, covering Sections 17 and 20 of T.150N., R.102W. — a non-greenfield effort with 1 well authorized and spacing already approved, heard first on 2026-03-26 and back before the Commission on 2026-06-25. Work-type fingerprints (gathering, tank batteries & facilities, water handling & injection, workover rigs) are consistent with a mature, production-maintenance and secondary-recovery focus rather than new-drill growth.

What stands out

The portfolio skew tells a clear story: with 84 plugged wells against only 14 currently producing, Eagle is deep into the back half of its asset life — the enhanced-recovery filing is less a growth move than a last-value extraction play on a legacy Madison position.
The case has already progressed to order from a first hearing on 2026-03-26, meaning regulatory risk is largely behind it — yet zero permits and zero spuds have followed, so execution, not approval, is now the open question.
Eagle's work-type mix — water handling & injection prominently included — aligns precisely with a waterflood or pressure-maintenance scheme in the Madison, reinforcing that this operator's operational identity is secondary/enhanced recovery, not primary drilling.

Docket & Locations

Eagle has one pending case before the North Dakota Industrial Commission: Case No. 32728, an enhanced-recovery application in McKenzie County targeting the Foreman Butte-Madison Pool at Sections 17 and 20, T.150N., R.102W. The case is not greenfield — prior wells exist on the location. It first appeared at hearing on 2026-03-26 and is scheduled again on 2026-06-25. Pipeline status is 'progressed to order,' and the stage label is 'Spacing approved — no permit yet,' with 1 well authorized, 0 permitted, and 0 spudded.

sources: case-32728, hr-32728, mom-next_hearing, mom-counties

Portfolio

Eagle's total well count stands at 167, of which 18 are active and 14 are producing now. Eighty-four wells have been plugged, reflecting a portfolio that has been substantially wound down over time. The operator's work-type footprint — gathering, tank batteries & facilities, water handling & injection, and workover rigs — is consistent with maintaining and sweeping value from mature producing assets rather than building new ones.

sources: port-total, port-active, port-plugged, port-producing_now

Recent Orders, Cases & Names

No recent signed orders appear in the record, and no affiliated individuals or convergence relationships are on file. The single pending case (No. 32728) is the entirety of Eagle's current regulatory activity.

sources: case-32728

Hearing locations

Case	County	Pool	Precision	Map
32728	McKenzie County	Foreman Butte-Madison Pool	legal	📍 map