Hunt Oil Co. is a large, mature North Dakota operator with 1,890 total wells, 991 producing now, and 983 active — running near full utilization across its portfolio. Its current regulatory energy is tightly focused on a single county: Divide, where it has 3 pending cases and a next hearing on 2026-06-25, all targeting the Frazier-Bakken Pool. A wave of 8 orders signed on or around 2026-06-12 — spanning forced pooling, spacing modification, and well authorization in Divide County's Frazier-Bakken and Bluffton-Bakken pools — signals that the company just cleared a major regulatory milestone and is now moving the next layer of cases through the commission. With a 97% historical win rate and 4 wells authorized in the active pipeline, Hunt is methodically building out a greenfield Bakken position in T.161N., R.97W.
All 3 pending cases are in Divide County, all scheduled for the 2026-06-25 hearing, and all target the Frazier-Bakken Pool in T.161N., R.97W. Case 32870 is a spacing unit application covering Sections 13, 14, and 15, seeking authorization for 4 wells on a 1,920-acre unit — a pure greenfield position (0 prior wells). Cases 32887 and 32888 are companion pooling cases covering overlapping sections (10–15); 32887 has been dismissed, leaving 32888 active with a 4.1% progression probability, suggesting it is likely to be continued or restructured again. The momentum ramp score is 3.6, concentrated entirely in Divide County.
Hunt Oil Co. carries 1,890 total wells in North Dakota, of which 983 are active and 991 are producing now. An additional 297 have been plugged. The work-type footprint spans drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking — a full-cycle operational profile. The 4 wells currently authorized in the pipeline represent the near-term addition to a base that is already running at high utilization.
Eight orders were signed in a tight window around 2026-06-12. Six landed on that single date in Divide County: four forced pooling orders (35809, 35810, 35811, 35812) across the Frazier-Bakken and Bluffton-Bakken pools, one Spacing Unit Modification and Field Rule Amendment (35797) covering both pools, and one Spacing Unit Amendment and Well Authorization (35355) in the Frazier-Bakken Pool. Two additional orders (35734, 35735) signed 2026-06-18 cover commingling authorizations in Mountrail County's Parshall-Bakken Pool, indicating Hunt maintains an active, producing position there as well. The operator's historical win rate across all case types is 97%, with an average case probability of 15.7% in the current pending queue — reflecting cases that are early-stage or contested rather than near-certain.
The active development pipeline in T.161N.–T.162N., R.97W. spans both the Bluffton-Bakken and Frazier-Bakken pools across a contiguous block of sections. The anchor location is Case 32871 (spacing unit, Sections 1–3, 10–12, 34–36 across both townships), which seeks authorization for 10 wells on 1,920 acres and carries an 84.9% progression probability — the highest-confidence case in the queue and the only one with a meaningful well count authorized. Companion pooling cases (32883, 32884, 32885, 32886) cover overlapping section clusters at varying probability levels (40.7%, 100%, 60.8%, and 100% respectively), with the two at 100% reflecting cases already past the spacing gate. Case 32870, the greenfield spacing unit in Sections 13–15, is the only location with a hearing still pending as of 2026-06-25 that carries an authorized well count (4 wells, 1,920 acres), but its 27.3% progression probability flags active resistance.