KODA Resources Operating, LLC is an active Bakken-focused operator running 212 total wells across Divide and Williams counties, with 68 active and 61 producing as of mid-2026. The company carries zero plugged wells and is pressing hard on the regulatory front: 6 pending cases and 12 wells authorized in the pipeline, all scheduled for a single hearing date of June 25, 2026. A 92% historical win rate and an average case probability of 95.3% signal a well-oiled docket machine. Recent orders — spanning SWD authorizations, a forced pooling order, and spacing amendments — confirm simultaneous infrastructure and development activity concentrated in Divide County's Fertile Valley and Sioux Trail fields.
All 6 pending cases land on June 25, 2026 before the North Dakota Industrial Commission. Four cases sit in Divide County — a pooling (Case 32975, Fertile Valley-Bakken Pool), two spacing units (Cases 32945 and 32944, covering Daneville-Bakken/Clinton-Bakken and East Goose Lake-Bakken pools), and a well authorization (Case 32976, Fertile Valley Field). Two cases are in Williams County — both spacing units targeting the Grenora-Bakken, Hanks-Bakken, and Bar Butte-Bakken pools (Cases 32784 and 32946). Case 32784 is the lone continued case, first heard April 23, 2026; all others are new pending. Geographic footprints span T.159N.–T.162N., R.102W.–R.103W., covering a broad northwest ND corridor.
KODA holds 212 total wells, of which 68 are active and 61 are producing now. Zero wells are plugged — an unusually clean balance sheet for an operator of this scale in the Bakken, where legacy plugging obligations can weigh on smaller operators. The work-type footprint is fully integrated: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, rentals and workforce, and water logistics and trucking are all represented, indicating KODA manages or contracts the full development cycle rather than relying on a single service relationship.
Eight orders were signed in May–June 2026. The June 11 cluster is the most telling: SWD Authorization Order 35836 (Sioux Trail Field) and SWD Class II Injection Order 35834 (Fertile Valley Field) were granted the same day that Order 33215 (Fertile Valley SWD) was withdrawn and Order 33026 (Fertile Valley SWD) was dismissed — a same-day four-order SWD rationalization. Earlier, Order 35380 (Dismissal of Permit Suspension/Revocation, Grenora-Bakken Pool, June 10) and Order 35469 (Dismissal without prejudice, Grenora-Bakken Pool, Williams/Divide, June 10) cleared two regulatory clouds over the Williams County pools now back in the active docket. Order 35707 (May 13, Spacing Unit Amendment — Overlapping Units, Fertile Valley-Bakken Pool) and Order 35725 (May 13, Forced Pooling Order, Sioux Trail-Bakken Pool) round out a busy spring that set the table for the June 25 hearing slate. No individual names appear in the docket record.
KODA's momentum metrics are strong across the board: 92% historical win rate, 95.3% average case probability, 12 wells authorized in the pipeline, and a ramp score of 17.4. The near-certain cases (Cases 32975 at 100% and 32784 at 99.5%) anchor the docket, while the two largest spacing units by acreage — Case 32944 at 6,400 acres and Case 32946 at 5,120 acres — carry the lowest probabilities in the set (87.4% and 88.5% respectively), consistent with the general ND pattern that oversized or novel unit configurations draw more scrutiny. The divergence in spacing strategy between Williams County (smaller units, more wells) and Divide County (larger units, fewer wells) is the sharpest analytical signal in the current filing set, suggesting KODA is tailoring its development model to local reservoir conditions rather than applying a single template across its acreage.
| Case | County | Pool | Precision | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32975 | Divide | Fertile Valley-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |
| 32784 | Williams County | Grenora-Bakken Pool, Hanks-Bakken Pool, Bar Butte-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |
| 32945 | Divide | Daneville-Bakken Pool, Clinton-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |
| 32976 | Divide | Fertile Valley Field | legal | 📍 map |
| 32946 | Williams | Grenora-Bakken Pool, Hanks-Bakken Pool, Bar Butte-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |
| 32944 | Divide | East Goose Lake-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |