Murex Petroleum Corporation is a mid-sized North Dakota Bakken operator with a total well count of 340, of which 206 are active and 193 are producing as of August 2026. The company is concentrated in Divide County, where it recently secured a cluster of pooling orders in the Writing Rock-Bakken Pool and is pressing forward with new spacing unit applications in the Musta-Bakken and Alexandria-Bakken pools. A McKenzie County application in the Glass Bluff-Bakken adds geographic breadth but carries a lower progression probability. With a historical win rate of 84% and an average case probability of 99.4% on its highest-confidence pending matter, Murex is a deliberate, regulatory-active operator deepening its Divide County footprint.
All active regulatory work is anchored in Divide County, with one outlier application in McKenzie County. The pending docket carries three spacing unit cases across three distinct Bakken pools: Musta-Bakken (case 33087, Sections 5, 8, 17, T.161N., R.99W.), Glass Bluff-Bakken (case 33088, Sections 16, 18, 19, 21, 28, 30, 31, 33, T.151N., R.103W., McKenzie County), and Alexandria-Bakken (case 33162, Sections 19, 30, 31, T.161N., R.100W., Divide County). The next scheduled hearing is September 23, 2026, for case 33162. All three cases are at the 'Application pending' stage with no spuds or permits issued yet.
Murex holds 340 total wells in North Dakota. Of those, 206 are active and 193 are producing now; 72 have been plugged. The producing-to-active ratio reflects a mature but still-operating base. Work types on record span the full development cycle: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking — indicating Murex manages or contracts across all major field-service categories.
Eight pooling orders — numbers 34913 through 35068 — were all signed on July 21, 2026, every one in the Writing Rock-Bakken Pool in Divide County. This concentrated, same-day signing pattern is consistent with a pre-drill mineral consolidation push. On the pending side, case 33087 (Musta-Bakken, 1,920 acres, 5 wells authorized) carries a 78.4% progression probability against the operator's 84% win rate. Case 33088 (Glass Bluff-Bakken, 2,560 acres, 10 wells authorized) shows a 26.7% progression probability — well below the operator's norm. Case 33162 (Alexandria-Bakken, 1,920 acres, 5 wells authorized) has a 99.4% average probability and is the sole case on the September 23 hearing docket.
| Case | County | Pool | Precision | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33162 | Divide County | Alexandria-Bakken Pool | legal | 📍 map |