Murfin Drilling Company, Inc. is a small-footprint ND operator with a portfolio of 13 total wells, 4 active and 3 currently producing, and zero plugged wells as of August 2026. The company carries no pending cases, no authorized-but-undrilled wells, and no upcoming hearings — signaling a dormant near-term development posture. The only recent regulatory activity consists of two forced-pooling orders signed on the same date in June 2026, both tied to the St. Anthony-Bakken Pool in Dunn County, suggesting Murfin holds unleased mineral interests or working-interest positions there that required compulsory integration rather than voluntary participation.
Murfin's only docket footprint as of the report date is two forced-pooling orders (Nos. 35818 and 35819), both signed June 4, 2026, both in Dunn County and both covering the St. Anthony-Bakken Pool. There are no pending cases, no scheduled hearings, and no development locations on file. Dunn County sits in the heart of the Williston Basin's Bakken fairway, but Murfin's presence there appears passive rather than operational at this time.
The total well count stands at 13, with 4 classified as active and 3 producing at present. Zero wells have been plugged, and zero new wells have been authorized. No work-type breakdown is available in the data. The gap between active (4) and currently producing (3) wells is modest, and the absence of any plugging activity suggests the legacy inventory is being maintained rather than wound down.
The two most recent orders are both forced poolings executed on the same date — June 4, 2026 — covering the St. Anthony-Bakken Pool in Dunn County. Forced pooling in North Dakota is a compulsory mechanism that integrates non-consenting interest owners into a spacing unit; its appearance here, without any companion drilling or spacing orders, reinforces the picture of a company being pooled into someone else's development rather than driving its own.