Oasis Petroleum North America LLC is one of the larger active operators in North Dakota, carrying 2,211 total wells of which 1,536 are active and 1,597 are producing as of the as-of date. The company has no pending docket cases at this moment — momentum metrics show zero pending cases and zero wells requested — but three spacing-unit applications (cases 33093, 33091, 33092) across Dunn/McLean, Burke, and Williams counties were heard on 2026-08-26, and a fourth enhanced-recovery application (case 33167) in McKenzie County is scheduled for 2026-09-23. Eight recent signed orders, concentrated in Dunn and Williams counties and dated between 2026-08-07 and 2026-09-17, confirm the regulatory pipeline has been actively converting prior applications into authorizations.
Four applications are currently in the pipeline, all listed as new pending with no prior continuations recorded. Three are spacing-unit cases heard on 2026-08-26: Case 33093 (Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, Dunn/McLean counties, 2,560 acres, 8 wells requested, progression probability 84.5%), Case 33091 (Gros Ventre-Bakken, Burke County, 1,920 acres, 16 wells requested, progression probability 75.6%), and Case 33092 (Bull Butte-Bakken, Williams County, 2,560 acres, 8 wells requested, progression probability 67.2%). The fourth, Case 33167, is an enhanced-recovery application for the Elk-Bakken pool in McKenzie County (Sections 13 and 24, T.152N., R.102W.), with a hearing scheduled for 2026-09-23 and a notably lower progression probability of 33.2%. None of these cases has a signed order date, so all wells and acreage described remain requested, not authorized. The operator's historical win rate across cases is 85%.
Oasis carries 2,211 total wells in North Dakota, of which 1,536 are active and 1,597 are producing. 238 wells have been plugged. The producing-well count exceeding the active count is consistent with ND classification conventions and reflects a large, mature asset base. No greenfield cases appear in the current docket; all four pending applications reference prior wells at the proposed locations (2, 9, 8, and 17 prior wells respectively), confirming development is occurring within established footprints.
Eight orders were signed between 2026-08-07 and 2026-09-17. Three orders (35447, 35419, 35252) signed on 2026-09-17 all address the Murphy Creek-Bakken Pool in Dunn County, covering spacing modification, spacing and pool redefinition, and a spacing order — an unusually concentrated set of actions on a single pool. Three orders signed 2026-09-11 address Williams County: Order 35948 (Spacing and Field Redefinition, Painted Woods/Ft. Buford), and Orders 35950 and 35949 (Spacing and Pooling Orders, Painted Woods-Bakken Pool). Order 35786 (2026-09-02) authorized commingling in the Tyrone Field, Williams County. Order 35522 (2026-08-07) established or modified spacing units in Burke County covering the Foothills-Bakken and Leaf Mountain-Bakken pools.