as of 2026-08-27

Rockport Energy Solutions, LLC — McKenzie County Bakken operator pushing new spacing & pooling while a permit-revocation hearing looms

Producing now

Total wells

Pending cases

Wells authorized

85%

Win rate

2026-09-24

Next hearing

Producing now5 / 14

Active (status A/AC)6 / 14

Plugged / abandoned0 / 14

Rockport Energy Solutions, LLC is a McKenzie County–focused Bakken operator with 14 total wells, 6 active, and 5 currently producing. The company recently secured two orders in the Ranch Coulee-Bakken Pool (Field Rules Amendment/Spacing Order 35560 and Pooling Order 35576, both signed 2026-07-17) and has two high-confidence development cases pending in the Charlie Bob-Bakken — a 2,560-acre spacing unit authorizing 4 wells (case 32777) and a companion pooling case (case 32807) — both carrying a 100% ML progression probability against an 85% historical win rate. That bullish development picture is shadowed by a permit revocation hearing (case 33206) scheduled for 2026-09-24, also in McKenzie County, with a 97.7% probability of progressing. Work-type disclosures (plugging & abandonment, salvage, site reclamation) add a legacy-asset dimension to what is otherwise a growth-oriented docket.

What stands out

The permit revocation hearing lands on the same docket as the operator's active expansion push — regulatory scrutiny and new-well ambition are running in parallel, not sequentially, which is an unusual and potentially revealing combination.
Work types on file — plugging & abandonment, salvage, and site reclamation — sit in tension with a live application to authorize 4 new wells on a 2,560-acre spacing unit, hinting at a two-track strategy: retiring legacy liabilities while simultaneously building new inventory.
Both the spacing and pooling cases target the identical PLSS footprint (Sections 3, 10, 15, 22, T.145N., R.98W.) and share a first-hearing date of 2026-04-23 — a tightly coordinated filing pair that mirrors the structure Rockport already used successfully to obtain Orders 35560 and 35576 in the Ranch Coulee-Bakken.
With 14 total wells but only 5 producing and 0 plugged, a meaningful share of the portfolio sits in a non-producing, non-abandoned limbo — raising questions about whether these are deliberate inventory holds, wells awaiting infrastructure, or assets with operational issues.

Docket & Locations

All activity is concentrated in McKenzie County. The two development cases (32777 and 32807) sit within Sections 3, 10, 15, and 22 of T.145N., R.98W., targeting the Charlie Bob-Bakken Pool. Both were first heard on 2026-04-23, most recently calendared for 2026-07-30, and remain in 'Application pending' status. A separate permit revocation case (33206) is set for hearing on 2026-09-24 — the operator's next scheduled appearance before the Commission.

sources: hr-33206, case-33206, mom-next_hearing, mom-counties

Portfolio

Rockport carries 14 total wells: 6 active, 5 producing now, and 0 plugged. The gap between active and producing wells, combined with disclosed work types of plugging & abandonment, salvage, and site reclamation, suggests the portfolio contains assets at varying lifecycle stages. No wells have been spudded or permitted under the two pending development cases as of the as-of date.

sources: port-total, port-active, port-producing_now, port-plugged

Recent Orders & Pending Cases

On 2026-07-17, the Commission signed two orders for Rockport in the Ranch Coulee-Bakken Pool in McKenzie County: Order 35560 (Field Rules Amendment / Spacing Order) and Order 35576 (Pooling Order). These demonstrate the operator's established template — paired spacing and pooling filings — now being replicated in the Charlie Bob-Bakken via cases 32777 and 32807. Both pending development cases carry a progression probability of 100% and sit against a historical operator win rate of 85%. The sole pending adversarial matter is the permit revocation hearing (case 33206), which carries a 97.7% probability of progressing at the 2026-09-24 hearing.

sources: ord-35560, ord-35576, hr-33206, case-33206, mom-win_rate, mom-avg_prob

Hearing locations

Case	County	Pool	Precision	Map
33206	McKenzie County		legal	📍 map