as of 2026-08-27

Scout Energy Management, LLC — Mature Bakken Operator at a Portfolio Inflection Point

154

Producing now

330

Total wells

Pending cases

Wells authorized

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Win rate

2026-08-27

Next hearing

Producing now154 / 330

Active (status A/AC)194 / 330

Plugged / abandoned98 / 330

Scout Energy Management, LLC is a North Dakota operator carrying a 330-well total portfolio, of which 194 are active and 154 are currently producing. With 98 wells already plugged, the asset base skews mature. Near-term regulatory activity is thin: a single well-authorization case (Case 33149) in Billings County targeting the Medora-Bakken pool is scheduled for hearing on 2026-08-27, and it is the only pending case on record. No recent orders, no named individuals, and no convergence signals appear in the docket — making Scout a quiet but non-trivial operator worth watching for what it does next.

What stands out

The gap between active wells (194) and wells producing right now (154) means Scout is sitting on a block of shut-in or temporarily inactive capacity that could be reactivated without new drilling — a hidden operational lever that the sparse docket activity doesn't advertise.
Scout has 1 pending case and 0 high-probability cases simultaneously — meaning it is in motion regulatorily but has not yet converted any application into a near-certain approval. For a 330-well operator, that's a notably thin forward pipeline.
With 98 of 330 wells already plugged and only 1 well authorized in the current cycle, Scout's replacement drilling rate looks insufficient to offset a mature, declining base — raising a real sustainability question about production trajectory.
All current momentum is pinned to a single county (Billings) and a single pool (Medora-Bakken), concentrating execution risk in one regulatory and geologic basket for an operator of Scout's scale.

Docket & Locations

Scout's entire active docket consists of one case: Case 33149, a well-authorization hearing scheduled for 2026-08-27 in Billings County targeting the Medora-Bakken pool. One well is at stake. No development locations, no recent orders, and no named individuals appear in the record. The geographic footprint of current regulatory activity is entirely confined to Billings County.

sources: case-33149, hr-33149, mom-counties, mom-next_hearing

Portfolio

Scout holds 330 total wells. Of those, 194 are classified active and 154 are producing at present — leaving a meaningful block of active-but-not-producing wells. An additional 98 wells have been plugged, a figure that signals a portfolio well into its maturity cycle. Work types on record include new-pad dirt & construction and rentals & workforce, consistent with an operator that still has field-development infrastructure in motion even if the regulatory pipeline is currently narrow.

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

Recent Orders, Cases & Names

No recent orders have been issued. The sole pending case is the Billings County well authorization (Case 33149) heard 2026-08-27. No individual names are associated with Scout's docket entries at this time.

sources: case-33149, hr-33149

Momentum & Convergence

Momentum indicators show 1 pending case, 1 well authorized, and 0 high-probability cases — a configuration that places Scout in a 'submitted but not yet approved' posture. Win-rate and average-probability metrics are not available in the current data. No convergence signals (shared acreage, co-applicants, or overlapping interests with other operators) appear in the record. The overall picture is an operator with a substantial legacy portfolio that is moving cautiously — or slowly — through its next authorization cycle.

sources: mom-pending, mom-high_prob, mom-wells_auth, mom-win_rate, mom-avg_prob

Hearing locations

Case	County	Pool	Precision	Map
33149	Billings	Medora-Bakken	legal	📍 map