as of 2026-10-08

Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. — Established Bakken Operator, Quiet Docket, One Continued Case in McKenzie County

551

Producing now

796

Total wells

Pending cases

Wells requested

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Win rate

Producing now551 / 796

Active (status A/AC)535 / 796

Plugged / abandoned29 / 796

Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. is a seasoned Bakken operator with a substantial well portfolio — 796 total wells, 535 active, and 551 producing as of October 2026. Its regulatory docket is currently quiet: no pending cases, no upcoming hearings, and zero wells requested across upcoming cases. The one live development case (case 33032, Trailside-Bakken Pool, McKenzie County) is in a continued posture, having been continued twice since its first hearing in July 2026. Three orders were signed in August–September 2026 covering the Kittleson Slough-Bakken Pool in Mountrail County and the Tyrone-Bakken Pool in Williams County, reflecting recent but now-concluded regulatory activity.

What stands out

Producing wells exceed active wells — 551 producing against 535 active — suggesting some wells classified outside the 'active' bucket are nonetheless generating output, a nuance worth probing when assessing true productive capacity.
The sole live development case (Trailside-Bakken, McKenzie County) carries a 99.8% progression probability and a 100% historical win rate, yet it has already been continued twice — a reminder that high model confidence does not preclude further continuances.
All three recent signed orders landed in August–September 2026 across two counties (Mountrail and Williams), while the only open case sits in McKenzie — Slawson is working across at least three Bakken counties simultaneously, a geographic spread that is easy to miss when the docket looks thin.

Docket & Locations

Slawson's active docket contains a single development case: case 33032, a spacing unit application in the Trailside-Bakken Pool covering Sections 25 and 36, T.147N., R.100W., and Section 1, T.146N., R.100W. in McKenzie County. The case requests a 1,920-acre overlapping unit with 4 wells authorized. It was first heard on 2026-07-30, continued to a hearing on 2026-09-24, and has accumulated 2 continuances — it remains in a 'continued pending' posture with no signed order. The progression probability is 99.8%; Slawson's historical win rate on its cases is 100%. Because no signed order exists for this case, the 4 wells and 1,920 acres remain requested, not authorized. There are no other pending cases, no upcoming scheduled hearings, and no additional counties in the active docket.

sources: dev_locations[0].case_no, dev_locations[0].pools, dev_locations[0].location, dev_locations[0].county, dev_locations[0].spacing_acres, dev_locations[0].wells_authorized, dev_locations[0].first_hearing_date, dev_locations[0].hearing_date, dev_locations[0].prob, dev_locations[0].win_rate, dev_locations[0].pipeline_status, mom-pending, mom-wells_auth, mom-next_hearing, mom-counties

Portfolio

Slawson operates 796 total wells in North Dakota, of which 535 are active and 29 are plugged. 551 wells are currently producing. The gap between active and producing counts is worth noting — more wells are producing than are classified as active, which may reflect definitional distinctions in how the operator or regulator categorizes well status. The portfolio is not a greenfield story; case 33032 itself notes 2 prior wells in the target area.

sources: port-total, port-active, port-plugged, port-producing_now, dev_locations[0].prior_wells, dev_locations[0].greenfield

Recent Orders

Three orders were signed in the August–September 2026 window. Order 36005 (signed 2026-09-02) is a Spacing and Pool Redefinition order in the Tyrone-Bakken Pool, Williams County. Orders 36004 and 36003 (both signed 2026-08-17) are Pooling Orders in the Kittleson Slough-Bakken Pool, Mountrail County. These represent concluded regulatory activity; no further cases tied to these pools appear in the current docket.

sources: ord-36005, ord-36004, ord-36003