SOGC, LLC is a mid-sized North Dakota Bakken operator carrying 142 total wells (84 active, 88 producing) concentrated in McKenzie and Mountrail counties. Its current regulatory posture is almost entirely focused on the Lone Butte-Bakken pool in McKenzie County, where it has moved through a deliberate sequence — field rule amendments in early September 2026, two pooling orders signed September 29, and now a single pending spacing unit case (33197) requesting 10 wells across 1,920 acres that was continued from its first hearing and is next scheduled for October 21, 2026. That case carries a 40.9% progression probability against a historical win rate of 50%, meaning resolution is uncertain. All pending regulatory activity sits in McKenzie County; Mountrail County orders from August 2026 round out a multi-pool footprint that is otherwise quiet.
SOGC has one pending case as of the as-of date. Case 33197 is a spacing unit application in McKenzie County for the Lone Butte-Bakken pool, covering Sections 10, 11, and 12 and Sections 9, 16, 21, and the N/2 of 28, all in T.147N., R.98W. It requests a 1,920-acre spacing unit with 10 wells. The case was first heard September 24, 2026, continued once, and is next scheduled for October 21, 2026 — stage rank 1 (continued, decision pending). Progression probability is 40.9%; the operator's historical win rate is 50%. No wells have been spudded or permitted against this location. Two companion pooling cases (33213 and 33214) covering the same township sections were filed as new pending applications with a September 24 hearing date and carry 77.6% progression probabilities each; those cases are not yet reflected in recent orders.
SOGC operates 142 total wells in North Dakota: 84 active, 88 producing now, and 10 plugged. The producing-now count exceeding the active count by 4 wells is a notable data point worth monitoring — it may reflect a classification lag or wells in terminal depletion. The operator's work-type footprint spans drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking, consistent with a full-cycle development operator rather than a pure acquisition-and-hold player.
Eight orders have been signed since mid-August 2026. The most recent cluster — Orders 36132 and 36131 (both pooling, signed September 29, 2026) and Orders 36124 and 34626 (field rule amendment / spacing, signed September 2, 2026) — all cover the Lone Butte-Bakken pool in McKenzie County, tracing the layered regulatory sequence now culminating in Case 33197. Earlier in August, four orders were signed in Mountrail County: a pooling order and a spacing order for the Alger-Bakken pool (Orders 35883 and 35988) and a field rules amendment/spacing order and a pooling order for the Sanish-Bakken pool (Orders 35866 and 35882), all dated August 21, 2026. No signed order exists yet for Case 33197.
The pattern across docket, orders, and portfolio points in one direction: SOGC has methodically cleared the regulatory path in Lone Butte-Bakken — amendments, then pooling, now spacing — but the final spacing case is stalled at a continuation with a below-average progression probability and no drilling activity on the ground. The Mountrail County orders suggest the operator is not idle elsewhere, but all forward regulatory momentum is concentrated in a single McKenzie County case. Service vendors tracking this operator should watch the October 21 hearing closely; a second continuation would push the timeline further and keep the 10 requested wells in a holding pattern.
| Case | County | Pool | Precision | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33197 | McKenzie | Lone Butte-Bakken | legal | 📍 map |