White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC (operating also as White Rock Resources Holdings, LLC) is a focused McKenzie County Bakken operator carrying a portfolio of 328 total wells, 188 active and 154 currently producing. The company has no pending cases or authorized-but-unspudded wells in the queue as of late August 2026, but it just filed a high-stakes spacing unit application (case 33084) covering three Bakken pools — Pierre Creek, Cinnamon Creek, and Flat Top Butte — seeking a 2,560-acre unit and authorization for 12 new wells. A burst of 8 recent orders, all in McKenzie County and all signed in July 2026, reflects an unusually active regulatory moment: spacing modifications, field extensions, and several dismissals across the Ranch Creek and Grassy Butte-Bakken areas signal both expansion and some strategic pruning of prior applications.
All regulatory activity is concentrated in McKenzie County. The sole active development case (33084) targets three Bakken pools — Pierre Creek-Bakken, Cinnamon Creek-Bakken, and Flat Top Butte-Bakken — across Townships 145N–146N, Range 102W. The hearing was scheduled for August 26, 2026, and the case is currently in 'new pending' status with no prior continuances. The applicant of record is White Rock Resources Holdings, LLC.
White Rock carries 328 total wells in North Dakota: 188 active, 154 producing now, and 66 plugged. There are no wells currently authorized-but-unspudded and no permitted wells awaiting spud in the pipeline, making the case 33084 authorization the next meaningful addition to the active count if approved.
Eight orders were signed in July 2026, all in McKenzie County. On July 27, Order 35271 authorized spacing modification and well authorization across Ranch Creek, Butte, and/or West Butte-Bakken Pools; Order 35146 redefined spacing for Ranch Creek; Order 35772 extended the field and modified spacing for Beicegel Creek-Bakken; and Order 35145 dismissed a Beicegel Creek-Bakken hearing. On July 8, Order 35270 modified spacing and extended the field outline for Grassy Butte-Bakken, while Orders 35147, 35506, and 35463 dismissed cases tied to Grassy Butte, West Butte, Butte, Trailside, and Grassy Butte-Bakken pools. The simultaneous dismissals and modifications across overlapping fields are consistent with a consolidation of unit geometry rather than an operational pullback.
The application requests a 2,560-acre spacing unit to authorize 12 wells. The footprint already contains 46 prior wells, confirming this is infill or density drilling in an established area. The ML progression probability is 99.2%, and the operator's historical win rate on similar applications is 85%. No wells have been spudded or permitted under this case yet.