Whiting Oil and Gas Corp. is a large-scale Bakken operator with 2,547 total wells and 1,821 currently producing, running a tight docket of 2 pending spacing-unit cases — one in McKenzie County, one in Williams County — both scheduled for the October 21, 2026 hearing. Together those cases request 17 wells across two 1,920-acre units. The operator carries a 92% historical win rate and an average case probability of 91.9%, and its recent order activity shows pooling and spacing work across McKenzie and Mountrail counties as recently as late July 2026. Whiting is clearly in an active authorization sprint, with work types spanning drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, pad construction, and water logistics.
Whiting has 2 pending spacing-unit cases, both set for the October 21, 2026 Industrial Commission hearing. Case 33235 (McKenzie County) is a new-pending application for the Assiniboine, Cartwright, Glass Bluff-Bakken pools covering sections in T.151N., R.104W. and R.103W., requesting 9 wells across 1,920 acres; it scores 99.9% probability of progression and has 66 prior wells in the area, making this clearly established ground. Case 32993 (Williams County) is a continued-pending application for the West Bank, Ray-Bakken pools covering sections in T.156N., R.96W., requesting 8 wells across 1,920 acres; it has been continued three times since its first hearing on July 29, 2026, and scores 83.9% — below the operator's own 92% historical rate. Across both cases, 17 wells are requested. Active counties are McKenzie and Williams.
Whiting operates 2,547 total wells in North Dakota, of which 1,771 are listed as active and 1,821 are currently producing. The 294 plugged wells reflect a mature, long-running operation. The producing-now figure exceeding the active count suggests recent reactivations or newly turned-to-sales wells not yet fully reflected in status classifications — a signal of active production management running in parallel with the regulatory docket. Work types on file span the full development cycle: drilling rigs, frac crews, frac sand, new-pad dirt and construction, and water logistics and trucking.
Seven orders were signed between July 7 and July 28, 2026. The most recent is a commingling authorization in the Sanish Field, Mountrail County (Order 35865, July 28). Four pooling orders were signed July 20 covering the Randolph-Bakken and Cartwright-Bakken pools in McKenzie County (Orders 34485, 34486, 34698, 34699). A spacing order amending an overlapping standup lease-line unit in the Foreman Butte-Bakken Pool, McKenzie County, was signed July 7 (Order 35763). Notably, a dismissal order for the Glass Bluff Field in McKenzie County was also signed July 8 (Order 34773) — the same pool cluster now targeted by the new Case 33235 application, suggesting a deliberate repositioning rather than an exit.
Whiting's momentum ramp reads 17.6, with a 92% historical win rate and an average case probability of 91.9% across its pending docket. Both pending cases are high-relevance. The October 21 hearing is the immediate catalyst: Case 33235 is a near-certain progression; Case 32993 faces its fourth hearing appearance and is the one to watch. If Case 32993 is continued again, the 17 requested wells and 1,920 acres associated with it remain proposed — not authorized.