Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation is one of North Dakota's larger Bakken operators, carrying a portfolio of 2,531 total wells — 1,763 active and 1,809 producing as of late August 2026. Its regulatory docket is currently minimal: zero pending cases in the formal pipeline, no upcoming hearings on the calendar, and no authorized-but-unspudded wells in momentum. Two spacing unit applications (case nos. 32993 in Williams County and 32992 in McKenzie County) are the live action items, both in Bakken pools and both non-greenfield. Recent commission activity has been concentrated in McKenzie County, with a cluster of pooling orders and a spacing amendment signed in July 2026, plus a commingling authorization in Mountrail's Sanish field.
Whiting's active regulatory footprint spans Williams and McKenzie counties, both core Bakken geographies. Case 32993 covers Sections 4–9 of T.156N., R.96W. in Williams County, targeting the West Bank-Bakken and Ray-Bakken pools across a 1,920-acre spacing unit. It was first heard July 29, 2026, continued to August 26, 2026, and remains decision-pending. Case 32992 covers Sections 7–9, 16–21, and 28–33 of T.151N., R.104W. in McKenzie County, targeting the Dore-, Nohly Lake-, and Harding-Bakken pools across a 1,280-acre spacing unit; it was filed as new-pending with a July 29, 2026 hearing date. Neither case has spudded or permitted wells yet.
Whiting holds 2,531 total wells in North Dakota. Of those, 1,763 are active and 1,809 are currently producing. 278 wells have been plugged. The producing count exceeding the active count is a data nuance worth noting but not unusual in ND classification conventions. The scale of this portfolio places Whiting firmly among the state's major incumbents.
Eight orders have been signed since late June 2026. The most recent is a Commingling Authorization (Order 35865, July 28, 2026) for the Sanish field in Mountrail County — a routine operational tool for multi-zone production management. Four pooling orders (34486, 34485, 34699, 34698) were signed July 20, 2026, covering the Randolph-Bakken and Cartwright-Bakken pools in McKenzie County, indicating active mineral interest consolidation. A Spacing Order amending an overlapping standup lease-line unit (Order 35763, July 7, 2026) in Foreman Butte-Bakken Pool, McKenzie County, and a Spacing Unit Modification and Field Redefinition (Order 34454, June 22, 2026) in Randolph-Bakken Pool/Randolph Field round out the recent activity. One dismissal (Order 34773, July 8, 2026) was recorded for Glass Bluff Field in McKenzie County.
Whiting's formal momentum metrics are flat — zero pending cases in the pipeline, zero high-probability cases, zero authorized wells, and no next hearing date in the system — reflecting a company between regulatory cycles rather than in active expansion mode. The two spacing cases in dev_locations are the only live items. Case 32993 (Williams, 95.7% progression probability) is the near-term watch; case 32992 (McKenzie, 62.5%) is the uncertainty. The company's 92% historical win rate provides a strong baseline, but the McKenzie multi-pool application is the outlier to monitor.