Zavanna, LLC / Zavanna Energy Operating, LLC is a Williams County-focused Bakken operator running a mature, largely stabilized portfolio of 285 total wells, 154 active and 153 currently producing. With zero pending cases, zero wells authorized, and no new permits in the pipeline as of August 2026, the company's regulatory footprint is entirely backward-looking: two orders signed on the same day in July 2026 reclassify and amend spacing rules for existing Williston- and Springbrook-Bakken pools. This is an operator managing and preserving what it has, not building what comes next.
Zavanna's entire current regulatory footprint sits in Williams County, North Dakota — the heart of the Williston Basin. Both recent orders (Nos. 35354 and 34494) were signed on July 7, 2026, and address Bakken pool boundaries: one modifies spacing units and reclassifies the Williston-Bakken and Stony Creek-Bakken pools; the other amends field rules and spacing for an expanded Williston-Bakken Pool and a redefined Section 32 of the Springbrook-Bakken Pool. There are no pending cases, no scheduled hearings, and no active development locations on file.
Zavanna holds 285 total wells. Of those, 154 are active and 153 are currently producing — a near-complete overlap that leaves almost no active-but-idle inventory. An additional 22 wells have been plugged, reflecting a sustained commitment to liability retirement over the operator's history. There are no wells currently authorized but undrilled.
The two July 7, 2026 orders are the entirety of Zavanna's recent regulatory activity. Order 35354 is a Spacing Unit Modification / Field Reclassification covering the Williston-Bakken and Stony Creek-Bakken pools in Williams County. Order 34494 is a Field Rules Amendment / Spacing Order covering an expanded Williston-Bakken Pool and a redefined Springbrook-Bakken Pool (Section 32) — also Williams County. The same-day, same-county timing of both orders strongly suggests a single coordinated legal and engineering effort rather than two independent proceedings.
The data points converge on a single narrative: Zavanna is an operator in deliberate optimization mode. Its well base is mature and efficiently producing, its regulatory activity is confined to redefining the boundaries and rules of pools it already operates, and it has no visible pipeline of new permits or authorizations. The 90% confidence insight that recent activity reflects asset optimization rather than new development is well-supported across every data dimension available.