Operators · Reporting in the latest report
Empire North Dakota LLC
Operator of record in the free NDIC Monthly Production Reports from September 2019 to August 2026, as EMPIRE NORTH DAKOTA LLC.
Production in the monthly reports
Wells reporting oil, by month
Oil in the report, barrels a day
Flared share of its reported gas
Table: by year
Source: the free NDIC Monthly Production Reports, as first reported. Every figure is in this page's data file.
Wells today
126 oil and gas wells list Empire North Dakota LLC as operator in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. The status codes are the Industrial Commission's.
| Status | Wells |
|---|---|
| Active | 79 |
| Inactive | 4 |
| Confidential | 1 |
| Plugged and abandoned | 21 |
| Abandoned | 12 |
| Dry hole | 2 |
| Spud period | Wells | Active | Inactive | Temporarily abandoned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008 | 69 | 65 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 to 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 on | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Older wells are more often inactive or temporarily abandoned, so compare like periods, not totals. A well acquired from another operator is listed under its operator today.
Drilling and orders
| Year | Wells spudded |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
From the wells layer of November 6, 2026; wells it acquired are counted in the year they were spudded. 0 were spudded in the twelve months before the snapshot.
Changes of operator of record
| Month | From | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2024 | Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation | 10 |
| Aug 2020 | Energyquest II, LLC | 84 |
A change of operator of record is what the monthly reports show; it does not say why. Sales, mergers, renamed legal entities and new contract operators all look the same. Months link to that month's Pulse issue.
Notes
The operator of record is the company named on the state's monthly report rows; parent companies and ownership are not shown. Volumes are those printed for its wells, as first reported: confidential wells are withheld, and before May 2015 wells in unitized pools appear only inside unit totals. Status codes are the Industrial Commission's, as its wells layer lists them; they are not a judgement of compliance. Nothing here is a financial, legal or engineering assessment.
Built November 8, 2026 from reports through August 2026 and the wells layer of November 6, 2026. Corrections: see contact.