Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC: North Dakota operator

Production in the monthly reports

Wells reporting oil, August 20261,746of 2,036 wells listed; 49 withheld (confidential)

Oil in the report85,795barrels a day8.4% of all oil printed that month

Flared share of its reported gas4.9%

Most wells in one report2,036August 2026

Wells reporting oil, by month

Oil in the report, barrels a day

Table: by year

Source: the free NDIC Monthly Production Reports, as first reported. Every figure is in this page's data file.

Wells today

2,729 oil and gas wells list Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC as operator in the state's wells layer of November 6, 2026. The status codes are the Industrial Commission's.

Wells by NDIC status, November 6, 2026
Status	Wells
Active	1,797
Inactive	101
Temporarily abandoned	5
Drilling	37
Confidential	72
Permitted, not yet drilled	53
Plugged and abandoned	436
Abandoned	77
Dry hole	23

Active, inactive and temporarily abandoned wells by spud period
Spud period	Wells	Active	Inactive	Temporarily abandoned
Before 2008	31	20	9	2
2008 to 2012	380	332	47	1
2013 to 2017	673	638	35	0
2018 to 2022	484	477	6	1
2023 on	335	330	4	1

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

Wells spudded per year (wells it operates today, by spud date)
Year	Wells spudded
2026	62
2025	129
2024	129
2023	118
2022	89
2021	69
2020	58
2019	157
2018	133
2017	94
2016	52
2015	145
2014	252
2013	175
2012	160
2011	130
2010	93
2009	35
2008	55

From the wells layer of November 6, 2026; wells it acquired are counted in the year they were spudded. 62 were spudded in the twelve months before the snapshot.

Orders signed with it as applicant, by year (from 2008)
Year	Orders
2026	50
2025	69
2024	126
2023	32
2022	29
2021	21
2020	25
2019	38
2018	29
2017	18
2016	36
2015	74
2014	31
2012	1
2011	9

From the project's index of signed NDIC orders: facts machine-extracted from the orders, not individually reviewed; applicant names matched to the report name.

Changes of operator of record

Wells whose operator of record changed to it (five or more in a month)
Month	From	Wells
May 2015	Amerada Hess Corporation	5
May 2015	Hess Corporation	12
Nov 2013	Hess Corporation	737

Wells whose operator of record changed from it (five or more in a month)
Month	To	Wells
Feb 2025	Hunt Oil Company	6
Nov 2021	Enerplus Resources USA Corporation	132
Sep 2018	Liberty Resources Management Company, LLC	5
Sep 2018	Scout Energy Management LLC	41
Oct 2017	Petro Harvester Operating Company, LLC	9
Feb 2017	Crescent Point Energy U.S. Corp.	9

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.