Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation: North Dakota operator

Production in the monthly reports

Wells reporting oil, August 20261,788of 1,998 wells listed; 12 withheld (confidential)

Oil in the report51,321barrels a day5.0% of all oil printed that month

Flared share of its reported gas2.4%

Most wells in one report1,998May 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

2,507 oil and gas wells list Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation 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	1,825
Inactive	46
Drilling	16
Confidential	11
Permitted, not yet drilled	12
Plugged and abandoned	179
Abandoned	86
Dry hole	19
Other	2

Active, inactive and temporarily abandoned wells by spud period
Spud period	Wells	Active	Inactive
Before 2008	13	12	1
2008 to 2012	580	559	21
2013 to 2017	808	788	20
2018 to 2022	390	387	3
2023 on	79	78	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	16
2025	31
2024	12
2023	37
2022	46
2021	50
2020	35
2019	145
2018	132
2017	107
2016	61
2015	133
2014	246
2013	322
2012	271
2011	184
2010	124
2009	51
2008	40

From the wells layer of November 6, 2026; wells it acquired are counted in the year they were spudded. 16 were spudded in the twelve months before the snapshot.

Orders signed with it as applicant, by year (from 2008)
Year	Orders
2026	19
2025	16
2024	13
2023	8
2022	9
2021	38
2020	2
2019	79
2018	38
2017	20
2016	35
2015	159
2014	67
2013	43
2012	54
2011	62
2010	41
2009	10
2008	25

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
Dec 2021	Kraken Development III, LLC	76
Oct 2018	Oasis Petroleum North America LLC	38
Oct 2014	Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.	317
Nov 2013	Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.	19
Dec 2010	J.P. Oil Company, Inc.	8
Nov 2003	Whiting Petroleum Corporation	128

Wells whose operator of record changed from it (five or more in a month)
Month	To	Wells
Aug 2024	Empire North Dakota LLC	10
Dec 2017	Rimrock Oil & Gas Williston LLC	101
Jun 2016	Foundation Energy Management, LLC	78
Feb 2016	NP Resources, LLC	53
Dec 2015	Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation	25
Dec 2015	White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC	58
Sep 2015	White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC	42

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.