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Kraken Operating, LLC

Kraken Operating, LLC produced 23.4 MMbbl of oil and 43.3 Bcf of natural gas in 2025. 611 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.

  • Eighth-largest operator by operated oil in North Dakota, 2025.
  • Operated 2.8% of the oil produced in North Dakota, 2025.
  • Oil production rose 16% in 2025 from 2024.
Well map of Kraken Operating, LLC. The full map is further down this page.

Production

Kraken Operating, LLC oil production (Mbbl/d, monthly average, grouped by when each well first produced)
  • filling in (est.) . Months in the hatched zone are partly reported. The part not yet filed is estimated from recent production rates. It updates as filings arrive
  • estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our forecast.
Kraken Operating, LLC oil production: thousand barrels per day, by first-production vintage filed in full today 20406080 Mbbl/d 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Jul 2016: 0.31 Mbbl/d total Aug 2016: 0.2 Mbbl/d total Sep 2016: 3.1 Mbbl/d total Oct 2016: 3.27 Mbbl/d total Nov 2016: 3.44 Mbbl/d total Dec 2016: 3.21 Mbbl/d total Jan 2017: 3.21 Mbbl/d total Feb 2017: 3.23 Mbbl/d total Mar 2017: 3.1 Mbbl/d total Apr 2017: 5.42 Mbbl/d total May 2017: 6.52 Mbbl/d total Jun 2017: 6.59 Mbbl/d total Jul 2017: 6.87 Mbbl/d total Aug 2017: 10.7 Mbbl/d total Sep 2017: 11 Mbbl/d total Oct 2017: 10.6 Mbbl/d total Nov 2017: 9.39 Mbbl/d total Dec 2017: 14.1 Mbbl/d total Jan 2018: 13.2 Mbbl/d total Feb 2018: 16.3 Mbbl/d total Mar 2018: 18.6 Mbbl/d total Apr 2018: 23.3 Mbbl/d total May 2018: 27.7 Mbbl/d total Jun 2018: 30.7 Mbbl/d total Jul 2018: 30.2 Mbbl/d total Aug 2018: 32.5 Mbbl/d total Sep 2018: 35 Mbbl/d total Oct 2018: 38.4 Mbbl/d total Nov 2018: 48 Mbbl/d total Dec 2018: 47 Mbbl/d total Jan 2019: 43.2 Mbbl/d total Feb 2019: 41 Mbbl/d total Mar 2019: 43.9 Mbbl/d total Apr 2019: 46.1 Mbbl/d total May 2019: 46.7 Mbbl/d total Jun 2019: 45.9 Mbbl/d total Jul 2019: 49.3 Mbbl/d total Aug 2019: 48.9 Mbbl/d total Sep 2019: 50.3 Mbbl/d total Oct 2019: 59.8 Mbbl/d total Nov 2019: 59.6 Mbbl/d total Dec 2019: 57.7 Mbbl/d total Jan 2020: 53.6 Mbbl/d total Feb 2020: 52.1 Mbbl/d total Mar 2020: 55.5 Mbbl/d total Apr 2020: 53.6 Mbbl/d total May 2020: 48.4 Mbbl/d total Jun 2020: 42.8 Mbbl/d total Jul 2020: 38.5 Mbbl/d total Aug 2020: 35.5 Mbbl/d total Sep 2020: 32.7 Mbbl/d total Oct 2020: 31.1 Mbbl/d total Nov 2020: 31.8 Mbbl/d total Dec 2020: 29.7 Mbbl/d total Jan 2021: 33.1 Mbbl/d total Feb 2021: 31.1 Mbbl/d total Mar 2021: 31.8 Mbbl/d total Apr 2021: 29.2 Mbbl/d total May 2021: 27 Mbbl/d total Jun 2021: 24.7 Mbbl/d total Jul 2021: 24.5 Mbbl/d total Aug 2021: 29.1 Mbbl/d total Sep 2021: 30.7 Mbbl/d total Oct 2021: 26.9 Mbbl/d total Nov 2021: 27.2 Mbbl/d total Dec 2021: 26.3 Mbbl/d total Jan 2022: 28.5 Mbbl/d total Feb 2022: 27.4 Mbbl/d total Mar 2022: 31.2 Mbbl/d total Apr 2022: 25.7 Mbbl/d total May 2022: 26.6 Mbbl/d total Jun 2022: 36 Mbbl/d total Jul 2022: 31.7 Mbbl/d total Aug 2022: 29.9 Mbbl/d total Sep 2022: 30.8 Mbbl/d total Oct 2022: 31.2 Mbbl/d total Nov 2022: 37.6 Mbbl/d total Dec 2022: 38.7 Mbbl/d total Jan 2023: 46.5 Mbbl/d total Feb 2023: 49.8 Mbbl/d total Mar 2023: 48.6 Mbbl/d total Apr 2023: 46.5 Mbbl/d total May 2023: 44.5 Mbbl/d total Jun 2023: 40.1 Mbbl/d total Jul 2023: 37.8 Mbbl/d total Aug 2023: 49.6 Mbbl/d total Sep 2023: 57.3 Mbbl/d total Oct 2023: 61 Mbbl/d total Nov 2023: 58.4 Mbbl/d total Dec 2023: 55.9 Mbbl/d total Jan 2024: 50.5 Mbbl/d total Feb 2024: 48.9 Mbbl/d total Mar 2024: 54.6 Mbbl/d total Apr 2024: 56.1 Mbbl/d total May 2024: 54.8 Mbbl/d total Jun 2024: 58.4 Mbbl/d total Jul 2024: 49.8 Mbbl/d total Aug 2024: 52.6 Mbbl/d total Sep 2024: 56.3 Mbbl/d total Oct 2024: 55.4 Mbbl/d total Nov 2024: 59.4 Mbbl/d total Dec 2024: 62.8 Mbbl/d total Jan 2025: 63.9 Mbbl/d total Feb 2025: 59.9 Mbbl/d total Mar 2025: 60.7 Mbbl/d total Apr 2025: 60.4 Mbbl/d total May 2025: 66.2 Mbbl/d total Jun 2025: 67.8 Mbbl/d total Jul 2025: 66.5 Mbbl/d total Aug 2025: 63.2 Mbbl/d total Sep 2025: 64.6 Mbbl/d total Oct 2025: 67.9 Mbbl/d total Nov 2025: 66 Mbbl/d total Dec 2025: 61.1 Mbbl/d total Jan 2026: 61.3 Mbbl/d total Feb 2026: 57.3 Mbbl/d total Mar 2026: 56.7 Mbbl/d total Apr 2026: 56.4 Mbbl/d total May 2026: 53.2 Mbbl/d total Jun 2026: ≈60.2 Mbbl/d total (90% arrived, remainder estimated)

Still arriving: Jul 2026 57% filed, Aug 2026 1% filed.

In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months add no new wells. How our methods work

All from what the source published. All held at well grain.

How the volume breaks down
  • 100% Reported by the official source by well

Every barrel through May 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 2014 to May 2026.

Kraken Operating, LLC natural gas production (MMcf/d, monthly average, grouped by when each well first produced)
  • filling in (est.) . Months in the hatched zone are partly reported. The part not yet filed is estimated from recent production rates. It updates as filings arrive
  • estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our forecast.
Kraken Operating, LLC natural gas production: million cubic feet per day, by first-production vintage filed in full today 50100150 MMcf/d 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Jul 2016: 0.45 MMcf/d total Aug 2016: 0.31 MMcf/d total Sep 2016: 3.89 MMcf/d total Oct 2016: 4.05 MMcf/d total Nov 2016: 4.59 MMcf/d total Dec 2016: 4.3 MMcf/d total Jan 2017: 4.3 MMcf/d total Feb 2017: 4.6 MMcf/d total Mar 2017: 4.71 MMcf/d total Apr 2017: 7.05 MMcf/d total May 2017: 7.87 MMcf/d total Jun 2017: 8.03 MMcf/d total Jul 2017: 8.41 MMcf/d total Aug 2017: 12.2 MMcf/d total Sep 2017: 12.8 MMcf/d total Oct 2017: 12.5 MMcf/d total Nov 2017: 11.4 MMcf/d total Dec 2017: 14.6 MMcf/d total Jan 2018: 14.3 MMcf/d total Feb 2018: 16.8 MMcf/d total Mar 2018: 17.8 MMcf/d total Apr 2018: 21.6 MMcf/d total May 2018: 26.4 MMcf/d total Jun 2018: 26.9 MMcf/d total Jul 2018: 25.3 MMcf/d total Aug 2018: 29.1 MMcf/d total Sep 2018: 33.3 MMcf/d total Oct 2018: 36.1 MMcf/d total Nov 2018: 46.3 MMcf/d total Dec 2018: 55.8 MMcf/d total Jan 2019: 59.2 MMcf/d total Feb 2019: 56.3 MMcf/d total Mar 2019: 62.1 MMcf/d total Apr 2019: 65.8 MMcf/d total May 2019: 68.3 MMcf/d total Jun 2019: 70.6 MMcf/d total Jul 2019: 79.6 MMcf/d total Aug 2019: 80.1 MMcf/d total Sep 2019: 79.3 MMcf/d total Oct 2019: 89.8 MMcf/d total Nov 2019: 91 MMcf/d total Dec 2019: 85.3 MMcf/d total Jan 2020: 82.7 MMcf/d total Feb 2020: 81.2 MMcf/d total Mar 2020: 84.4 MMcf/d total Apr 2020: 84.6 MMcf/d total May 2020: 78.8 MMcf/d total Jun 2020: 73.1 MMcf/d total Jul 2020: 64.9 MMcf/d total Aug 2020: 63.7 MMcf/d total Sep 2020: 61.5 MMcf/d total Oct 2020: 57.8 MMcf/d total Nov 2020: 63.4 MMcf/d total Dec 2020: 62.5 MMcf/d total Jan 2021: 64.3 MMcf/d total Feb 2021: 61.3 MMcf/d total Mar 2021: 63.9 MMcf/d total Apr 2021: 61.3 MMcf/d total May 2021: 57.1 MMcf/d total Jun 2021: 55.5 MMcf/d total Jul 2021: 56.2 MMcf/d total Aug 2021: 58.4 MMcf/d total Sep 2021: 59.9 MMcf/d total Oct 2021: 57.7 MMcf/d total Nov 2021: 58.1 MMcf/d total Dec 2021: 50.8 MMcf/d total Jan 2022: 50.6 MMcf/d total Feb 2022: 52.1 MMcf/d total Mar 2022: 57.8 MMcf/d total Apr 2022: 45 MMcf/d total May 2022: 40.6 MMcf/d total Jun 2022: 58.8 MMcf/d total Jul 2022: 58.3 MMcf/d total Aug 2022: 56.3 MMcf/d total Sep 2022: 57 MMcf/d total Oct 2022: 58.3 MMcf/d total Nov 2022: 59.7 MMcf/d total Dec 2022: 57.1 MMcf/d total Jan 2023: 67.7 MMcf/d total Feb 2023: 73.8 MMcf/d total Mar 2023: 73.7 MMcf/d total Apr 2023: 73.9 MMcf/d total May 2023: 77.1 MMcf/d total Jun 2023: 73.5 MMcf/d total Jul 2023: 68.9 MMcf/d total Aug 2023: 78.1 MMcf/d total Sep 2023: 83.8 MMcf/d total Oct 2023: 89.1 MMcf/d total Nov 2023: 86 MMcf/d total Dec 2023: 87 MMcf/d total Jan 2024: 82.4 MMcf/d total Feb 2024: 80.6 MMcf/d total Mar 2024: 87.9 MMcf/d total Apr 2024: 90.9 MMcf/d total May 2024: 89.6 MMcf/d total Jun 2024: 97.8 MMcf/d total Jul 2024: 86.9 MMcf/d total Aug 2024: 87 MMcf/d total Sep 2024: 91.8 MMcf/d total Oct 2024: 87.6 MMcf/d total Nov 2024: 93.5 MMcf/d total Dec 2024: 106 MMcf/d total Jan 2025: 109 MMcf/d total Feb 2025: 108 MMcf/d total Mar 2025: 110 MMcf/d total Apr 2025: 113 MMcf/d total May 2025: 118 MMcf/d total Jun 2025: 119 MMcf/d total Jul 2025: 125 MMcf/d total Aug 2025: 122 MMcf/d total Sep 2025: 124 MMcf/d total Oct 2025: 127 MMcf/d total Nov 2025: 126 MMcf/d total Dec 2025: 122 MMcf/d total Jan 2026: 120 MMcf/d total Feb 2026: 120 MMcf/d total Mar 2026: 117 MMcf/d total Apr 2026: 114 MMcf/d total May 2026: 112 MMcf/d total Jun 2026: ≈121 MMcf/d total (90% arrived, remainder estimated)

Still arriving: Jul 2026 57% filed, Aug 2026 1% filed.

In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months add no new wells. How our methods work

All from what the source published. All held at well grain.

How the volume breaks down
  • 100% Reported by the official source by well

Every cubic foot through May 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 2014 to May 2026.

The bands group wells by when they first produced.

About this chart

The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.

These volumes are the production from the wells and facilities this company operates. Ownership works differently: other parties hold interests in these wells, and this company holds interests in wells that other companies operate. How we attribute production to a company

Annual table (full history)
YearOil (MMbbl)Gas produced (Bcf)
202523.443
202420.133
202318.128
202211.420
202110.421
202015.426
201918.027
201811.011
20172.83
20160.51
20150.2<1
20140.1<1

Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)

Monthly table (last 24 months)
MonthOil (Mbbl)Gas produced (MMcf)
2026-051,648.83,459
2026-041,691.63,418
2026-031,758.13,641
2026-021,605.73,357
2026-011,899.33,709
2025-121,894.23,777
2025-111,980.63,780
2025-102,104.93,937
2025-091,936.83,719
2025-081,960.43,787
2025-072,060.93,860
2025-062,034.33,566
2025-052,051.93,673
2025-041,810.73,390
2025-031,882.73,422
2025-021,678.63,019
2025-011,980.63,365
2024-121,945.63,283
2024-111,782.62,805
2024-101,718.22,716
2024-091,689.22,755
2024-081,630.22,697
2024-071,543.92,692
2024-061,752.72,935

Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)

Source: CommoVision · Kraken Operating, LLC, data through June 2026.

Well map

A map of 741 well locations operated by Kraken Operating, LLC for which CommoVision holds a published surface coordinate, each drawn where it is and colored by its primary product (green for oil, red for natural gas, gray where undetermined; a spot shared by more than one product shows the one with the most wells there), on a ground of land and water over faint state and county outlines and place names for orientation, with a small inset map locating this frame in the United States.
  • Oil 741
741 well locations operated by Kraken Operating, LLC, colored by primary product.
About this map

Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the trailing 12 months per region.

53.2 Mbbl/d May 2026 oil production -19.6% vs May last year
111.6 MMcf/d May 2026 gas production -5.8% vs May last year
64 Mbbl/d 2025 oil production
118.6 MMcf/d 2025 gas production
611 wells Operated producing wells tracked trailing 12 months per region
38.6 Mbbl/d Existing wells, Jun 2027 forecast Our forecast for existing wells.
84.1 MMcf/d Existing wells, Jun 2027 forecast Our forecast for existing wells.

Type curves

Kraken Operating, LLC oil type curves (bbl/d per well, log scale, against months on production; cohorts 2010–2026)
Kraken Operating, LLC oil type curves: average barrels per day per well on a log scale against months on production 2010-2014: 145 wells; starts at 176 bbl/d per well, 190 Mbbl cumulative through month 142 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 202, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2015: 5 wells; starts at 288 bbl/d per well, 205 Mbbl cumulative through month 133 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 193, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2017: 26 wells; starts at 389 bbl/d per well, 276 Mbbl cumulative through month 104 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 164, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2018: 77 wells; starts at 451 bbl/d per well, 288 Mbbl cumulative through month 91 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 151, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2019: 70 wells; starts at 407 bbl/d per well, 276 Mbbl cumulative through month 79 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 139, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2020: 27 wells; starts at 599 bbl/d per well, 361 Mbbl cumulative through month 66 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 126, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2021: 20 wells; starts at 619 bbl/d per well, 335 Mbbl cumulative through month 56 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 116, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2022: 50 wells; starts at 527 bbl/d per well, 306 Mbbl cumulative through month 42 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 102, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2023: 80 wells; starts at 457 bbl/d per well, 267 Mbbl cumulative through month 30 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 90, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2024: 53 wells; starts at 469 bbl/d per well, 273 Mbbl cumulative through month 20 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 80, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2025: 48 wells; starts at 439 bbl/d per well, 179 Mbbl cumulative through month 8 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 68, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2026: 22 wells; starts at 565 bbl/d per well, 46.3 Mbbl cumulative through month 2 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 62, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends51020501002005001,0001,500bbl/d24487296120144168192216Months on production
Kraken Operating, LLC natural gas type curves (Mcf/d per well, log scale, against months on production; cohorts 2010–2026)
Kraken Operating, LLC natural gas type curves: average thousand cubic feet per day per well on a log scale against months on production 2010-2014: 145 wells; starts at 137 Mcf/d per well, 0.2 Bcf cumulative through month 142 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 202, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2015: 5 wells; starts at 265 Mcf/d per well, 0.2 Bcf cumulative through month 133 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 193, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2017: 26 wells; starts at 335 Mcf/d per well, 0.5 Bcf cumulative through month 104 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 164, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2018: 77 wells; starts at 354 Mcf/d per well, 0.6 Bcf cumulative through month 91 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 151, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2019: 70 wells; starts at 414 Mcf/d per well, 0.6 Bcf cumulative through month 79 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 139, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2020: 27 wells; starts at 629 Mcf/d per well, 0.6 Bcf cumulative through month 66 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 126, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2021: 20 wells; starts at 506 Mcf/d per well, 0.5 Bcf cumulative through month 56 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 116, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2022: 50 wells; starts at 407 Mcf/d per well, 0.4 Bcf cumulative through month 42 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 102, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2023: 80 wells; starts at 359 Mcf/d per well, 0.4 Bcf cumulative through month 30 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 90, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2024: 53 wells; starts at 348 Mcf/d per well, 0.3 Bcf cumulative through month 20 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 80, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2025: 48 wells; starts at 298 Mcf/d per well, 0.2 Bcf cumulative through month 8 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 68, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends2026: 22 wells; starts at 375 Mcf/d per well, 0.0 Bcf cumulative through month 2 (100% of its wells old enough at that month); the dashed curve runs through month 62, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends71020501002005001,000Mcf/d24487296120144168192216Months on production

Horizontal wells only. Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.

How these curves are built

Horizontal wells only: 623 of the 623 wells in these cohorts. Average daily production per well, drawn against the cohort’s cumulative production per well on a log rate scale, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the full cohort, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production; the view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well (the log-rate form described above) or to cumulative production per well against months. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all of its wells sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well of the cohort. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks the size of each cohort.

Cohort summary table
First produced Wells Peak oil (bbl/d per well) Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) Months in series Wells old enough at last month in series Forecast months drawn
2026 22 956 46.3 524 0.0 2 100% 60
2025 48 981 179 934 0.2 8 100% 60
2024 53 911 326 273 763 542 0.3 20 100% 60
2023 80 821 260 267 734 429 0.4 30 100% 60
2022 50 851 290 306 689 401 0.4 42 100% 60
2021 20 967 282 335 868 434 0.5 56 100% 60
2020 27 886 268 361 879 473 0.6 66 100% 60
2019 70 766 163 276 858 321 0.6 79 100% 60
2018 77 682 221 288 591 467 0.6 91 100% 60
2017 26 601 174 276 524 217 0.5 104 100% 60
2015 5 321 94.6 205 271 77.7 0.2 133 100% 60
2010-2014 145 266 102 190 220 95.8 0.2 142 100% 60

Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)

Source: CommoVision · Kraken Operating, LLC type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.

Recent permitting

72 permits approved in the 365 days to August 12, 2026
25 permits in the 90 days to August 12, 2026
25 new-well permits in the 90 days to August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026 latest approval on record
About this chart

Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Aug 2026. The last bar is Aug 2026 through August 12, 2026 (4 so far), drawn hatched. All 72 approved in the 365 days to August 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 72 in the 365 days to August 12, 2026 and 25 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.

  • Kraken Operating, LLC was granted 72 well permits in the 365 days to August 12, 2026. Of those, 25 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated August 12, 2026.
  • All 72 approved in the 365 days to August 12, 2026 are permits to drill a new well. Permits to drill a new well: 72 in the 365 days to August 12, 2026 and 25 in the last 90 days of that window.
  • Permits counted here come from Montana and North Dakota.
Well permits approved per month: full table
MonthPermits approved
Aug 2026 (through August 12, 2026)4
Jul 20268
Jun 202612
May 20263
Apr 20267
Mar 20263
Feb 20269
Jan 20265
Dec 20250
Nov 20257
Oct 20257
Sep 20253
Aug 202512
Jul 20252
Jun 20252
May 20258
Apr 20250
Mar 20259
Feb 20256
Jan 20250
Dec 20246
Nov 20241
Oct 20240
Sep 20244

Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)

What we cover here

Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.

DataGrainSinceBenchmark
Montana production well 1986-01 ~96–100% of EIA
North Dakota production well 1951-04 ~99–100% of EIA

Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.

About the EIA comparison

The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from the source’s own records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.

Coverage rows for Kraken Operating, LLC are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.

Top regions by 2025 operated production

RegionOil (MMbbl)Gas produced (Bcf)Share of 2025 output
North Dakota12.227.153.2%
Montana11.216.246.8%

Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.

What the data shows

  • Kraken Operating, LLC produced 23.4 MMbbl of oil and 43.3 Bcf of natural gas in 2025.
  • Kraken Operating, LLC oil production reached its highest level on record in 2025 at 23.4 MMbbl.
  • Kraken Operating, LLC operated production across 2 reporting regions in 1 country (United States) in our coverage.
  • 611 operated producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.

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