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NDIC file 39575 · API 33-053-09976-00-00

Buffalo 5-17-20H

Operated by KRAKEN OPERATING, LLC · McKenzie County, North Dakota

Active (A)Oil and gasSpud 2023

Well facts

Operator
KRAKEN OPERATING, LLC
Status
Active (A)
Well type
Oil and gas (OG)
Field
BUFFALO WALLOW
Spud date
Total depth
21,546 ft
Legal location
NWNW Sec 17 T148N R100W
Footages
457 ft FNL · 579 ft FWL
County
McKenzie County
NDIC file no.
39575
API no.
33-053-09976-00-00

Location & navigation

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47.64481, -103.45952

Published surface location (NAD83). A horizontal well's lateral can run up to three miles from this point.

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Production

34 months reported, Nov 2023 to Aug 2026, BAKKEN pool.

Cumulative oil268KbblNov ’23 to Aug ’26 · 33 of 34 months known
Peak oil rate559bbl/dDec 2023 · 17,343 bbl in 31 days
Oil, last 12 months46Kbbl-55% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months4,115scf/bblfirst year 1,795 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months80%first year 72% · 894K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months89%of gas produced · 18.4K mcf reported flared
0200400600Oil bbl/d87Nov ’23May ’24Nov ’24May ’25Nov ’25May ’26

Early time

First reported month
Nov 2023
Months to peak
2 (Dec 2023)
Peak month rate
559 bbl/d on 31 days
First 3 months, oil
39,802 bbl
First 6 months, oil
75,253 bbl
First 12 months, oil
140,483 bbl (11 of 12 known)
First 24 months, oil
231,976 bbl (23 of 24 known)
Share of cumulative in year 1
52%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
87 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
15.5%
Uptime, last 12 months
98% of days
Cumulative gas
631K mcf
Cumulative water
894K bbl
Unknown months
1 of 34 (confidential or not in that month's report)
Pools reported
BAKKEN
Last 12 months as a table
MonthOil bblGas mcfWater bblDaysOil bbl/dGOR scf/bblWater cut
5,27812,52519,275301762,37379%
4,89013,12618,186311582,68479%
3,3819,42411,887221542,78778%
5,96915,25819,198311932,55676%
4,29313,48917,129311383,14280%
3,56218,28514,521281275,13380%
3,60721,29915,591311165,90581%
3,11818,38414,480301045,89682%
3,05217,94413,59831985,87982%
3,10516,52212,884301045,32181%
3,01716,13213,17231975,34781%
2,68616,73213,53231876,22983%

As first reported to NDIC in each month's report (NDIC Monthly Production Reports, Jan 2003 to Aug 2026). Operators amend past months later and the published reports are not updated, so a month can differ from the current record. A blank or missing month is unknown, not zero, and a cumulative over such months is a lower bound; two pools reported in one month are summed. Rates per producing day divide the month's volume by the days reported, so a month reported without producing days has no rate. Gas–oil ratio is gas produced over oil produced; water cut is water over oil plus water. Months from Jan 2003 to Apr 2015 are read from the Division's PDF reports, which print no flared gas and list a well in a unitized pool only inside its unit's total.

Spacing units

Units whose published footprint holds at least 660 ft of this well's surveyed lateral. Allowances are facts extracted from signed NDIC orders, machine-extracted and not human-reviewed.

Nearby wells

Closest published well heads within 3 miles; wells on one pad share a location.

Other published attributes (1)
symbolA-OG

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