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NDIC file 39576 · API 33-053-09977-00-00

BUFFALO 4-17-20H

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
21,392 ft
Legal location
NWNW Sec 17 T148N R100W
Footages
457 ft FNL · 629 ft FWL
County
McKenzie County
NDIC file no.
39576
API no.
33-053-09977-00-00

Location & navigation

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47.64481, -103.45931

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 oil230KbblNov ’23 to Aug ’26 · 33 of 34 months known
Peak oil rate670bbl/dMay 2024 · 20,785 bbl in 31 days
Oil, last 12 months31.9Kbbl-58% against the 12 before
Gas–oil ratio, last 12 months5,855scf/bblfirst year 2,109 scf/bbl
Water cut, last 12 months81%first year 74% · 809K bbl water in all
Gas sold, last 12 months81%of gas produced · 33.3K mcf reported flared
0250500750Oil bbl/d63Nov ’23May ’24Nov ’24May ’25Nov ’25May ’26

Early time

First reported month
Nov 2023
Months to peak
7 (May 2024)
Peak month rate
670 bbl/d on 31 days
First 3 months, oil
40,246 bbl
First 6 months, oil
77,774 bbl
First 12 months, oil
139,215 bbl (11 of 12 known)
First 24 months, oil
207,593 bbl (23 of 24 known)
Share of cumulative in year 1
60%

Today

Last reported month
Aug 2026
Last month with oil
Aug 2026
Latest oil rate
63 bbl/d
Latest rate as share of peak
9.4%
Uptime, last 12 months
96% of days
Cumulative gas
661K mcf
Cumulative water
809K 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
4,98530,60919,113301666,14079%
4,35627,01118,107311416,20181%
3,84523,29016,021301286,05781%
3,32220,53614,988311076,18282%
1,59210,15010,00925646,37686%
9375,3476,57519495,70788%
2,17011,30710,07831705,21182%
2,07111,0679,45430695,34482%
2,06311,4049,28331675,52882%
2,14611,5379,08730725,37681%
2,42413,3088,97631785,49079%
1,96011,0288,70031635,62782%

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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