{"name":"Cardinal Petroleum Drilling Activity in Ward County, North Dakota","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/cardinal-petroleum/northdakota/ward-nd","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-06","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Cardinal Petroleum","operatorSlug":"cardinal-petroleum","state":"ND","county":"Ward","totalWells":8,"producingWells":0,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":8,"topFormation":"Bakken","rankInCounty":8,"firstPermitDate":"1961-12-26","lastPermitDate":"1974-02-23"}