{"name":"Empire North Dakota LLC Drilling Activity in Bottineau County, North Dakota","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/empire-north-dakota-llc/northdakota/bottineau","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-06","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Empire North Dakota LLC","operatorSlug":"empire-north-dakota-llc","state":"ND","county":"Bottineau","totalWells":138,"producingWells":116,"permits24mo":5,"spuds24mo":2,"ducCount":14,"topFormation":"Bakken","rankInCounty":2,"firstPermitDate":"1957-04-22","lastPermitDate":"2025-02-05"}