{"name":"Marathon Oil Company Drilling Activity in Ward County, North Dakota","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/marathon-oil-company/northdakota/ward-nd","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-07-02","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Marathon Oil Company","operatorSlug":"marathon-oil-company","state":"ND","county":"Ward","totalWells":9,"producingWells":0,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":9,"topFormation":"Bakken","rankInCounty":2,"firstPermitDate":"1974-10-07","lastPermitDate":"1981-08-07"}