Don Bills
Operator of record for 6 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Don Bills is the operator of record for 6 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 6 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in North Dakota, with 6 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
6
Active
0
Plugged
6
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 6 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 6
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Don Bills operate?
Don Bills's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: North Dakota (6). Its 6 North Dakota wells are 0.0% of the 43,680 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Don Bills’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Don Bills's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Don Bills operate?
By product class, 6 (100%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is John And Ole Hove 1 in Wells, ND at 3,411 ft. The wells listed below sit in Wells (ND), Pierce (ND), Lamoure (ND) and Benson (ND).
Notable wells operated by Don Bills
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John And Ole Hove 1 | 33-103-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wells, ND | Don Bills | 3,411 ft |
| Leppke-State 1 | 33-103-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wells, ND | Don Bills | 3,241 ft |
| State Of North Dakota 1 | 33-069-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pierce, ND | Don Bills | 3,220 ft |
| Juvelus Bjur 1 | 33-045-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lamoure, ND | Don Bills | 3,136 ft |
| Ted And Clara Knodel 1 | 33-103-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wells, ND | Don Bills | 3,100 ft |
| Rueben Olson 1 | 33-005-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Benson, ND | Don Bills | 2,850 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Don Bills operate?
Don Bills is the operator of record for 6 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in North Dakota (6). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Don Bills's wells are still active?
0 of Don Bills's catalogued wells are active; 6 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Don Bills operate wells?
Don Bills is the operator of record for wells in North Dakota (6).
Does Don Bills operate mostly oil or gas wells?
6 of Don Bills's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Don Bills's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, John And Ole Hove 1 in Wells, ND is the deepest at 3,411 ft.
Where Don Bills's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Don Bills — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/don-bills-2477 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).