Jack M Johnston Drilling
Operator of record for 19 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: JACK M. JOHNSTON DRILLING CO. · JACK M. JOHNSTON DRILLING CORP.
At a glance
Jack M Johnston Drilling is the operator of record for 19 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 18 (95%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in North Dakota, with 19 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
19
Active
0
Plugged
18
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 19 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 19
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Jack M Johnston Drilling operate?
Jack M Johnston Drilling's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: North Dakota (19). Its 19 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 Jack M Johnston Drilling’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Jack M Johnston Drilling's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Jack M Johnston Drilling operate?
By product class, 19 (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 Sydney L. Haas 1 in Nelson, ND at 2,920 ft. The wells listed below sit in Nelson (ND), Ramsey (ND), Griggs (ND) and Barnes (ND). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Jack M Johnston Drilling
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney L. Haas 1 | 33-063-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,920 ft |
| William Overbo 1 | 33-071-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ramsey, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,840 ft |
| William M. Rahlf 1 | 33-039-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griggs, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,780 ft |
| Gritz 1 | 33-063-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,763 ft |
| Morris Peters 1 | 33-071-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ramsey, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,513 ft |
| Arvid Flaaggen 1 | 33-063-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 2,175 ft |
| Axal Anderson 1 | 33-063-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,985 ft |
| C. O. Hvidsten 1 | 33-063-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,985 ft |
| Ervin Olson 1 | 33-063-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,897 ft |
| Clarence Johnson 1 | 33-003-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnes, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,835 ft |
| Victor Ott 1 | 33-039-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Griggs, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,719 ft |
| Arthur Quanbeck 1 | 33-063-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nelson, ND | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. | 1,616 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Jack M Johnston Drilling operate?
Jack M Johnston Drilling is the operator of record for 19 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in North Dakota (19). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Jack M Johnston Drilling's wells are still active?
0 of Jack M Johnston Drilling's catalogued wells are active; 18 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Jack M Johnston Drilling operate wells?
Jack M Johnston Drilling is the operator of record for wells in North Dakota (19).
Does Jack M Johnston Drilling operate mostly oil or gas wells?
19 of Jack M Johnston Drilling's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Jack M Johnston Drilling's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Sydney L. Haas 1 in Nelson, ND is the deepest at 2,920 ft.
Where Jack M Johnston Drilling'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, “Jack M Johnston Drilling — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/jack-m-johnston-drilling-10925 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).