Koch Industries
Operator of record for 99 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. · Koch Industries Inc.
At a glance
Koch Industries is the operator of record for 99 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 81 (82%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in North Dakota, with 97 wells (98% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
99
Active
0
Plugged
81
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 97 |
| Montana | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 95
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Koch Industries operate?
Koch Industries's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: North Dakota (97) and Montana (2). Its 97 North Dakota wells are 0.2% 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 Koch Industries’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Koch Industries's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Koch Industries operate?
By product class, 95 (96%) 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 Nelson 21-29 in Williams, ND at 13,539 ft. The wells listed below sit in Williams (ND), Billings (ND), Dunn (ND) and Bowman (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 Koch Industries
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson 21-29 | 33-105-00724 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 13,539 ft |
| Federal 8-1 | 33-007-00846 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 13,425 ft |
| Simnioniw 2 | 33-007-00316 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 13,163 ft |
| Federal 6-11 | 33-007-00527 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 13,050 ft |
| Olson 1-29 | 33-105-00721 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 11,444 ft |
| Simnioniw 3 | 33-007-01040 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 11,400 ft |
| Carus Federal 1-30-1c | 33-025-00204 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dunn, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 10,196 ft |
| Federal 7-3 | 33-007-00533 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 9,830 ft |
| Gregory USA 1 | 33-007-00425 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 9,830 ft |
| Fedora 15-34 | 33-007-00549 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 9,785 ft |
| Clarence Hestekin 1 | 33-011-00110 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bowman, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 9,735 ft |
| Federal 4-27 | 33-007-00495 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Koch Industries, Inc. | 9,723 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Koch Industries operate?
Koch Industries is the operator of record for 99 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in North Dakota (97). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Koch Industries's wells are still active?
0 of Koch Industries's catalogued wells are active; 81 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Koch Industries operate wells?
Koch Industries is the operator of record for wells in North Dakota (97) and Montana (2).
Does Koch Industries operate mostly oil or gas wells?
95 of Koch Industries's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Koch Industries's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Nelson 21-29 in Williams, ND is the deepest at 13,539 ft.
Where Koch Industries'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, “Koch Industries — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/koch-industries-2490 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).