Ritter Laber & Associates
Operator of record for 20 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: RITTER, LABER & ASSOCIATES, INC. · Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc.
At a glance
Ritter Laber & Associates is the operator of record for 20 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 20 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in North Dakota, with 19 wells (95% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
20
Active
0
Plugged
20
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 19 |
| Montana | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 19
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Ritter Laber & Associates operate?
Ritter Laber & Associates's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: North Dakota (19) and Montana (1). 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 Ritter Laber & Associates’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Ritter Laber & Associates'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 Ritter Laber & Associates operate?
By product class, 19 (95%) 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 Alkali Creek 1-6 in Bowman, ND at 14,028 ft. The wells listed below sit in Bowman (ND), Billings (ND), Mountrail (ND), Slope (ND), Burke (ND) and Ward (ND) and other counties. 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 Ritter Laber & Associates
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkali Creek 1-6 | 33-011-00709 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bowman, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 14,028 ft |
| Little Knife 36-7 | 33-007-00909 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Billings, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 9,900 ft |
| Tande 1 | 33-061-00325 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 8,300 ft |
| Adobe Wall 10-12 | 33-087-00122 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Slope, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 8,000 ft |
| Salter 35-5 | 33-061-00456 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mountrail, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 7,550 ft |
| Grandall 11-24 | 33-013-01242 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burke, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 7,312 ft |
| S. Carpenter Lake 6-9 | 33-101-00421 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 7,255 ft |
| S. Carpenter Lake 2-9 | 33-101-00410 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 7,240 ft |
| State-A Chrest 7-43 | 33-013-01169 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burke, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 6,850 ft |
| Dahlke 2-18 | 33-023-00236 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Divide, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 6,625 ft |
| King 5-27 | 33-101-00294 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 6,610 ft |
| Doolittle 41-3 | 33-101-00367 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward, ND | Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. | 6,550 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Ritter Laber & Associates operate?
Ritter Laber & Associates is the operator of record for 20 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in North Dakota (19). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Ritter Laber & Associates's wells are still active?
0 of Ritter Laber & Associates's catalogued wells are active; 20 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Ritter Laber & Associates operate wells?
Ritter Laber & Associates is the operator of record for wells in North Dakota (19) and Montana (1).
Does Ritter Laber & Associates operate mostly oil or gas wells?
19 of Ritter Laber & Associates's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Ritter Laber & Associates's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Alkali Creek 1-6 in Bowman, ND is the deepest at 14,028 ft.
Where Ritter Laber & Associates'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, “Ritter Laber & Associates — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/ritter-laber-associates-10938 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).