Oil & gas wells in Benzie County, MI
320 catalogued wells in Benzie County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Benzie County, Michigan has 320 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15 active (5%), 67 plugged & abandoned (21%) and 42 documented orphans. It ranks 62nd of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
320
Active
15
Plugged
67
Documented orphans
42
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Benzie County?
5% of Benzie County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 21% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 42 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.3% across Michigan and 4% nationally. The remaining 195 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Benzie County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Benzie County well is 8,480 ft, against 27,242 ft for Michigan as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Benzie County compare with other Michigan counties?
Benzie County has the 62nd-most catalogued wells of the 81 Michigan counties with at least 25. The median Michigan county on WellCensus has 820 wells. The largest, Otsego County, has 5,579. By documented orphans it ranks 1st in Michigan.
Who operates wells in Benzie County?
46 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Benzie County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Benzie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benzie-State 1 | 21-019-15921 | Other status | Other type | Mercer Oil Co Inc |
| Bye, Levi 1 | 21-019-19279 | Other status | Other type | Devine R W And Lang J W Co |
| Van Aken, Hazel 1 | 21-019-27643 | Other status | Other type | C M S Oil And Gas Co And Pan Americican P |
| State Weldon 1 | 21-019-27899 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| State Homestead 1-33 | 21-019-28034 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| State Weldon 1-1 | 21-019-28109 | Other status | Other type | C M S Oil And Gas Co |
| State Inland 1-27 | 21-019-28132 | Other status | Other type | C M S Oil And Gas Co |
| State Colfax 1-28 | 21-019-28341 | Other status | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| State Inland 1-27 | 21-019-28731 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Fortine, Frank C 1-34 | 21-019-29674 | Other status | Other type | Late Oil Co |
| Mortenson, John A 1-5 | 21-019-29689 | Other status | Other type | Late Oil Co |
| Allison, Mary Lee 1-10 | 21-019-29690 | Other status | Other type | Late Oil Co |
| Mead, Jon 1-29 | 21-019-29711 | Other status | Other type | Late Oil Co |
| Somsel 15-24 Hd2 | 21-019-30187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jordan Development Company LLC |
| State Colfax 1-32 | 21-019-30303 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| State Weldon 1-3 | 21-019-30445 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| State Colfax Et Al 1-35 | 21-019-30553 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| Scott Et Al 2-36 | 21-019-31181 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP And Reef Pet Corp |
| Dinger State Colfax 1-36 Hd2 | 21-019-31197 | Other status | Other type | Lambda Energy Resources LLC |
| Angerer & State Colfax 1-25 | 21-019-31277 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| State Weldon Unit 1-11 | 21-019-31855 | Other status | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| State Colfax 1-21 | 21-019-31881 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Oil Co |
| State Colfax 2-28a | 21-019-31890 | Active | Other type | Jordan Development Company LLC |
| State Colfax 2-36 | 21-019-31908 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swepi LP Miller Bros Total And Wise |
| Scott & State Colfax 3-36 | 21-019-32014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Swepi LP |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 320 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Benzie County, MI?
Benzie County, Michigan has 320 catalogued oil & gas wells: 15 active, 67 plugged and 42 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Benzie County?
42 wells in Benzie County, Michigan are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among Michigan counties.
What share of wells in Benzie County are plugged?
67 of Benzie County's 320 catalogued wells (21%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 16% across Michigan.
Which Michigan county has the most oil and gas wells?
Otsego County has the most catalogued wells of any Michigan county on WellCensus (5,579); Benzie County ranks 62nd with 320.
How many companies operate wells in Benzie County?
46 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Benzie County, Michigan.
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About this data
Source: Michigan EGLE well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Benzie County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/benzie (data as of October 10, 2026).