Oil & gas wells in Presque Isle County, MI
1,961 catalogued wells in Presque Isle County, Michigan, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Presque Isle County, Michigan has 1,961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active (1%), 234 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 81 Michigan counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 85,673 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,961
Active
20
Plugged
234
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Presque Isle County?
1% of Presque Isle County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Michigan share of 17%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 16% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Presque Isle County; Michigan as a whole has 257. The remaining 1,706 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County well is 6,738 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 Presque Isle County compare with other Michigan counties?
Presque Isle County has the 9th-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.
Who operates wells in Presque Isle County?
91 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Development 1 | 21-141-00379 | Other status | Other type | Presque Isle Development Co |
| Alpena Land Company 1 | 21-141-00380 | Other status | Other type | Alpena Land Co |
| Lobdell-Emery Co. 1 | 21-141-00811 | Other status | Other type | Palmer Claude F |
| Fee 1 | 21-141-20194 | Other status | Other type | Michigan Limestone Division U S Steel Corp |
| Selke, Paul 1 | 21-141-22638 | Other status | Other type | Lindsay Forrest H |
| Schweisow, Richard 1 | 21-141-23481 | Other status | Other type | Fain And Porter Drilling Corp |
| Weide, William 1 | 21-141-24999 | Other status | Other type | Fain And Porter Drilling Corp |
| Skinner, Roy N. Et Ux 1 | 21-141-25663 | Other status | Other type | United Drillers And Prod Inc |
| Reisener, William Et Al 1 | 21-141-26544 | Other status | Other type | Hill Alinda Hunt Trust |
| Draysey, Donald E. 1 Bdw | 21-141-27199 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Presque Isle County Road Commission |
| Smith, L B 1 | 21-141-27250 | Other status | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| Middaugh, Jacob 1 | 21-141-27469 | Other status | Other type | Cook Brothers And Lanphars Inc |
| Draysey, Donald 1 | 21-141-27576 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Presque Isle County Road Commission |
| Ristow 1-7a | 21-141-27705 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B P America Production Co |
| State Ocqueoc 1 | 21-141-27725 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Vermilya, Arnold 1 | 21-141-27784 | Other status | Other type | Cook Brothers And Lanphars Inc |
| Spomer 1 | 21-141-27812 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Northern Michigan Exploration |
| Bruning Et Al 1 | 21-141-27874 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Kelly, Philip 1 | 21-141-27875 | Other status | Other type | Tamica Corp And North American Drilling |
| Trapp, Paul E 1 | 21-141-27920 | Other status | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp |
| State Allis 1-23 | 21-141-28083 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co |
| Kreft Et Al 1 | 21-141-28337 | Other status | Other type | Mcclure Oil Co And Northern Michigan Exploration |
| Krajniak 1-31 | 21-141-28855 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| Zwolinski 1-12 | 21-141-28856 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
| Fryske 1-17 | 21-141-28893 | Other status | Other type | Swepi LP |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,961 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 Presque Isle County, MI?
Presque Isle County, Michigan has 1,961 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active, 234 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Presque Isle County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Presque Isle County, Michigan.
What share of wells in Presque Isle County are plugged?
234 of Presque Isle County's 1,961 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Presque Isle County ranks 9th with 1,961.
How many companies operate wells in Presque Isle County?
91 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County, Michigan”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/michigan/presque-isle (data as of October 10, 2026).