Oil & gas wells in Dawson County, MT
368 catalogued wells in Dawson County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Dawson County, Montana has 368 catalogued oil & gas wells: 56 active (15%), 257 plugged & abandoned (70%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
368
Active
56
Plugged
257
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dawson County?
15% of Dawson County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Montana share of 23%. 70% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 39 wells (11%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.6% across Montana and 4% nationally. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Dawson County?
By product class, 149 of the county's wells (40%) are oil wells, 14 (4%) gas wells and 42 (11%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Dawson County well is 18,533 ft, against 31,810 ft for Montana as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Dawson County compare with other Montana counties?
Dawson County has the 24th-most catalogued wells of the 41 Montana counties with at least 25. The median Montana county on WellCensus has 457 wells. The largest, Toole County, has 7,830. By documented orphans it ranks 17th in Montana.
Who operates wells in Dawson County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Dawson 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 Dawson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Dak 11 (210) | 25-021-06236 | Other status | Gas | Eastern Montana Oil & Gas Co. |
| Unit 13-22 | 25-021-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Company |
| Unit 44-19CH | 25-021-05001 | Orphaned | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 24-19CH | 25-021-05002 | Active | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 13X-19C | 25-021-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Encore Operating LP |
| Unit 23-20c | 25-021-05004 | Shut-in | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 22-19CH (WI) | 25-021-05005 | Active | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 11X-19CH | 25-021-05006 | Shut-in | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 44-13DH | 25-021-05007 | Active | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 33-13DH | 25-021-05008 | Active | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit D 42-13 | 25-021-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Shell Oil Company |
| Unit 22X-13DH | 25-021-05010 | Shut-in | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| NPRR Unit 21-15 | 25-021-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Np 31-17 | 25-021-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Unit 24X-12DH | 25-021-05013 | Active | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 13-12D | 25-021-05014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Encore Operating LP |
| Unit 42-11DH | 25-021-05015 | Active | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 31X-11D | 25-021-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Western E & P Inc. |
| Unit 11-12DH | 25-021-05017 | Active | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Unit 44X-2A | 25-021-05018 | Shut-in | Oil | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Pine 1 | 25-021-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Great Western Drilling Company |
| Mont-Dak (Cooper) 212 (13) | 25-021-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Montana Oil & Gas Co. |
| Gas City 33X-2A | 25-021-05022 | Active | Injection | Mmgl Mt I, LLC |
| Gas City 13X-2A | 25-021-05023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| NPRR Dawson 66 1 | 25-021-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | SOGC, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 368 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 Dawson County, MT?
Dawson County, Montana has 368 catalogued oil & gas wells: 56 active, 257 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Dawson County?
3 wells in Dawson County, Montana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among Montana counties.
What share of wells in Dawson County are plugged?
257 of Dawson County's 368 catalogued wells (70%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 60% across Montana.
Which Montana county has the most oil and gas wells?
Toole County has the most catalogued wells of any Montana county on WellCensus (7,830); Dawson County ranks 24th with 368.
How many companies operate wells in Dawson County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Dawson County, Montana.
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About this data
Source: Montana Board of Oil & Gas Conservation 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 Dawson County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/dawson (data as of October 10, 2026).