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Oil & gas wells in Glacier County, MT

3,257 catalogued wells in Glacier County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Glacier County, Montana has 3,257 catalogued oil & gas wells: 704 active (22%), 1,687 plugged & abandoned (52%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

3,257

Active

704

Plugged

1,687

Documented orphans

2

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Glacier County?

22% of Glacier County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Montana share of 23%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 812 wells (25%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.6% across Montana and 4% nationally. The remaining 52 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Glacier County?

By product class, 1,724 of the county's wells (53%) are oil wells, 413 (13%) gas wells and 480 (15%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Glacier County well is 16,022 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 Glacier County compare with other Montana counties?

Glacier County has the 2nd-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 21st in Montana.

Who operates wells in Glacier County?

284 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Glacier 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.

Oil & gas wells in Glacier County, MT
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Anderson #125-035-05040Other statusOther typePardue A R
Cbsu 10-725-035-21153Other statusOilWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Cbsu 10-1125-035-21157Other statusOilK2 America Corporation
Cbsu 15-325-035-21165Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Cbsu 15-1125-035-21166Other statusOilWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Cbsu 15-725-035-21168Other statusOilWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Cbsu 10-325-035-21226Other statusOilWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Cbsu 3-1425-035-21239Other statusOilWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Middle Fork 225-035-21991Other statusGasK2 America Corporation
Rognlien Palmer B.I. 2-1525-035-22011Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Palmer Bow Island 10-1325-035-22019Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
McGovern Palmer B.I. 15-425-035-22022Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Palmer Bow Island 1-425-035-22023Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Palmer Bow Island 2-225-035-22024Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Palmer Bow Island 3-1425-035-22026Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Palmer Bow Island 2B-1025-035-22052Other statusGasWell Done Foundation, Inc.
Sccbsu 74-225-035-05001Plugged & abandonedOilUnion Oil Company Of California
Serbourne 125-035-05002Plugged & abandonedOther typeTarrant R. C.
Swcbsu 43-W225-035-05003ActiveInjectionFX Drilling Company, Inc.
Sccbsu 33-125-035-05004Plugged & abandonedOilUnion Oil Company Of California
Miller 525-035-05005Shut-inOilNew Horizon Resources LLC
Kiyo 125-035-05008Plugged & abandonedOther typePhillips Petroleum Company
Kiyo 1-A25-035-05009Plugged & abandonedOther typePhillips Petroleum Company
DeRuwe 1-A25-035-05010Plugged & abandonedOther typeMontalban Oil Etal
DeRuwe 125-035-05011Plugged & abandonedOther typeMontalban Oil Etal

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,257 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 Glacier County, MT?

Glacier County, Montana has 3,257 catalogued oil & gas wells: 704 active, 1,687 plugged and 2 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Glacier County?

2 wells in Glacier County, Montana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 21st-highest count among Montana counties.

What share of wells in Glacier County are plugged?

1,687 of Glacier County's 3,257 catalogued wells (52%) 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); Glacier County ranks 2nd with 3,257.

How many companies operate wells in Glacier County?

284 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Glacier 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 Glacier County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/glacier (data as of October 10, 2026).