Oil & gas wells in Roosevelt County, MT
1,327 catalogued wells in Roosevelt County, Montana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Roosevelt County, Montana has 1,327 catalogued oil & gas wells: 297 active (22%), 735 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 30 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 41 Montana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 42,011 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,327
Active
297
Plugged
735
Documented orphans
30
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Roosevelt County?
22% of Roosevelt County's wells are active, close to the Montana share of 23%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 60% statewide and 47% nationally. 166 wells (13%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 30 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.6% across Montana and 4% nationally. The remaining 99 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Roosevelt County?
By product class, 710 of the county's wells (54%) are oil wells, 15 (1%) gas wells and 95 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 24%. The deepest total depth published for a Roosevelt County well is 31,810 ft, the deepest published anywhere in Montana. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Roosevelt County compare with other Montana counties?
Roosevelt County has the 11th-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 3rd in Montana.
Who operates wells in Roosevelt County?
306 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason 7-16 | 25-085-21020 | Orphaned | Oil | Native American Energy Group, Inc. |
| Cox 7-1 | 25-085-21256 | Orphaned | Oil | Native American Energy Group, Inc. |
| Tininenko 4-19 | 25-085-21275 | Other status | Oil | Stratex Oil and Gas, Inc. |
| 20105 JV-P Lockman 1 | 25-085-21678 | Orphaned | Gas | MSC Exploration LP |
| 20105 JV-P Clark 1 | 25-085-21679 | Orphaned | Gas | MSC Exploration LP |
| Briske 4-9H | 25-085-21709 | Other status | Oil | Produced Water Solutions, Inc. |
| O'Connor 20-34 | 25-085-22008 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Harmon 1 | 25-085-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Romo 1 | 25-085-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Signal Drilling & Expl. Co. Inc. |
| Jerome (Tribal) 1 | 25-085-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Byers, Dewey |
| George Nick 1 | 25-085-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sprecher Drilling |
| A. Werner 1A | 25-085-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Producing Co. |
| Tribal 1 | 25-085-05005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Juniper Petroleum Corp. |
| Cleveland 1 | 25-085-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson, Miles |
| Danielson-Greer 1 | 25-085-05007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Delhi Oil |
| Ault 1 | 25-085-05008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Exxon Corporation |
| Patch 1 | 25-085-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ajax Oil Co |
| Catlin 1 | 25-085-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Partee, W.C. |
| Fed. Unit #63 | 25-085-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murphy Exploration and Production Co. |
| Tribal Unit #72 | 25-085-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Exploration and Production Co. |
| Tribal Unit #44 | 25-085-05013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Exploration and Production Co. |
| Epu 55 | 25-085-05014 | Shut-in | Oil | Poplar Resources LLC |
| Fed Unit 3-G | 25-085-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy, C.H. |
| Fed. Unit #26 | 25-085-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy Exploration and Production Co. |
| Fry 1 | 25-085-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schmidt, J.W. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,327 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 Roosevelt County, MT?
Roosevelt County, Montana has 1,327 catalogued oil & gas wells: 297 active, 735 plugged and 30 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Roosevelt County?
30 wells in Roosevelt County, Montana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Montana counties.
What share of wells in Roosevelt County are plugged?
735 of Roosevelt County's 1,327 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Roosevelt County ranks 11th with 1,327.
How many companies operate wells in Roosevelt County?
306 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County, Montana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/montana/roosevelt (data as of October 10, 2026).