Oil & gas wells in Banner County, NE
2,893 catalogued wells in Banner County, Nebraska, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Banner County, Nebraska has 2,893 catalogued oil & gas wells: 120 active (4%), 2,247 plugged & abandoned (78%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 36 Nebraska counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 13% of the state's 22,021 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,893
Active
120
Plugged
2,247
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Banner County?
4% of Banner County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Nebraska share of 10%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 77% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Banner County; Nebraska as a whole has 32. The remaining 526 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Banner County?
By product class, 792 of the county's wells (27%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 212 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 27% and the gas share 2%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Banner County compare with other Nebraska counties?
Banner County has the 3rd-most catalogued wells of the 36 Nebraska counties with at least 25. The median Nebraska county on WellCensus has 150 wells. The largest, Kimball County, has 4,891.
Who operates wells in Banner County?
Nebraska records come from the regulator's well-location index — API number, coordinates and status — without operator names or lifecycle dates (NOGCC's free export is API + location + status symbol; the full database is a paid product).
Wells in Banner County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith 2 | 26-007-05000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith 2 | 26-007-05001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madden 1 | 26-007-05002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Madden, Edson L "C" 1 | 26-007-05003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Soule E E 3 | 26-007-05004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| State "C" 1 | 26-007-05005 | Other status | Other type | — |
| State-Bell 1 | 26-007-05006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Singleton Estate 1 | 26-007-05009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Singleton 1 | 26-007-05010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Singleton "D" 1 | 26-007-05011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ostgren 1 | 26-007-05012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ostgren 2 | 26-007-05013 | Active | Oil | — |
| State Of Nebraska "G" 1 | 26-007-05015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ostgren Unit 1 | 26-007-05016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Barrett Unit 29 | 26-007-05017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Wilson, Anna M 2 | 26-007-05018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Perry State 1 | 26-007-05019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Faden 1 | 26-007-05020 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Brashear 1 | 26-007-05021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Engstrom "C" 1 | 26-007-05022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Engstrom 3 | 26-007-05024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Singleton 1 | 26-007-05025 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Vowers Unit 20 | 26-007-05026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| State Of Nebraska 14-36 | 26-007-05027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nebraska "B" 1 | 26-007-05028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,893 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 Banner County, NE?
Banner County, Nebraska has 2,893 catalogued oil & gas wells: 120 active, 2,247 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Banner County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Banner County, Nebraska.
What share of wells in Banner County are plugged?
2,247 of Banner County's 2,893 catalogued wells (78%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 77% across Nebraska.
Which Nebraska county has the most oil and gas wells?
Kimball County has the most catalogued wells of any Nebraska county on WellCensus (4,891); Banner County ranks 3rd with 2,893.
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About this data
Source: Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 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 Banner County, Nebraska”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/nebraska/banner (data as of October 10, 2026).