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Oil & gas wells in Bowman County, ND

1,578 catalogued wells in Bowman County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Bowman County, North Dakota has 1,578 catalogued oil & gas wells: 740 active (47%), 371 plugged & abandoned (24%) and 31 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

1,578

Active

740

Plugged

371

Documented orphans

31

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

47% of Bowman County's wells are active, close to the North Dakota share of 47%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 74 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 31 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 362 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Bowman County?

By product class, 933 of the county's wells (59%) are oil wells, 256 (16%) gas wells and 323 (20%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Bowman County well is 20,080 ft, against 31,781 ft for North Dakota as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Bowman County compare with other North Dakota counties?

Bowman County has the 9th-most catalogued wells of the 32 North Dakota counties with at least 25. The median North Dakota county on WellCensus has 57 wells. The largest, Mckenzie County, has 10,933. By documented orphans it ranks 6th in North Dakota.

Who operates wells in Bowman County?

108 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bowman 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 Bowman County

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Oil & gas wells in Bowman County, ND
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Federal Wbi 3833-011-00001Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Crawford 15433-011-00002Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Federal Wbi 15533-011-00003Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 15633-011-00004Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 15733-011-00005Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
State Of North Dakota 15833-011-00006Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Mdu 22233-011-00007Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Mdu 22333-011-00008Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Mdu 22433-011-00009Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Federal Wbi 24333-011-00010Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Burnett 24433-011-00011Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Burnett 26433-011-00012Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
State Wbi 26533-011-00013Plugged & abandonedGasWilliston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Henrichsen 26833-011-00014Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Fee Wbi 28533-011-00015Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 30433-011-00016Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 30533-011-00017Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 30633-011-00018Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 30733-011-00019Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 30833-011-00020Plugged & abandonedGasWbi Production, Inc.
Streich-USA 30933-011-00021Plugged & abandonedGasMontana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Federal Wbi 31833-011-00022Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal Wbi 32133-011-00023Plugged & abandonedGasFidelity Exploration & Production Company
Federal 32233-011-00024Plugged & abandonedGasBta Oil Producers, LLC
Lewis 32333-011-00025Plugged & abandonedGasBta Oil Producers, LLC

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,578 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 Bowman County, ND?

Bowman County, North Dakota has 1,578 catalogued oil & gas wells: 740 active, 371 plugged and 31 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Bowman County?

31 wells in Bowman County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among North Dakota counties.

What share of wells in Bowman County are plugged?

371 of Bowman County's 1,578 catalogued wells (24%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 29% across North Dakota.

Which North Dakota county has the most oil and gas wells?

Mckenzie County has the most catalogued wells of any North Dakota county on WellCensus (10,933); Bowman County ranks 9th with 1,578.

How many companies operate wells in Bowman County?

108 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bowman County, North Dakota.

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About this data

Source: North Dakota DMR Oil & Gas Division 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 Bowman County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/bowman (data as of October 10, 2026).