Oil & gas wells in Cavalier County, ND
27 catalogued wells in Cavalier County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cavalier County, North Dakota has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 24 plugged & abandoned (89%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
27
Active
0
Plugged
24
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cavalier County?
0% of Cavalier County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Cavalier County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cavalier County?
By product class, 21 of the county's wells (78%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Cavalier County well is 3,409 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 Cavalier County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Cavalier County has the 30th-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.
Who operates wells in Cavalier County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cavalier 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 Cavalier County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Skjervheim 1 | 33-019-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Lilliam Wohletz 1 | 33-019-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Union Central Life Ins.-Ellis 1 | 33-019-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Restad 1 | 33-019-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| John Berge 1 | 33-019-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Nietos Oil Co. |
| Theodore Stinkoway 1 | 33-019-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Nietos Oil Co. |
| P. Harder Stratigraphic Test 1 | 33-019-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Nietos Oil Co. |
| Heard 1 | 33-019-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Wild 1-A | 33-019-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Powers Lake & G. A. Vincent |
| Earl Moore 1 | 33-019-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Johnson Oil Co. |
| Grimsi Goodman Estate 1 | 33-019-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fred Traugott |
| Abe Loewen Tract 1 1 | 33-019-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Ruby Parker 1 | 33-019-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Lavritz And Gordon Amoth 1 | 33-019-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | I. J. Wilhite & Simcox Oil Co. |
| John Waltz Et Al 1 | 33-019-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chambers & Kennedy |
| Earl Bassingthwaite 1 | 33-019-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chambers & Kennedy |
| Joseph F. Tholkes 1 | 33-019-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J. M. Johnston |
| Ralph Monis 1 | 33-019-00018 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Lela Jack 1 | 33-019-00019 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Leona Janowski 1 | 33-019-00020 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Alex Schmiess 1 | 33-019-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eagle Oil Co. |
| Hilbert Iverson B-2 | 33-019-99002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Henry Chapat B-3 | 33-019-99003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Alfred Symons B-1 | 33-019-99004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| James E. Jennings B-4 | 33-019-99005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Cavalier County, ND?
Cavalier County, North Dakota has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 24 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cavalier County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Cavalier County are plugged?
24 of Cavalier County's 27 catalogued wells (89%) 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); Cavalier County ranks 30th with 27.
How many companies operate wells in Cavalier County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cavalier County, North Dakota.
Nearby in the North Dakota rankings
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 Cavalier County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/cavalier (data as of October 10, 2026).