Oil & gas wells in Divide County, ND
1,852 catalogued wells in Divide County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Divide County, North Dakota has 1,852 catalogued oil & gas wells: 903 active (49%), 410 plugged & abandoned (22%) and 18 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,852
Active
903
Plugged
410
Documented orphans
18
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Divide County?
49% of Divide County's wells are active, 2 percentage points above the North Dakota share of 47%. 22% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 45 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 18 wells (1.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 476 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Divide County?
By product class, 1,699 of the county's wells (92%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 80 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Divide County well is 31,140 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 Divide County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Divide County has the 8th-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 8th in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Divide County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Divide 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 Divide County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baukol-Noonan Inc. 1 | 33-023-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Argyle Royalty Co. |
| Ole Gunderson 1 | 33-023-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Oil Development Company Of Texas |
| State F-24 | 33-023-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Imperial Oil Of North Dakota, Inc. |
| Braathen 1 | 33-023-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips & Ralph M. Ballard |
| O. M. Olson 1 | 33-023-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Co. |
| Smithberg 1 | 33-023-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eagle Operating, Inc. |
| Harold E. Jacobson 1 | 33-023-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dakamont Exploration Corp. |
| K. V. Ecklund 1 | 33-023-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Vaughn Petroleum, Inc. |
| Arlot Johnson 1 | 33-023-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kerr-Mcgee Corp. |
| Baukol-Noonan, Inc. 1 | 33-023-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Dhuyvetter 1 | 33-023-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nokota Co. |
| V. Olson 1 | 33-023-00013 | Active | Oil | Dakota Crude, Inc. |
| Fraley 1 | 33-023-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gofor Oil, Inc. |
| Kimball-State 1 | 33-023-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H. K. Riddle |
| Anderson 1 | 33-023-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Earl Schwartz Co. |
| George W. Wilson 1 | 33-023-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| North Tioga-Madison Unit E-31 | 33-023-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Prosper Energy Corp. |
| Norman Overlee 1 | 33-023-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phoenix Petroleum, LLC |
| Knute A. Unhjem 1 | 33-023-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Signal Drilling & Exploration, Inc. |
| Oliver Johnson 1 | 33-023-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williston Industrial Supply Corporation |
| Micheal Skarphol 1 | 33-023-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| T. O. Hanson 1 | 33-023-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Dallas D. Moore 1 | 33-023-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| O. Joraanstad 1 | 33-023-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling, Inc. |
| Vande Walle 1 | 33-023-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Samedan Oil Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,852 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 Divide County, ND?
Divide County, North Dakota has 1,852 catalogued oil & gas wells: 903 active, 410 plugged and 18 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Divide County?
18 wells in Divide County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Divide County are plugged?
410 of Divide County's 1,852 catalogued wells (22%) 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); Divide County ranks 8th with 1,852.
How many companies operate wells in Divide County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Divide 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 Divide County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/divide (data as of October 10, 2026).