Oil & gas wells in Dunn County, ND
5,208 catalogued wells in Dunn County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Dunn County, North Dakota has 5,208 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,401 active (65%), 606 plugged & abandoned (12%) and 64 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 12% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,208
Active
3,401
Plugged
606
Documented orphans
64
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dunn County?
65% of Dunn County's wells are active, 18 percentage points above the North Dakota share of 47%. 12% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 124 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 64 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,013 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Dunn County?
By product class, 4,951 of the county's wells (95%) are oil wells, 6 (0.1%) gas wells and 76 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Dunn County well is 31,781 ft, the deepest published anywhere in North Dakota. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Dunn County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Dunn County has the 4th-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 3rd in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Dunn County?
222 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Dunn 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 Dunn County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lockwood Jr. 1 | 33-025-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Charles Dvorak 1 | 33-025-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. |
| Angus Kennedy F32-24-D | 33-025-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. |
| Bell Thornley Clarke 1 | 33-025-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Solomon Bird Bear F-22-22-1 | 33-025-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. |
| Walter Hamann 1 | 33-025-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Northwest Oil Drilling Co. |
| Hans Creek Unit 1 | 33-025-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Harry Larson 1 | 33-025-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Argo Oil Corp. |
| Ted Darwin 1 | 33-025-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | William Herbert Hunt |
| Edward Lockwood, Jr. 1 | 33-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mayfair Minerals, Inc. |
| Clarence Danielson - B. N. D. 1 | 33-025-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron USA, Inc. |
| Bill P. Heidecker 1 | 33-025-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| Board Of Univ. And School Lands 1 | 33-025-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Co. |
| U.S.A. Reed 1 | 33-025-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calco, Inc. & I. J. Wilhite |
| Signalness 1 | 33-025-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Conoco Inc. |
| Jack Dvirnak 1 | 33-025-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stewart Petroleum Co. |
| Jacob Huber 1 | 33-025-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Signalness Unit A 1 | 33-025-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Flying J Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Henry Bad Gun 1 | 33-025-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lyda Hunt-Herbert Trusts |
| Marie Selle (Tract 1) 1 | 33-025-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Clarence Danielson 1 | 33-025-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | United Producing Co. & Vaughn Petroleum |
| John Steffen 1 | 33-025-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Emil Pavlicek 1 | 33-025-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miami Oil Producers, Inc. |
| N. A. Knudsvig 1 | 33-025-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sinclair Oil & Gas Company |
| Bell Thornley Clarke 1 | 33-025-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,208 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 Dunn County, ND?
Dunn County, North Dakota has 5,208 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,401 active, 606 plugged and 64 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Dunn County?
64 wells in Dunn County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Dunn County are plugged?
606 of Dunn County's 5,208 catalogued wells (12%) 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); Dunn County ranks 4th with 5,208.
How many companies operate wells in Dunn County?
222 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Dunn 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 Dunn County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/dunn (data as of October 10, 2026).