Oil & gas wells in Grant County, ND
28 catalogued wells in Grant County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant County, North Dakota has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 28th 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
28
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant County?
0% of Grant County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Grant County; North Dakota as a whole has 562.
What kinds of wells are in Grant County?
By product class, 28 of the county's wells (100%) 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 Grant County well is 11,027 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 Grant County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Grant County has the 28th-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 Grant County?
11 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Grant 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 Grant County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelstrom 1 | 33-037-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Youngblood & Youngblood |
| Marie Bierwagen 1 | 33-037-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Petroleum Co. |
| N.P.R.R. 1 | 33-037-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| N.P.R.R. 1-15 | 33-037-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| R. K. Swindler 1 | 33-037-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ladd Petroleum Corp. |
| Burlington Northern 17-1 | 33-037-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern A 3-1 | 33-037-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern B 31-1 | 33-037-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern C 35-1 | 33-037-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern E 9-1 | 33-037-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern D 35-1 | 33-037-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern F 7-1 | 33-037-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern G 27-1 | 33-037-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern H 17-1 | 33-037-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern I 1-1 | 33-037-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern J 27-1 | 33-037-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern "K" 29-1 | 33-037-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern "L" 23-1 | 33-037-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Krause 22-5 | 33-037-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wainoco, Inc. |
| Burlington Northern 1 | 33-037-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. |
| 7-132-86-Bn 1 | 33-037-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marshall R. Young Oil Co. |
| Fred Alt 1 | 33-037-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anschutz Corporation |
| William Steckler 1 | 33-037-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc. |
| Hirning-State 44-16 | 33-037-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Co. |
| Burlington Northern 21-35 | 33-037-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 28 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 Grant County, ND?
Grant County, North Dakota has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Grant County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Grant County are plugged?
28 of Grant County's 28 catalogued wells (100%) 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); Grant County ranks 28th with 28.
How many companies operate wells in Grant County?
11 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Grant 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 Grant County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).