Oil & gas wells in Hettinger County, ND
39 catalogued wells in Hettinger County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hettinger County, North Dakota has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 25th 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
39
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hettinger County?
0% of Hettinger County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Hettinger County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 11 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hettinger County?
By product class, 37 of the county's wells (95%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) gas wells and 1 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Hettinger County well is 11,926 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 Hettinger County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Hettinger County has the 25th-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 Hettinger County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hettinger 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 Hettinger County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence And M. Jacobs F14-24-P | 33-041-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. |
| R. Grosz 1 | 33-041-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Richard Swindler 1 | 33-041-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cannonball Oil Co. |
| Gena Stenmoen 1-13-12 | 33-041-00004 | Other status | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Haberstroh 1-16 | 33-041-00005 | Other status | Oil | Pubco Petroleum Corp. |
| J. Haberstroh 12-2 | 33-041-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pubco Petroleum Corp. |
| Valentine Senn 1 | 33-041-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | William Herbert Hunt |
| Pete Kerzman 1 | 33-041-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inexco Oil Co. |
| Olson 1 | 33-041-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kewanee Oil Co. |
| Stang Et Al 1 | 33-041-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Cooperative Refinery Association |
| Grosz 2-35 | 33-041-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| Harsch-Mehrer 44-21 | 33-041-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Energetics Operating Co. |
| Jirges 1 | 33-041-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wexpro Company |
| Herberholtz 1 | 33-041-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Rokusek 1 | 33-041-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Frank L. Kouba 1 | 33-041-00016 | Other status | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Frank-Gardner 1 | 33-041-00017 | Other status | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Blickendorf 24-22 | 33-041-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Diamond Shamrock Exploration Co. |
| Brugamyer 1 | 33-041-00019 | Other status | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Urlacher 1-24 | 33-041-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | P & M Petroleum Management, L.L.C. |
| Redetzke Swd 1 | 33-041-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Rtr Energy, LLC |
| Kenny 1 | 33-041-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Zenker 1-31-2b | 33-041-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Urlacher State Unit 1 | 33-041-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amoco Production Co. |
| Pogo-Wolf 1-3 | 33-041-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Belnorth Petroleum Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 39 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 Hettinger County, ND?
Hettinger County, North Dakota has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hettinger County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Hettinger County are plugged?
28 of Hettinger County's 39 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Hettinger County ranks 25th with 39.
How many companies operate wells in Hettinger County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hettinger 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 Hettinger County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/hettinger (data as of October 10, 2026).