Oil & gas wells in Mckenzie County, ND
10,933 catalogued wells in Mckenzie County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mckenzie County, North Dakota has 10,933 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,851 active (54%), 2,274 plugged & abandoned (21%) and 195 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 25% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,933
Active
5,851
Plugged
2,274
Documented orphans
195
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mckenzie County?
54% of Mckenzie County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the North Dakota share of 47%. 21% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 377 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 195 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,236 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mckenzie County?
By product class, 10,254 of the county's wells (94%) are oil wells, 64 (0.6%) gas wells and 314 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Mckenzie County well is 28,281 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 Mckenzie County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Mckenzie County has the most catalogued wells of the 32 North Dakota counties with at least 25. The median North Dakota county on WellCensus has 57 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 1st in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Mckenzie County?
413 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mckenzie 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 Mckenzie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benhomer Risser 1 | 33-053-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Kermit Halverson 1 | 33-053-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Charlson-Madison South Unit A-216 | 33-053-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| North Dakota "B" Tract-1 1 | 33-053-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| George Wollan 1 | 33-053-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| W. B. Croff 1 | 33-053-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| North Dakota B Tract 2 1 | 33-053-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Catherine E. Peck Tract 1 1 | 33-053-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Charlson-Madison South Unit D-316 | 33-053-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| North Dakota B Tract-3 1 | 33-053-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit B-333 | 33-053-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| E. H. Pittsley Tract-1 1 | 33-053-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Morten Anderson 1 | 33-053-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Woodrow Starr 1 | 33-053-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit D-208 | 33-053-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| North Dakota B Tract-4 1 | 33-053-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Cora Mckeen 1 | 33-053-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| G. L. Thompson 1 | 33-053-00018 | Other status | Oil | The Texas Co. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit D-407 | 33-053-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit D-134 | 33-053-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit C-108 | 33-053-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit C-308 | 33-053-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit A-317 | 33-053-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit C-234 | 33-053-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
| Charlson-Madison North Unit A-117 | 33-053-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texaco Exploration & Production Inc. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Mckenzie County, ND?
Mckenzie County, North Dakota has 10,933 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5,851 active, 2,274 plugged and 195 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mckenzie County?
195 wells in Mckenzie County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Mckenzie County are plugged?
2,274 of Mckenzie County's 10,933 catalogued wells (21%) 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, with 10,933.
How many companies operate wells in Mckenzie County?
413 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mckenzie 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 Mckenzie County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/mckenzie (data as of October 10, 2026).