Oil & gas wells in Oliver County, ND
29 catalogued wells in Oliver County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oliver County, North Dakota has 29 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 17 plugged & abandoned (59%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 27th 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
29
Active
0
Plugged
17
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oliver County?
0% of Oliver County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 59% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Oliver County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 12 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oliver County?
By product class, 17 of the county's wells (59%) 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 Oliver County well is 10,470 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 Oliver County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Oliver County has the 27th-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 Oliver County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oliver 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 Oliver County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wachter 16-18 | 33-065-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. |
| Eugene Wachter 1 | 33-065-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Youngblood & Youngblood |
| Paul Bueligen 1 | 33-065-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Signal Drilling & Exploration, Inc. |
| Ervin V. Henke 1 | 33-065-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sunray Dx Oil Co. |
| Herbert Dresser 1-34 | 33-065-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Rockenbach 1-10 | 33-065-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Schulte 1-33 | 33-065-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Raymond Henke 1-24 | 33-065-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Kenneth Henke 1-7 | 33-065-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Raymond Jensen 1-34 | 33-065-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General American Oil Company Of Texas |
| Henke 1 | 33-065-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | W. H. Hunt Trust Estate |
| Albert Albers 1 | 33-065-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Drilling & R. K. Petroleum Corp. |
| Henke 9-14 | 33-065-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Petroleum Co. & R. K. Petroleum |
| Little Boot 15-44 | 33-065-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Co. |
| Square Butte 34-34 | 33-065-00015 | Other status | Oil | Pennzoil Co. |
| Ovri 1 | 33-065-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Exxon Company, U.S.A. |
| Big Boot 1-6 | 33-065-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Aceite Energy Corp. |
| Bni 1 | 33-065-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | University Of North Dakota Eerc |
| J-Loc 1 | 33-065-00019 | Other status | Other type | Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. |
| Liberty 1 | 33-065-00020 | Other status | Other type | Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. |
| Slash Lazy H 5 | 33-065-00021 | Other status | Other type | Summit Carbon Storage #3, LLC |
| Unity 1 | 33-065-00022 | Other status | Other type | Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. |
| McCall 1 | 33-065-00023 | Other status | Other type | Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. |
| KJ Hintz 1 | 33-065-00024 | Other status | Other type | Summit Carbon Storage #3, LLC |
| KJ Hintz 2 | 33-065-00025 | Other status | Other type | Summit Carbon Storage #3, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 29 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 Oliver County, ND?
Oliver County, North Dakota has 29 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 17 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oliver County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Oliver County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Oliver County are plugged?
17 of Oliver County's 29 catalogued wells (59%) 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); Oliver County ranks 27th with 29.
How many companies operate wells in Oliver County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oliver 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 Oliver County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/oliver (data as of October 10, 2026).