Oil & gas wells in Ramsey County, ND
41 catalogued wells in Ramsey County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ramsey County, North Dakota has 41 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 35 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd 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
41
Active
0
Plugged
35
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ramsey County?
0% of Ramsey County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 48% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Ramsey County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ramsey County?
By product class, 33 of the county's wells (80%) 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 Ramsey County well is 3,745 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 Ramsey County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Ramsey County has the 23rd-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 Ramsey County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ramsey 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 Ramsey County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanstad Stratigraphic Test 1 | 33-071-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Allan Macdiarmid 1 | 33-071-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Raymond P. And Blanche T. Lee 1 | 33-071-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Northern Natural Gas Producing Co. |
| M. D. Wolf 1 | 33-071-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S. D. Johnson Drilling Co. |
| Carl Jack And Olive Jack 1 | 33-071-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| Wendell Haley 1 | 33-071-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Calvert Exploration Co. |
| Edwin Werner 1 | 33-071-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S. D. Johnson Drilling Co. |
| Wolfe 1 | 33-071-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Mclaughlin, Inc. |
| L. Bukowski Stratigraphic Test 1 | 33-071-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Nietos Oil Co. |
| Myklebust 1 | 33-071-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| R. A. Hammer 1 | 33-071-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| F. Skaar 1 | 33-071-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Guy Cunningham 1 | 33-071-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chambers & Kennedy |
| Theo. Overbo 1 | 33-071-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J. M. Johnston |
| Cecil J. Miller 1 | 33-071-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | John R. Black Estate |
| Morris Peters 1 | 33-071-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. |
| Russell Webster 1 | 33-071-00017 | Other status | Oil | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Corp. |
| William Overbo 1 | 33-071-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jack M. Johnston Drilling Co. |
| Frank Horstein 1 | 33-071-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Johnston Petroleum Corp. |
| James C. Mccormick 1 | 33-071-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Robert E. Sletten 1 | 33-071-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| John F. Elsperger 1 | 33-071-00022 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Morton Nees 1 | 33-071-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Marcella Volk 1 | 33-071-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Robert C. Collinson 1 | 33-071-00025 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 41 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 Ramsey County, ND?
Ramsey County, North Dakota has 41 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 35 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ramsey County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Ramsey County are plugged?
35 of Ramsey County's 41 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Ramsey County ranks 23rd with 41.
How many companies operate wells in Ramsey County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ramsey 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 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Ramsey County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/ramsey (data as of October 28, 2026).