Oil & gas wells in Rolette County, ND
57 catalogued wells in Rolette County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rolette County, North Dakota has 57 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 49 plugged & abandoned (86%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 17th 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
57
Active
0
Plugged
49
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rolette County?
0% of Rolette County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 86% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Rolette County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rolette County?
By product class, 57 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 Rolette County well is 5,705 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 Rolette County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Rolette County has the 17th-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 Rolette County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rolette 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 Rolette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peder And Lillie Sebelius 1 | 33-079-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Andy Leroy Johnson 1 | 33-079-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Evans Production Corp. |
| Willis A. Lawston 1 | 33-079-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S. D. Johnson Drilling Co. |
| State B 1 | 33-079-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ward-Williston Drilling Co. |
| C. M. Bryant Estate 1 | 33-079-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S. D. Johnson Drilling Co. |
| Cora Lamont 1 | 33-079-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
| Melvin Tingelstad 1 | 33-079-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | S. D. Johnson Drilling Co. |
| Axel Swanson 1 | 33-079-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
| Edwin Lindbo 1 | 33-079-00009 | Other status | Oil | Sun Exploration & Production Co. |
| William Wayne 1 | 33-079-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Exploration & Production Co. |
| Arthur Espe 1 | 33-079-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Exploration & Production Co. |
| P. Wenstad 1 | 33-079-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | British-American Oil Producing Co. |
| Ella M. Amble 1 | 33-079-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Shell Oil Co. |
| S. Grenier 1 | 33-079-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | British-American Oil Producing Co. |
| Henry Dietrich 1 | 33-079-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | British-American Oil Producing Co. |
| Peter P. Nelson Et Ux 1 | 33-079-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| State Of North Dakota 1 | 33-079-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Peter Danielson 1 | 33-079-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Chippewa 1 | 33-079-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Aida Higgins 1 | 33-079-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co. |
| Kenneth Tooke 1 | 33-079-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | General Crude Oil Co. |
| Yodal Pigeon Et Al 1 | 33-079-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cardinal Drilling Co. |
| Hansen Estate 1 | 33-079-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Pierre Mongeon A 1 | 33-079-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ohio Oil Co. |
| Bosley-Smith 1 | 33-079-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Unitex, Ltd. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 57 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 Rolette County, ND?
Rolette County, North Dakota has 57 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 49 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rolette County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Rolette County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Rolette County are plugged?
49 of Rolette County's 57 catalogued wells (86%) 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); Rolette County ranks 17th with 57.
How many companies operate wells in Rolette County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rolette 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 Rolette County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/rolette (data as of October 10, 2026).