Oil & gas wells in Slope County, ND
365 catalogued wells in Slope County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Slope County, North Dakota has 365 catalogued oil & gas wells: 30 active (8%), 128 plugged & abandoned (35%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 32 North Dakota counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 43,680 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
365
Active
30
Plugged
128
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Slope County?
8% of Slope County's wells are active, 39 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 35% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across North Dakota and 4% nationally. The remaining 206 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Slope County?
By product class, 343 of the county's wells (94%) are oil wells, 1 (0.3%) gas wells and 19 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 92% and the gas share 0.9%. The deepest total depth published for a Slope County well is 17,820 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 Slope County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Slope County has the 14th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 14th in North Dakota.
Who operates wells in Slope County?
66 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Slope 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 Slope County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brusich 1 | 33-087-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Jack Benz 1 | 33-087-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | D. D. Feldman Oil And Gas |
| Bismarck A 1 | 33-087-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelly Oil Co. |
| Hamann Estate 1-9 | 33-087-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jerry Chambers Exploration Co. |
| Lydia Foreman 1 | 33-087-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Greer-Federal 1 | 33-087-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Exploration & Production Co. |
| Nprr "A" 1 | 33-087-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H. L. Hunt |
| U.S.A. 8 1 | 33-087-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Company |
| Eva Hayden 1 | 33-087-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H. L. Hunt |
| N.P.R.R. A 2 | 33-087-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H. L. Hunt |
| Nprr A 3 | 33-087-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | H. L. Hunt |
| Ivan Mitchell 1 | 33-087-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Amerada Hess Corporation |
| Govt. 1-21-27 | 33-087-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| John Long, Jr. 1-28-26 | 33-087-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Robert L. Schaar 1 | 33-087-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | States Oil Co. |
| Clarence E. Dilse 1-15-10 | 33-087-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Lloyd Teske 1-14-11 | 33-087-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Braun 1-16-15 | 33-087-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| K. Johnson, Et Al 1-24-16 | 33-087-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| B. Rustan 1-19-13 | 33-087-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| C. Silbernagel 1-17-23 | 33-087-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| State Of North Dakota 1-22-30 | 33-087-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| B. Foust 1-23-29 | 33-087-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Govt. M. Wyckoff 1-29-24 | 33-087-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
| Govt. J. Cole 1-18-25 | 33-087-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | International Nuclear Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 365 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 Slope County, ND?
Slope County, North Dakota has 365 catalogued oil & gas wells: 30 active, 128 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Slope County?
1 wells in Slope County, North Dakota are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among North Dakota counties.
What share of wells in Slope County are plugged?
128 of Slope County's 365 catalogued wells (35%) 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); Slope County ranks 14th with 365.
How many companies operate wells in Slope County?
66 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Slope 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 Slope County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/slope (data as of October 10, 2026).