Oil & gas wells in Steele County, ND
27 catalogued wells in Steele County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Steele County, North Dakota has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 25 plugged & abandoned (93%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 31st 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
27
Active
0
Plugged
25
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Steele County?
0% of Steele County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 93% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Steele County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Steele County?
By product class, 7 of the county's wells (26%) 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 Steele County well is 1,738 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 Steele County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Steele County has the 31st-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 Steele County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Steele 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 Steele County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meldahl 1 | 33-091-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | I. J. Wilhite & Simcox Oil Co. |
| Melvin Johnson 1 | 33-091-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Dronen 14-16 | 33-091-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nyvatex Oil Corp. |
| Fosdick 12-28 | 33-091-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nyvatex Oil Corp. |
| Burchill 13-10 | 33-091-00005 | Other status | Oil | Nyvatex Oil Corp. |
| Zerface 44-5 | 33-091-00006 | Other status | Oil | Nyvatex Oil Corp. |
| Fosdick 12-28-R | 33-091-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nyvatex Oil Corp. |
| Alph J. Overby 1-9 | 33-091-99041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Arneson 1-31 | 33-091-99042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Frojen 1-11 | 33-091-99047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Elmo Olson 1-11 | 33-091-99048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Vig 1-23 | 33-091-99064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Netland 1-22 | 33-091-99065 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Paulsen 1-35 | 33-091-99067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Midstokke 1-9 | 33-091-99069 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Peterson 1-32 | 33-091-99070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Klabo 1-1 | 33-091-99072 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Erickson 1-7 | 33-091-99076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Brag 1-26 | 33-091-99079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Lund 1-17 | 33-091-99086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Nerdahl 1-12 | 33-091-99088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Ryan 1-13 | 33-091-99089 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Smogaard 1-19 | 33-091-99090 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Nelson 1-30 | 33-091-99091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
| Rockneberg 1-35 | 33-091-99100 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Northern Resources, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Steele County, ND?
Steele County, North Dakota has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 25 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Steele County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Steele County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Steele County are plugged?
25 of Steele County's 27 catalogued wells (93%) 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); Steele County ranks 31st with 27.
How many companies operate wells in Steele County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Steele 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 Steele County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/steele (data as of October 10, 2026).