Oil & gas wells in Towner County, ND
28 catalogued wells in Towner County, North Dakota, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Towner County, North Dakota has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 17 plugged & abandoned (61%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 29th 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
28
Active
0
Plugged
17
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Towner County?
0% of Towner County's wells are active, 47 percentage points below the North Dakota share of 47%. 61% are plugged & abandoned, against 29% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Towner County; North Dakota as a whole has 562. The remaining 11 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Towner County?
By product class, 26 of the county's wells (93%) 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 Towner County well is 4,585 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 Towner County compare with other North Dakota counties?
Towner County has the 29th-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 Towner County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Towner 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 Towner County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arne Saari And Helmi Saari 1 | 33-095-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Harold Murphy 1 | 33-095-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | F. H. Rhodes |
| R. R. Gibbens 1 | 33-095-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | F. H. Rhodes |
| Edna Louise Hild 1 | 33-095-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | National Bulk Carriers, Inc. |
| H. Amann 1 | 33-095-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midwest Exploration Corp. |
| Henry P. Jutenen 1 | 33-095-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Midwest Exploration Company, Inc. |
| J.Damberger Stratigraphic Test 1 | 33-095-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Oil Company Of California |
| Keith R. Dunlop 1 | 33-095-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | La Habana Corp. |
| Mickelson-State Of N. Dak. 1 | 33-095-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chambers & Kennedy |
| Arlis Balman 1 | 33-095-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| R. R. Gibbens 1 | 33-095-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Paul Israel 1 | 33-095-00012 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Lester Keller 1 | 33-095-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| W. A. Schmidt 1 | 33-095-00014 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Ronald Barks 1 | 33-095-00015 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Henry Timm 1 | 33-095-00016 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Ruth Bartch 1 | 33-095-00017 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Ben Hauschultz 1 | 33-095-00018 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Leroy Stabelton 01 | 33-095-00019 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Ainer Juntunen 1 | 33-095-00020 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Elmer Mitchell 1 | 33-095-00021 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Edward Haberstroh 1 | 33-095-00022 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Carl Haberstroh 1 | 33-095-00023 | Other status | Oil | Dyna Ray Oil & Gas Company, Inc. |
| Elmer Cole-State Of North Dak. 1 | 33-095-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Eagle Oil Co. |
| Muriel H. Johnson 1 | 33-095-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jas. T. Wamsley, Trustee |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 28 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 Towner County, ND?
Towner County, North Dakota has 28 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 17 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Towner County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Towner County, North Dakota.
What share of wells in Towner County are plugged?
17 of Towner County's 28 catalogued wells (61%) 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); Towner County ranks 29th with 28.
How many companies operate wells in Towner County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Towner 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 Towner County, North Dakota”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/north-dakota/towner (data as of October 10, 2026).