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Carter County, Montana Wells Summary

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Total wells

457
Carter County

Most recent drilling

Jun 2013
~12 years ago

First on record

1901
records span 112 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Carter County contains 457 wells on file, with top operators including Placid Oil Company and Tiger Oil Company.

Wells in Carter span several oil & gas fields including Hammond and Wildcat Carter.

Most recent well on record: STRAT A-13, operated by Amerada Hess Corporation — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 30011

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-05-29

2 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 2 Williston

Drilling for

  • 2 Oil

Carter County well density

Every dot is one well — small blue dots are historic wells; larger orange dots are wells with activity in the last 60 days.
457 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Carter County by total wells

Placid Oil Company51Tiger Oil Company25Amerada Hess Corporation23Remuda Energy Development, LLC21Mule Creek Oil20True Oil LLC13SOGC, Inc.9Denbury Onshore, LLC9Gulf Oil Corporation9Davis Oil Company8

Operators: Placid Oil Company, Tiger Oil Company, Amerada Hess Corporation, Remuda Energy Development, Llc, Mule Creek Oil, True Oil Llc, Sogc, Inc., Denbury Onshore, Llc, Gulf Oil Corporation, Davis Oil Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Carter County

Hammond27Wildcat Carter22Bell Creek11Repeat5

Fields: Hammond, Wildcat Carter, Bell Creek, Repeat.

Top Counties in Montana most active by total wells

Compare Carter against the other busiest counties in Montana:

  • Toole · 7,830 wells
  • Glacier · 3,257 wells
  • Fallon · 2,770 wells
  • Blaine · 2,709 wells
  • Phillips · 2,523 wells
  • Hill · 2,350 wells
  • Richland · 2,177 wells
  • Big Horn · 1,775 wells
  • Pondera · 1,469 wells
  • Musselshell · 1,386 wells
  • Roosevelt · 1,319 wells
  • Powder River · 1,289 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
STRAT A-13 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061620000
STRAT TEST B-9 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061550000
STRAT A-6 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061570000
STRAT TEST B-1A 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061540000
STRAT A-14 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061630000
STRAT A-12 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061640000
STRAT A-8 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061610000
STRAT 46(A-9) 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061600000
STRAT B-10 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061560000
STRAT 2-A 2026-03-18 Amerada Hess Corporation 25011061580000

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