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Chouteau County, Montana Wells Summary

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Total wells

786
Chouteau County

Most recent drilling

Oct 2011
~14 years ago

First on record

1920
records span 91 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Chouteau County contains 786 wells on file, with top operators including NorthWestern Corporation and Montana Power Company.

Wells in Chouteau span several oil & gas fields including Bullwacker and Sherard, Area.

Most recent well on record: Unknown Unknown, operated by Unknown — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 30015

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

Chouteau 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.
786 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Chouteau County by total wells

NorthWestern Corporation127Montana Power Company70Sohio Petroleum Company53Elenburg Exploration, Inc.34Brown, J. Burns Operating Company31Bond, Roland, Etal.23Conoco Inc.21Klabzuba Oil & Gas, Inc.19Fuel Resources Development Co18El Paso Production Oil & Gas Company16

Operators: Northwestern Corporation, Montana Power Company, Sohio Petroleum Company, Elenburg Exploration, Inc., Brown, J. Burns Operating Company, Bond, Roland, Etal., Conoco Inc., Klabzuba Oil & Gas, Inc., Fuel Resources Development Co, El Paso Production Oil & Gas Company.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Chouteau County

Bullwacker95Sherard, Area35Wildcat Chouteau29Little Creek17Hardpan14Sherard11Buffalo Flat9Coal Mine Coulee7Camp Creek5Laredo3

Fields: Bullwacker, Sherard, Area, Wildcat Chouteau, Little Creek, Hardpan, Sherard, Buffalo Flat, Coal Mine Coulee, Camp Creek, Laredo.

Top Counties in Montana most active by total wells

Compare Chouteau 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
Unknown Unknown 2026-03-18 Unknown 25015080080000
Park 2 2026-03-18 Geraldine Oil & Gas 25015050040000
A-29-13-23 BB 2026-03-18 USGS 25015080060000
A-29-13-21-AA 2 2026-03-18 USGS 25015080030000
A-29-13-16-CD 2026-03-18 USGS 25015080020000
A-29-13-22 AB 2026-03-18 USGS 25015080040000
A-29-13-22 BB 2026-03-18 USGS 25015080050000
Jenkins 8-25 2011-10-17 MCR, LLC 25015218340000
Weaver 15-24 2011-10-14 MCR, LLC 25015218330000
Williams Brothers 4-24 2011-10-08 MCR, LLC 25015218320000

Surface Ownership Records:

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