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Garfield County, Montana Wells Summary

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Total wells

293
Garfield County

Most recent drilling

Sep 2020
~5 years ago

First on record

1920
records span 100 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Garfield County contains 293 wells on file, with top operators including Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP and Phillips Petroleum Company.

Wells in Garfield span several oil & gas fields including Cat Creek and Studhorse.

Most recent well on record: CHARLES 1-A, operated by Dunlap, W.F. — last updated March 2026.

County FIPS Code: 30033

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

Garfield 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.
293 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Garfield County by total wells

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP21Phillips Petroleum Company12Atlantic Richfield Company12Cline Production Company10True Oil LLC10Montana Power Company9Ellis Co.9Cat Creek Holdings LLC8Gulf Oil Corporation8Frantz Corporation8

Operators: Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company Lp, Phillips Petroleum Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Cline Production Company, True Oil Llc, Montana Power Company, Ellis Co., Cat Creek Holdings Llc, Gulf Oil Corporation, Frantz Corporation.

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Garfield County

Cat Creek47Studhorse8Beanblossom3Wildcat Garfield2Breed Creek1Rattle Snake Creek (Heath)1

Fields: Cat Creek, Studhorse, Beanblossom, Wildcat Garfield, Breed Creek, Rattle Snake Creek (Heath).

Top Counties in Montana most active by total wells

Compare Garfield 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
CHARLES 1-A 2026-03-18 Dunlap, W.F. 25033061810000
MITCHELL 1-A 2026-03-18 Mosby Oil 25033061830000
MITCHELL 4-B 2026-03-18 Mitchell Et Al 25033061850000
MITCHELL 2-A 2026-03-18 Mitchell Et Al 25033061840000
State 36-16 CD 2020-09-05 Cline Production Company 25033211680000
Burlington 31-1 2019-01-16 Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 25033211670000
Burlington 35-1 2018-10-09 Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. 25033211660000
Lucky Strike 10-4H 2012-02-21 Cirque Resources LP 25033211620000
Cherry Creek 34-14-37 #1 2011-09-26 Endeavour Operating Corporation 25033211650000
State 16-13-35 #1 2011-09-01 Endeavour Operating Corporation 25033211640000

Surface Ownership Records:

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