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Cortez Operating Company Wells and Activity Summary

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Total wells

7
Cortez Operating Company

Most recent drilling

Nov 1981
~44 years ago

First on record

1951
records span 30 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling
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Cortez Operating Company has 7 wells on file in Montana.

Active in Dawson.

Most recent well: LARSON 14-08R in the Glendive field (Dawson county) — last updated November 1981.

Cortez Operating Company county coverage

Counties where Cortez Operating Company has wells. Click any county for its local activity.

Musselshell CountyChouteau CountyMeagher CountyRosebud CountySweet Grass CountyLewis and Clark CountyPondera CountyGarfield CountyCarter CountyGallatin CountyLiberty CountySilver Bow CountyCascade CountyFlathead CountyFergus CountyBroadwater CountyBig Horn CountySanders CountyLincoln CountyGranite CountyCuster CountyRichland CountyWibaux CountyGolden Valley CountyCarbon CountyToole CountyBlaine CountyJudith Basin CountyPowell CountyPark CountyRoosevelt CountyFallon CountyMcCone CountyStillwater CountyTeton CountyDawson — 7 wellsPowder River CountyGlacier CountyLake CountyHill CountyTreasure CountyMineral CountyYellowstone CountyJefferson CountyDeer Lodge CountyWheatland CountyRavalli CountyValley CountyPetroleum CountyPhillips CountyMissoula CountySheridan CountyDaniels CountyPrairie CountyMadison CountyBeaverhead County
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Recent wells

Well Name County Last activity Updates API
LARSON 14-08R Dawson 1981-11-11 25021210800000
Unit 23X-21 Dawson 1963-10-30 25021050510000
GOVT UNIT 11-2A Dawson 1961-06-12 25021050260000
Dawson (NCT-9) 1 Dawson 1957-04-28 25021050620000
FED. UNIT 22-22 Dawson 1956-06-10 25021050550000
Unit 33X-21 Dawson 1955-06-04 25021050530000
Northern Pacific RR (NCT-11) 1 Dawson 1951-12-28 25021050840000

Counties Worked by total wells in Montana

Dawson7

Counties: Dawson.

Top Oil & Gas Fields worked by Cortez Operating Company by total wells

Gas City5Glendive2

Fields: Gas City, Glendive.

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