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Total wells

59
Vessels & Bass

Most recent drilling

Oct 1969
~56 years ago

First on record

1963
records span 6 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling
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Vessels & Bass has 59 wells on file in Montana.

Active in 5 counties — concentrated in Toole, Big Horn, and Liberty.

Most recent well: Shell Federal 16 (Big Horn county) — last updated October 1969.

Vessels & Bass county coverage

Counties where Vessels & Bass has wells. Click any county for its local activity.

Musselshell CountyChouteau CountyMeagher CountyRosebud — 4 wellsSweet Grass CountyLewis and Clark CountyPondera CountyGarfield CountyCarter CountyGallatin CountyLiberty — 11 wellsSilver Bow CountyCascade CountyFlathead CountyFergus CountyBroadwater CountyBig Horn — 12 wellsSanders CountyLincoln CountyGranite CountyCuster CountyRichland CountyWibaux CountyGolden Valley CountyCarbon CountyToole — 23 wellsBlaine CountyJudith Basin CountyPowell CountyPark CountyRoosevelt CountyFallon CountyMcCone CountyStillwater CountyTeton CountyDawson CountyPowder River — 9 wellsGlacier 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
Shell Federal 16 Big Horn 1969-10-21 25003210600000
Guthrie 1 Big Horn 1969-09-24 25003210580000
Shell Federal M-4822 15 1 Big Horn 1969-08-28 25003070020000
SHELL-FEDERAL 1 Rosebud 1969-08-08 25087210890000
BREWSTER-ARN<>1 Rosebud 1969-07-17 25087210860000
Shell Federal 1 Big Horn 1969-07-17 25003210550000
Federal M-4523-Shell 1 Big Horn 1969-06-21 25003210520000
Shell-Federal 14 Big Horn 1969-06-18 25003210380000
Apache 3 Big Horn 1969-05-18 25003210280000
Shell Federal M-4801 1 Shell 8 Big Horn 1969-04-16 25003210360000

Counties Worked by total wells in Montana

Toole23Big Horn12Liberty11Powder River9Rosebud4

Counties: Toole, Big Horn, Liberty, Powder River, Rosebud.

Top Oil & Gas Fields worked by Vessels & Bass by total wells

Grandview1

Fields: Grandview.

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