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Custer County, Montana Wells Summary

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Total wells

228
Custer County

Most recent drilling

Oct 2016
~9 years ago

First on record

1930
records span 86 years

Activity status

Historic
no recent drilling

Custer County contains 228 wells on file, with top operators including Andrau, W. E. and Wolf Exploration.

Wells in Custer span several oil & gas fields including Liscom Creek and Wildcat Custer.

Most recent well on record: Helios 5-52 16-32, operated by Highlands Montana Corporation — last updated October 2016.

County FIPS Code: 30017

Active drilling rigs · Baker Hughes snapshot, week of 2026-07-02

3 rigs across the state
0 in this county / area

By basin

  • 3 Williston

Drilling for

  • 3 Oil

Custer 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.
228 wells plotted · 0 active in last 60 days

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Top Operators in Custer County by total wells

Andrau, W. E.21Wolf Exploration14El Paso Natural Gas Company11Beer O. N. & John R.10Gas Producing Enterprises7Gary Energy Corporation6North Central Oil Corp.6Columbus Energy Corp.5Dome Petroleum Corp5Hancock Warren J.5

Operators: Andrau, W. E., Wolf Exploration, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Beer O. N. & John R., Gas Producing Enterprises, Gary Energy Corporation, North Central Oil Corp., Columbus Energy Corp., Dome Petroleum Corp, Hancock Warren J..

Top Oil & Gas Fields intersecting Custer County

Liscom Creek11Wildcat Custer3Mizpah1Pumpkin Creek1

Fields: Liscom Creek, Wildcat Custer, Mizpah, Pumpkin Creek.

Top Counties in Montana most active by total wells

Compare Custer 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 · 2,191 wells
  • Big Horn · 1,775 wells
  • Pondera · 1,469 wells
  • Musselshell · 1,386 wells
  • Roosevelt · 1,328 wells
  • Powder River · 1,289 wells

Recent wells

Well Name Last activity Updates Operator API
Helios 5-52 16-32 2016-10-22 Highlands Montana Corporation 25017211780000
Helios 5-52 16-22 2016-10-20 Highlands Montana Corporation 25017211770000
Brown 23-17 2003-12-04 Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. 25017211760000
Kiekow 5-27 2002-09-27 Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. 25017211730000
McIntosh 1-21 2002-09-23 Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. 25017211740000
Tonn 12-15 2002-09-09 Fidelity Exploration & Production Co. 25017211750000
State 8-16 2001-01-31 Big Sky Ranches, Inc. 25017211710000
McIntosh 1-11 2001-01-31 Big Sky Ranches, Inc. 25017211690000
State 13-16 2001-01-31 Big Sky Ranches, Inc. 25017211720000
USA 33-34 2000-06-12 Powder River Gas, LLC 25017211680000

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