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Pondera County, Montana: oil & gas wells, operators and production

Pondera County has 1,468 wells in the MBOGC well file — 165 of them producing today (162 oil, 3 gas), 6 permitted, 0 spudded but not yet completed, and 925 plugged and abandoned. The most active operator by well count is Balko, INC.. Figures come from the 2026-09-29 MBOGC bulk file; production runs through 2026-08.

1,468Wells
165Producing
216Reported last 12 mo
65,175Bbl oil / 12 mo
15,256Mcf gas / 12 mo

Top operators in Pondera County

OperatorWells
Balko, INC.187
Hawley Oil Company78
Mont Mil Operating Company73
Equitable Resources Energy Co, Western Region72
Mcr, LLC55
Provident Energy Of Montana, LLC55
Montalban Oil & Gas Operations, INC.49
Quicksilver Resources, INC.43
Hawley & Desimon39
R.c.s. Oil, INC.23

Fields & pools

FieldWells
Pondera415
Cut Bank154
Ledger81
Gypsy Basin50
Brady34
Wildcat Pondera26
Williams26
Lake Francis26
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