T161N R82W, 5th Principal Meridian, North Dakota
Township 161 North, Range 82 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, in Bottineau County: 170 oil and gas wells, 0 federal leases and 0 active mining claims across the township.
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Active wells
Free170
Total wells
Free0
Federal O&G leases
Free0
Active mining claims
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Sections with wells
What the Energy pack answers
170 wells are on record in this township, 0 of them active and 81 plugged and abandoned. They sit in 23 sections of the township. The Energy pack maps every well with status and operator, section by section.
Full answer · Energy packSCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC (55), 31 OPERATING, LLC (29) and DENBURY ONSHORE, LLC (9) hold the most wells here, out of 40 operators on record.
Full answer · Energy pack0 authorized BLM oil and gas leases overlap this township, 0 BLM mining claims are active in it, and USGS documents 24 orphaned wells inside it. The Energy pack adds split-estate and orphaned-well screening for each section.
Full answer · Energy packHow the T161N R82W wells break down
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Wells by status
From state well records
| Active | 0 |
| Plugged and abandoned | 81 |
| Shut-in or inactive | 8 |
| Other or unreported | 81 |
| Total | 170 |
| Orphaned wells (USGS) | 24 |
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What is a PLSS township?
A Public Land Survey System township is a block of land about 6 miles on a side, divided into 36 sections of roughly 1 square mile (640 acres) each. T161N R82W sits in the 161st row of townships north of the baseline and the 82nd range west of the 5th Principal Meridian, the north-south line that legal descriptions in this part of North Dakota are measured from. Corrections and older surveys leave some townships with fractional or extra sections.
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