MT contractors

Well drillers in Montana

Ranked by wells on public record in Montana. Depth medians hint at the terrain each outfit works — deep-rock specialists read very differently from coastal-plain crews.

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#	Contractor	Wells on record	Median depth	Median yield
1	SHAWN TONEY	6,216	160 ft	—
2	PAUL STEINMETZ	3,549	59 ft	—
3	TERRY LINDSAY	3,230	145 ft	—
4	ANDY ESLINGER	2,640	96 ft	—
5	DOUG ASKIN	2,569	220 ft	—
6	RANDAL KOTECKI	2,560	140 ft	—
7	MARK MILLER	2,263	160 ft	—
8	TROY HAUSER	2,175	164 ft	—
9	DAVE POTTS	1,951	117 ft	—
10	RON ASKIN	1,898	169 ft	—
11	CURTIS SCHELLE	1,869	60 ft	—
12	AARON WEIDOW	1,849	80 ft	—
13	PAUL E. BRAY	1,708	20 ft	—
14	JAMES SCOFIELD	1,646	64 ft	—
15	IVYL BOYD	1,631	17 ft	—
16	RUSSELL SCHELLE	1,496	39 ft	—
17	ORIS OLSEN III	1,442	62 ft	—
18	WESLEY LINDSAY	1,425	74 ft	—
19	JEFF GLAZIER	1,301	280 ft	—
20	DAN OKEEFE	1,237	140 ft	—
21	BERNARD WESTRA	1,236	83 ft	—
22	MICHAEL HIGGINS	1,221	180 ft	—
23	DOUG BILLMAYER	1,130	213 ft	—
24	JAMES CHAMBERS	1,127	220 ft	—
25	MARTIN WILSON	1,121	250 ft	—
26	MARVIN W. JEWETT	1,116	39 ft	—
27	KURT WESTRA	1,112	127 ft	—
28	WADE LEWIS	1,081	100 ft	—
29	BRAD FORMAN	1,061	280 ft	—
30	JOSH HANSON	1,048	125 ft	—
31	BILL PRESTON	1,021	100 ft	—
32	SCOTT BROWN	1,020	23 ft	—
33	KEVIN HAGGERTY	994	90 ft	—
34	JAMES A. GORDON	986	143 ft	—
35	WILLIAM (JOE) DAVIS	972	265 ft	—
36	JOHN WINFIELD	970	22 ft	—
37	CURT SAMPSON	961	100 ft	—
38	LYLE SMITH	896	238 ft	—
39	DENNIS L. BIRCHELL	847	110 ft	—
40	SCOTT HITTLE	834	200 ft	—
41	GARY MAYES	808	31 ft	—
42	MARK ADAIR	791	107 ft	—
43	DENNIS VIDIC	786	230 ft	—
44	JON NORCROSS	768	138 ft	—
45	BRETT DOUGLAS	767	60 ft	—
46	STEPHEN HANSEN	765	25 ft	—
47	TYREL HLAVNICKA	765	170 ft	—
48	A. F. WELCH	745	77 ft	—
49	RICK L. MURRAY	741	160 ft	—
50	MARK CHRISTIAN	740	53 ft	—
51	BILL MAXWELL	733	120 ft	—
52	C. F. WROBLE	730	44 ft	—
53	MIKE DOWNEY	723	140 ft	—
54	MARK A. SMITH	723	180 ft	—
55	MARVIN SUDAN	718	239 ft	—
56	HAROLD REID	717	118 ft	—
57	DANIEL MAYBERRY	707	31 ft	—
58	DICK DECKER	700	39 ft	—
59	JOE LISS	699	280 ft	—
60	MORGAN HUSTON	680	160 ft	—
61	JOSEPH A. MAYES	677	72 ft	—
62	WILL HAYES	674	180 ft	—
63	JAY BICK	658	180 ft	—
64	DUSTY ESLINGER	655	78 ft	—
65	MERLE E. HUNT	616	177 ft	—
66	CLARENCE (BUM) PETRIE	613	198 ft	—
67	BRAD JONES	612	152 ft	—
68	ED O'KEEFE	609	80 ft	—
69	T. J. BENES	605	90 ft	—
70	BRICE HEIMARK	596	150 ft	—
71	RANDY MATHEWS	595	75 ft	—
72	TORY WING	593	285 ft	—
73	LAVERN JEWETT	591	77 ft	—
74	MICHAEL HAGGERTY	586	180 ft	—
75	ROBERT J. JEROME	578	123 ft	—
76	BRITT LINDSAY	572	180 ft	—
77	RYAN LINDSAY	565	180 ft	—
78	PHIL BAKKE	564	120 ft	—
79	RODGER H. FREIER	560	150 ft	—
80	AL HICKS	558	38 ft	—
81	LEO GROSSMAN	556	120 ft	—
82	JOHN SHARP	554	140 ft	—
83	WILLIAM HAYES	552	118 ft	—
84	KELVIN STINGER	534	198 ft	—
85	JERRY PHILLIPS	522	142 ft	—
86	EUGENE KANE	517	100 ft	—
87	RALPH L. ESLINGER	502	59 ft	—
88	LEE LOCK	497	72 ft	—
89	KEITH DAVIS	495	225 ft	—
90	PAUL BRAY	492	21 ft	—
91	DAVID M. ILIFF	491	87 ft	—
92	DONALD L MCCRACKEN	481	92 ft	—
93	JOHN MARTIN	480	86 ft	—
94	BRUCE BRAZILL	468	128 ft	—
95	BRADLEY MCKAY	454	156 ft	—
96	GERALD W. BROTHERS	451	117 ft	—
97	ROBERT B. MURPHY	449	70 ft	—
98	CHRIS BOLAND	449	81 ft	—
99	TERA RYAN	449	21 ft	—
100	JOSEPH WILLIAMS	448	180 ft	—

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