Best well drillers in Emmons County, North Dakota

Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 43 drilling companies with wells on record in Emmons County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 1,067 logged wells in the North Dakota Department of Water Resources drillers log file (records as of 2026-08-25). Every number links back to the public record.

43companies on record

11active since 2022

1,067wells in county record

#	Company	In Emmons Co. since 2016	All-time in county	Statewide
1	Northern Plains Drilling	42	42	181
2	Bob's Drilling & Excavating	18	43	238
3	Terry Kemmet	8	8	53
4	Backman Drilling	6	13	1,186
5	Steven M. Traut Wells Inc.	5	7	60
6	Reed Well Service	3	21	143
7	Quick Silver Well	3	20	97
8	Quicksilver Well	3	4	45
9	Brase Drilling LLC	3	3	486
10	Manikowski Well Drilling	2	2	669
11	Earth Energy & Water Systems	1	19	877
12	Baumgartner Drilling	—	362	628
13	Witikko Drilling	—	115	159
14	Bob's Drilling	—	104	509
15	Jacob Thurn	—	80	212
16	Oahe Drilling	—	38	44
17	Gross Drilling	—	37	221
18	Aberle Well Co.	—	25	100
19	Huron Drilling	—	17	115
20	Traut Wells Inc.	—	12	950
21	K & K Well Drilling	—	12	497
22	Ltp Enterprises	—	10	1,549
23	Venturia Well Drilling	—	10	55
24	Wetch & Sons Drilling	—	9	311
25	Zachmeier Well Drilling	—	7	1,398
26	Nelson Drilling	—	7	80
27	Water Supply Inc.	—	6	273
28	Independent Drilling	—	5	114
29	Thurn Well Boring	—	4	46
30	Dickson Well Drilling	—	3	152
31	Albrecht Well Work	—	3	86
32	Brunner Well Drilling	—	3	27
33	Lako Drilling	—	2	774
34	Feickert Drilling	—	2	137
35	Russell Drilling	—	2	345
36	H L Mclean Drilling	—	2	214
37	Weispfenning Brothers	—	2	38
38	Schaff & Sons Repair	—	1	130
39	Wetch Drilling	—	1	369
40	Wetch & Sons	—	1	310
41	Zachmeier Drilling	—	1	64
42	Schaff & Sons	—	1	51
43	Layne Minnesota Co.	—	1	37

Ranked by wells drilled in Emmons County since 2016 (then all-time), from the full ND DWR record. A ★ marks a featured sponsor — sponsors must appear in the county record to be listed, and the ranking below them is never reordered.

Who drills the most wells in Emmons County?

Northern Plains Drilling has drilled the most Emmons County wells in the recent record — 42 since 2016, 42 in the county all-time.

How many well drilling companies work in Emmons County?

43 companies in the ND DWR record have drilled wells in Emmons County; 11 of them have drilled somewhere in North Dakota since 2022. Smaller operators below the record threshold may also serve the area.

Log counts, drilling dates, and the full driller ranking for this county live on the Emmons County wells page.

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