Best well drillers in Nelson County, North Dakota
Not a pay-to-play list: these are the 17 drilling companies with wells on record in Nelson County, ranked by wells actually drilled here — 326 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.
| # | Company | In Nelson Co. since 2016 | All-time in county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brase Drilling LLC | 16 | 16 | 486 |
| 2 | Lako Drilling | 14 | 19 | 774 |
| 3 | Kamoni Water Wells | 7 | 22 | 1,672 |
| 4 | Holbeck Water Well Service | — | 94 | 945 |
| 5 | Ringdahl Well Drilling | — | 91 | 136 |
| 6 | Holbeck Well Service | — | 18 | 165 |
| 7 | Hanson Well Drilling | — | 17 | 40 |
| 8 | Peterson Well Co. | — | 11 | 428 |
| 9 | Ltp Enterprises | — | 9 | 1,549 |
| 10 | Kamoni Well Boring | — | 9 | 356 |
| 11 | C. A. Simpson & Son | — | 6 | 585 |
| 12 | Lyle Burchill | — | 6 | 51 |
| 13 | L.t.p. Enterprises, Inc. | — | 2 | 76 |
| 14 | Traut Wells Inc. | — | 2 | 950 |
| 15 | Ringdahl Water Well Drilling | — | 2 | 86 |
| 16 | Schimelfenig Well Drilling | — | 1 | 718 |
| 17 | Russell Drilling | — | 1 | 345 |
Ranked by wells drilled in Nelson 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 Nelson County?
Brase Drilling LLC has drilled the most Nelson County wells in the recent record — 16 since 2016, 16 in the county all-time.
How many well drilling companies work in Nelson County?
17 companies in the ND DWR record have drilled wells in Nelson County; 5 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 Nelson County wells page.
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