{"name":"Western Natural Gas Company Drilling Activity in Hill County, Montana","publisher":"Buckhead Energy","url":"https://www.buckheadenergy.com/operators/western-natural-gas-company/montana/hill","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","dataAsOf":"2026-08-06","source":"Public state oil & gas well-header records (permits, spuds, completions).","operator":"Western Natural Gas Company","operatorSlug":"western-natural-gas-company","state":"MT","county":"Hill","totalWells":53,"producingWells":25,"permits24mo":0,"spuds24mo":0,"ducCount":28,"topFormation":"Niobrara Fm","rankInCounty":5,"firstPermitDate":"1968-11-27","lastPermitDate":"1986-10-24"}