South Dakota Well Drillers Directory
Every company that appears as the driller of record in the South Dakota DANR well completion report database (NR68), ranked by the number of wells they have drilled. 175 South Dakota drilling companies account for 45,206 logged wells. Each profile shows the counties a company works, its well characteristics, and links to its original drilling logs — all drawn directly from the state record.
175drilling companies
37active since 2022
45,206wells on record
Companies with at least 25 wells on record. "Active" counts wells completed since 2022.
| # | Company | Wells | Since 2022 | Counties | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Drilling, Inc. | 2,596 | 376 | 7 | 2026-02-03 |
| 2 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc. | 1,175 | 214 | 48 | 2026-05-08 |
| 3 | Thein Well Company, Inc. | 942 | 132 | 35 | 2025-12-02 |
| 4 | Taylor Drilling Company | 888 | 67 | 12 | 2026-07-17 |
| 5 | Dave Putzke Well Drilling, Inc. | 392 | 65 | 16 | 2026-04-03 |
| 6 | Gregg's Drilling & Excavating | 663 | 61 | 12 | 2025-05-23 |
| 7 | 4 Boys TT, LLC Dba Heine Electric & Irrigation | 156 | 45 | 12 | 2026-05-12 |
| 8 | Steffl Drilling & Pump, Inc. | 217 | 42 | 26 | 2024-10-11 |
| 9 | American Engineering Testing,Inc. | 687 | 39 | 44 | 2026-04-30 |
| 10 | Forster Well Drilling | 407 | 38 | 6 | 2025-10-02 |
| 11 | Pullman Well Drilling | 3,380 | 35 | 51 | 2026-05-07 |
| 12 | Kaiser Well Drilling | 461 | 35 | 22 | 2024-12-20 |
| 13 | J & M Drilling | 215 | 35 | 4 | 2024-08-14 |
| 14 | Geotek Engineering & Testing | 661 | 33 | 43 | 2026-05-26 |
| 15 | Christensen Well & Irrigation, | 188 | 33 | 8 | 2025-10-21 |
| 16 | Venekamp Drilling | 107 | 33 | 14 | 2024-10-14 |
| 17 | Howe Well Drilling & Excavating, Inc. | 609 | 31 | 4 | 2024-12-05 |
| 18 | Keller Drilling | 97 | 25 | 10 | 2026-05-27 |
| 19 | Heaton Drilling | 320 | 23 | 7 | 2024-11-20 |
| 20 | Tim Barritt, LLC | 106 | 23 | 7 | 2024-05-03 |
| 21 | Lacey Well Drilling | 910 | 22 | 22 | 2026-03-30 |
| 22 | Wieber Drilling LLC | 31 | 22 | 4 | 2025-11-14 |
| 23 | Geo Enterprises Inc. | 48 | 21 | 6 | 2026-04-09 |
| 24 | Reimers Well Drilling | 450 | 20 | 6 | 2024-10-29 |
| 25 | Quality Well Service LLC | 125 | 20 | 9 | 2025-03-21 |
| 26 | Hamm Drilling | 484 | 19 | 5 | 2024-11-30 |
| 27 | Rapid Drilling LLC | 140 | 19 | 10 | 2026-05-10 |
| 28 | Lenius Well Drilling | 283 | 14 | 7 | 2024-11-10 |
| 29 | Kranz Well & Excavation | 362 | 13 | 12 | 2024-09-23 |
| 30 | Dakota Bice Drilling, Llc. | 329 | 12 | 8 | 2023-08-15 |
| 31 | Dennis V. Johnson Dba Dbj Drilling LLC | 235 | 12 | 8 | 2023-12-23 |
| 32 | Alton Well | 200 | 10 | 5 | 2024-08-07 |
| 33 | Beck's Well & Irrigation, Inc. | 85 | 10 | 4 | 2025-09-11 |
| 34 | Knutson Well Drilling, Inc. | 1,296 | 7 | 7 | 2022-09-01 |
| 35 | Sam Well Company | 54 | 7 | 10 | 2024-07-02 |
| 36 | Wild Goose Well Drilling | 126 | 6 | 6 | 2024-12-14 |
| 37 | Reinart Bros. Well Drilling | 257 | 5 | 5 | 2024-07-10 |
| 38 | Dakota Environmental, Inc. | 181 | 4 | 41 | 2024-08-21 |
| 39 | Sargent Irrigation | 122 | 4 | 13 | 2025-11-18 |
| 40 | Dakota Boring Company | 994 | 3 | 27 | 2023-06-19 |
| 41 | Chase Drilling | 319 | 3 | 31 | 2026-05-26 |
| 42 | Manikowski Well Drilling | 182 | 3 | 17 | 2022-01-22 |
| 43 | Wieber Well Drilling | 76 | 3 | 7 | 2025-10-24 |
| 44 | Triple S | 360 | 2 | 8 | 2025-11-14 |
| 45 | Marion Well Drilling | 178 | 2 | 8 | 2022-08-11 |
| 46 | Grosch Irrigation Co., Inc. | 164 | 2 | 10 | 2024-10-28 |
| 47 | Fmg Engineering | 76 | 2 | 5 | 2025-11-17 |
| 48 | Hammond-Wetmore Drilling | 403 | 1 | 11 | 2023-12-27 |
| 49 | Lewis Drilling | 352 | 1 | 6 | 2024-11-12 |
| 50 | Pesicka's Drilling | 204 | 1 | 6 | 2024-04-18 |
| 51 | Gregory Water & Energy Inc. | 167 | 1 | 7 | 2024-09-09 |
| 52 | Layne Christensen Co. | 133 | 1 | 9 | 2022-07-22 |
| 53 | M & W Drilling Inc. | 40 | 1 | 6 | 2022-09-19 |
| 54 | Huron Drilling, Incorporated | 2,246 | — | 54 | 2003-12-19 |
| 55 | Independent Drilling Co., Inc. | 1,188 | — | 34 | 1986-11-07 |
| 56 | Bice Drilling Co. Inc. | 1,098 | — | 14 | 2015-01-10 |
| 57 | Hutmacher Drilling, Inc. | 855 | — | 26 | 2018-12-21 |
| 58 | Maxim Technologies, Inc. | 661 | — | 25 | 2006-10-30 |
| 59 | Cimarron Drilling, Inc. | 621 | — | 7 | 2014-12-16 |
| 60 | Bergeleen Well Drilling | 555 | — | 9 | 1981-11-20 |
| 61 | Respec, Inc. | 507 | — | 28 | 2005-04-15 |
| 62 | Norbeck & Nicholson Co. | 411 | — | 19 | 1909-12-28 |
| 63 | Carl Meier & Sons | 396 | — | 14 | 1970-12-15 |
| 64 | Graf Drilling | 381 | — | 7 | 2010-05-21 |
| 65 | Ellingson Drilling | 381 | — | 4 | 2015-09-20 |
| 66 | Bullis Bros. Well Drilling | 377 | — | 15 | 2007-09-25 |
| 67 | Aberle Well Services | 350 | — | 12 | 1998-11-25 |
| 68 | Empire Irrigation Drilling Company | 334 | — | 34 | 1982-03-18 |
| 69 | Environmental Technologies, Inc. | 310 | — | 38 | 2000-12-28 |
| 70 | Wetmore Drilling | 307 | — | 6 | 1998-07-07 |
| 71 | Cameron's Pump & Drilling | 300 | — | 11 | 2018-10-01 |
| 72 | Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. | 296 | — | 42 | 2019-10-23 |
| 73 | Koranda Well Company, LLC | 286 | — | 6 | 2016-03-23 |
| 74 | Tefertiller Drilling | 286 | — | 8 | 2021-11-01 |
| 75 | Lehr Well Drilling | 276 | — | 9 | 1992-07-02 |
| 76 | Lee Well Drilling Inc. | 274 | — | 6 | 2019-04-19 |
| 77 | Torgrude Well Drilling | 248 | — | 15 | 1999-10-05 |
| 78 | Grosz Drilling Company | 236 | — | 11 | 2018-08-01 |
| 79 | M. & R. Drilling | 234 | — | 7 | 1979-11-12 |
| 80 | Cain Drilling | 219 | — | 10 | 2017-12-30 |
| 81 | Hickey Well Drilling | 209 | — | 24 | 2010-07-29 |
| 82 | Hinker Drilling Company | 203 | — | 8 | 1987-12-10 |
| 83 | Sam Bice Drilling | 185 | — | 9 | 2011-04-22 |
| 84 | Sather Drilling, Inc. | 179 | — | 11 | 1995-08-17 |
| 85 | Babby Well Drilling | 178 | — | 5 | 2011-07-31 |
| 86 | Albrecht Well Work | 177 | — | 8 | 1988-10-13 |
| 87 | Aman Drilling | 172 | — | 3 | 2015-04-26 |
| 88 | Downen Drilling Company | 171 | — | 6 | 2000-10-05 |
| 89 | Ries Well Drilling | 169 | — | 6 | 1988-09-01 |
| 90 | Stadheim Well Drilling | 166 | — | 8 | 2000-10-18 |
| 91 | Seidel Well Drilling | 163 | — | 7 | 1993-04-14 |
| 92 | Olson Well Drilling | 160 | — | 5 | 1991-05-17 |
| 93 | Ellison Well Drilling | 158 | — | 4 | 2002-09-02 |
| 94 | Meier Well Drilling | 149 | — | 12 | 1981-10-07 |
| 95 | Oahe Drilling Company | 148 | — | 12 | 1981-12-21 |
| 96 | Sioux Well Drilling | 146 | — | 16 | 1999-06-01 |
| 97 | Northern Technologies, LLC | 145 | — | 17 | 2013-10-10 |
| 98 | Bob's Drilling & Excavating | 145 | — | 4 | 2018-10-22 |
| 99 | Raby Drilling | 139 | — | 4 | 1993-12-10 |
| 100 | Twin City Testing | 129 | — | 18 | 1994-12-06 |
| 101 | Ltp Enterprises, Inc. | 121 | — | 21 | 2015-12-02 |
| 102 | Merriman Drilling Company | 121 | — | 6 | 1984-09-04 |
| 103 | Grooms Drilling, Inc. | 117 | — | 5 | 2005-10-17 |
| 104 | Oliver Well Drilling | 114 | — | 11 | 1979-12-24 |
| 105 | Burke Concrete, Inc. | 114 | — | 9 | 1998-04-29 |
| 106 | Peckham, Jim | 109 | — | 9 | 1995-08-08 |
| 107 | Adair Drilling | 108 | — | 11 | 2019-01-19 |
| 108 | Grimshaw Drilling Company | 108 | — | 19 | 1982-07-15 |
| 109 | Dakota Drilling & Backhoe, Inc. | 108 | — | 2 | 2012-12-03 |
| 110 | Doug O'bryan Contracting, Inc. | 104 | — | 4 | 2004-05-03 |
| 111 | Caryl Larsen Well Drilling | 102 | — | 6 | 1987-11-10 |
| 112 | Wsp Usa | 97 | — | 13 | 2015-12-08 |
| 113 | Falk Bros. Well Drilling, Llc. | 97 | — | 4 | 2004-11-03 |
| 114 | Anderson Well Company | 95 | — | 7 | 1992-06-04 |
| 115 | Himebaugh Drilling | 95 | — | 4 | 1991-06-27 |
| 116 | Grewe Well Drilling | 93 | — | 6 | 1992-02-22 |
| 117 | Weston Engineering, Inc. | 89 | — | 9 | 2019-10-28 |
| 118 | Sokol Drilling | 87 | — | 3 | 2006-12-16 |
| 119 | Gem Star Associates, Inc. | 87 | — | 14 | 2006-05-25 |
| 120 | Vrchota Well Drilling | 86 | — | 3 | 1983-11-23 |
| 121 | Well Doctor & Repair | 85 | — | 3 | 2005-10-05 |
| 122 | Kaiser Well Works | 85 | — | 12 | 2016-08-21 |
| 123 | Aman, Chester | 85 | — | 1 | 1985-05-04 |
| 124 | Juracek Well Boring | 81 | — | 10 | 1984-12-28 |
| 125 | Buzz's Well Drilling | 80 | — | 10 | 2018-09-11 |
| 126 | Kinzler Drilling | 80 | — | 6 | 1995-05-16 |
| 127 | Antler Enterprises, Inc. | 77 | — | 8 | 2015-11-19 |
| 128 | Pfeifer Drilling Company | 77 | — | 4 | 1987-11-12 |
| 129 | Okeson Well Boring | 77 | — | 2 | 1985-09-16 |
| 130 | Tysver Well Drilling, LLC | 76 | — | 3 | 2008-11-10 |
| 131 | Forward Drilling, Inc. | 70 | — | 5 | 1982-03-15 |
| 132 | Minnesota Drillers | 68 | — | 6 | 1986-06-03 |
| 133 | Bice &taylor Drilling | 68 | — | 6 | 1977-12-03 |
| 134 | Main Drilling, Inc. | 68 | — | 3 | 1990-11-06 |
| 135 | Graves Well Drilling | 59 | — | 4 | 1981-09-24 |
| 136 | Bill Frew Drilling | 56 | — | 3 | 2021-12-06 |
| 137 | Terry Kemmet Dba K & K Well Drilling | 56 | — | 13 | 2018-10-13 |
| 138 | Rust, Tony & Son | 54 | — | 6 | 1984-07-25 |
| 139 | Verley, Darryl A. | 52 | — | 12 | 1978-11-12 |
| 140 | Stateline Drilling & Pump Company | 51 | — | 2 | 1981-09-08 |
| 141 | Irrigation Supply Company | 48 | — | 8 | 1988-11-02 |
| 142 | Komes Drilling Company | 47 | — | 1 | 1990-08-08 |
| 143 | Bandy, Merle | 45 | — | 2 | 1960-12-29 |
| 144 | Mcmahon, Leo | 45 | — | 6 | 1961-10-20 |
| 145 | Joe Hartman Well Drilling | 45 | — | 3 | 2002-11-14 |
| 146 | Dangel, Paul J. | 41 | — | 9 | 1979-09-14 |
| 147 | Colwell & Son Drilling | 41 | — | 4 | 1981-10-07 |
| 148 | T & J Redder Well & Electric Inc. | 40 | — | 7 | 2018-08-07 |
| 149 | Dons Drilling & Repair | 40 | — | 1 | 1989-09-15 |
| 150 | Klapperich Well Drilling | 39 | — | 5 | 1984-11-29 |
| 151 | Boart Longyear | 38 | — | 4 | 2007-07-17 |
| 152 | Jennings Well Drilling, Inc. | 37 | — | 6 | 2014-07-14 |
| 153 | Bergerson-Caswell, Inc. | 36 | — | 3 | 2010-03-30 |
| 154 | Clark Well Drilling | 36 | — | 3 | 1978-07-31 |
| 155 | Thiele Geotech, Inc. | 35 | — | 3 | 2009-07-01 |
| 156 | Nelson Drilling Company | 34 | — | 4 | 1984-11-19 |
| 157 | Great West Pump | 34 | — | 5 | 1988-12-29 |
| 158 | Aaa Well Company | 33 | — | 15 | 1977-12-06 |
| 159 | O'farrell, James | 32 | — | 7 | 1988-09-30 |
| 160 | D. & I. Well Drilling | 32 | — | 4 | 2003-08-14 |
| 161 | Reiners Well Drilling | 32 | — | 2 | 2020-12-15 |
| 162 | Valnes Well Drilling, Inc. | 31 | — | 10 | 2006-12-01 |
| 163 | Schimelfenig Well Drilling Company | 29 | — | 4 | 1981-08-05 |
| 164 | Mcgregor Drilling | 29 | — | 1 | 1981-11-07 |
| 165 | O'malley Investments Inc. | 29 | — | 2 | 2011-11-15 |
| 166 | Whaley Well Drilling | 29 | — | 1 | 1990-11-13 |
| 167 | Sumners Drilling | 28 | — | 6 | 2003-07-08 |
| 168 | Materi Exploration, Inc. | 27 | — | 5 | 1991-12-01 |
| 169 | Bjorum Brothers | 27 | — | 3 | 1957-10-23 |
| 170 | Aecom Technical Services Inc. | 26 | — | 6 | 2010-07-22 |
| 171 | Brechtel & Sons Drilling | 26 | — | 5 | 1979-09-01 |
| 172 | Oliver Drilling | 26 | — | 3 | 1982-11-05 |
| 173 | Johnson Drilling | 25 | — | 4 | 1981-09-30 |
| 174 | Riverside Drilling Company | 25 | — | 4 | 1981-11-30 |
| 175 | Venturia Well Drilling | 25 | — | 6 | 1977-11-10 |
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County-level rankings — who actually drills where, by wells on record.
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