Plugging contract opportunities

Open and recent solicitations and awards to plug orphan and idle oil and gas wells, from state and federal pages, with the published cost per well beside each. Plugging only: no drilling, no other oilfield work.

Last checked October 21, 2026. 22 listings from 12 states. Re-checked weekly.

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State	Project	Wells	Bids due	Cost benchmark	Source
North Dakota	Plugging of Well - File No. 90237 North Dakota Oil and Gas Division	1	2026-10-22	$48,329 median in North Dakota	Listing · Agency page

Recently closed

State	Project	Wells	Bids due	Cost benchmark	Source
Indiana	Orphan Well Plugging and Site Abandonment Dubois Co #3 Indiana Department of Administration (DNR)	—	2026-09-24	$48,768 median in Indiana	Listing · Agency page
Kentucky	RFP-56-27 KASTOW Green County #003 Kentucky Division of Oil and Gas (KASTOW)	—	2026-09-18	$27,000 median in Kentucky	Listing · Agency page
Colorado	Prospect Energy 50 - Orphaned Wells Plugging & Decommissioning Project Larimer County (ECMC grant funded)	50	2026-09-14	$85,728 median in Colorado	Listing · Agency page
Missouri	Oil and Gas Well Plugging and Remediation Services QVL (Carmel Energy lease) Missouri Department of Natural Resources	242	2026-08-21	—	Listing · Agency page
Michigan	Orphan Well New Haven Sec 31-33 - 9 Wells - Gratiot County Michigan EGLE	9	2026-07-21	—	Listing · Agency page
Texas	Statewide Well Plugging & Related Services (RFQ 455-26-1006) Railroad Commission of Texas	—	2026-02-25	—	Listing · Agency page
Montana	2026 D&A Water Disposal Orphaned Well Plug & Abandonment & Site Restoration (DNRC-RFP-2026-1219BG) Montana DNRC	2	2026-02-24	—	Listing · Agency page
Oklahoma	SW0138M Well Plugging (statewide list of qualified plugging contractors) Oklahoma OMES Central Purchasing	—	2026-01-26	—	Listing · Agency page

Recent awards

Indiana DNR lists 10 federal-grant plugging contracts in its published award table; companies are not named here because that table states no reuse terms. Indiana DNR table.

State	Project	Awarded to	Wells	Source
South Dakota	Plugging 40 orphaned gas wells near Buffalo SD South Dakota Petroleum Release Compensation Fund / state	Liquid Gold Well Service	40	Source

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The free list is this week's snapshot. The paid plans add the full history of awards, a comparison of each award with the cost per well for its county and well type (Pro), and a portfolio check for the wells in a bid package.

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Listings link to the agency page or to the aggregator page where the notice was read; check the agency for the current bid documents and deadlines. Award amounts are not shown. Many state portals (Texas, Ohio, West Virginia, Mississippi) bar automated reading, so their notices appear only when seen elsewhere. The cost benchmark is the published statewide median reported cost per well for the state, where one exists: a benchmark, not an engineering estimate. State program tracker · Get plugging quotes.