Airline Oil
Operator of record for 9 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Airline Oil Co. · Airline Oil Company, Inc.
At a glance
Airline Oil is the operator of record for 9 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 9 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 9 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
9
Active
0
Plugged
9
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 9 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 8
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Airline Oil operate?
Airline Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: California (9). Its 9 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Airline Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Airline Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Airline Oil operate?
By product class, 8 (89%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The wells listed below sit in Kern (CA) and Los Angeles (CA). State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Airline Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murdoch 1-A | 04-029-44207 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Airline Oil Company, Inc. | — |
| Needham 4 | 04-037-12982 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Airline Oil Co. | — |
| Needham-F.P. 1 | 04-037-12985 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Airline Oil Co. | — |
| Needham-F.P. 2 | 04-037-12986 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Airline Oil Co. | — |
| Needham-F.P. 3 | 04-037-12987 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Airline Oil Co. | — |
| Carver 65X-25 | 04-029-52343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Airline Oil Company, Inc. | — |
| Kirschenmann-Ross 7-3 | 04-029-66026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Airline Oil Company, Inc. | — |
| Lease by Airline Oil Company, Inc. 45X-8 | 04-029-50958 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Airline Oil Company, Inc. | — |
| Needham-F.P. 4 | 04-037-12988 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Airline Oil Co. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Airline Oil operate?
Airline Oil is the operator of record for 9 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (9). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Airline Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Airline Oil's catalogued wells are active; 9 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Airline Oil operate wells?
Airline Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (9).
Does Airline Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
8 of Airline Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
Where Airline Oil's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Airline Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/airline-oil-3499 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).