Amerada Hess

Operator of record for 2,021 catalogued wells across 11 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.

Filed as: AMERADA HESS CORP · AMERADA HESS CORP. · AMERADA HESS CORPORATION · Amerada Hess Corp · …

At a glance

Amerada Hess is the operator of record for 2,021 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 11 states. None is listed as active, 1,920 (95%) are plugged & abandoned and 2 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in North Dakota, with 723 wells (36% of its portfolio).

Wells operated

2,021

Active

Plugged

1,920

Orphaned

Portfolio by state

State	Wells
North Dakota	723
Oklahoma	298
California	289
Louisiana	252
Wyoming	154
Montana	141
Mississippi	93
Colorado	57
Alabama	7
Utah	6
Kentucky	1

Well mix

Oil wells: 1,060
Gas wells: 143
Shut-in: 0
Active share: 0%

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Where does Amerada Hess operate?

Amerada Hess's catalogued wells are spread across 11 states: North Dakota (723), Oklahoma (298), California (289), Louisiana (252) and Wyoming (154) and 6 more. Its 723 North Dakota wells are 2% of the 43,680 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 Amerada Hess’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?

0% of Amerada Hess's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 2 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.

What kinds of wells does Amerada Hess operate?

By product class, 1,060 (52%) are oil wells and 143 (7%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Continental Ld & Fur Co Inc 001 in Terrebonne, LA at 22,154 ft. The wells listed below sit in Terrebonne (LA), St Mary (LA), Baldwin (AL), Vermilion (LA) and Acadia (LA). State filings spell the name 6 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.

Notable wells operated by Amerada Hess

Wells operated by Amerada Hess
Well	API # / state ID	Status	Type	Location	Operator	Depth
Continental Ld & Fur Co Inc 001	17-109-23668	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Terrebonne, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	22,154 ft
O-3 Sua;avoca Inc 001	17-101-02039	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	St Mary, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	20,908 ft
Pizzoti 14-6 #1	01-003-20276	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Baldwin, AL	Amerada Hess Corp.	20,465 ft
Mt 3 Rb Sua;d Thibodeaux 001	17-113-20363	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	Vermilion, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	20,127 ft
A S Primeaux 001	17-001-21784	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Acadia, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	19,900 ft
Avoca 002	17-101-02199	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	St Mary, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	19,766 ft
S/L 4884 003	17-101-20555	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Mary, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	19,422 ft
Wallace M Mcbride A 001	17-001-21816	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Acadia, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	19,308 ft
S. L. 4884 002	17-101-20501	Plugged & abandoned	Gas	St Mary, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	18,696 ft
S/L 5681 001	17-101-20530	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	St Mary, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	18,694 ft
Morris E Heard Et Al 001	17-113-22092	Plugged & abandoned	Other type	Vermilion, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	18,594 ft
Vermilion Parish School Board 001	17-113-22102	Other status	Other type	Vermilion, LA	Amerada Hess Corporation	18,500 ft

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Frequently asked questions

How many wells does Amerada Hess operate?

Amerada Hess is the operator of record for 2,021 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in North Dakota (723). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.

How many of Amerada Hess's wells are still active?

0 of Amerada Hess's catalogued wells are active; 1,920 are plugged & abandoned and 2 are flagged as orphaned.

In which states does Amerada Hess operate wells?

Amerada Hess is the operator of record for wells in North Dakota (723), Oklahoma (298), California (289), Louisiana (252), Wyoming (154), Montana (141), Mississippi (93), Colorado (57), Alabama (7), Utah (6) and Kentucky (1).

Does Amerada Hess operate mostly oil or gas wells?

1,060 of Amerada Hess's catalogued wells are oil wells and 143 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.

What is Amerada Hess's deepest well?

Among wells with a published depth, Continental Ld & Fur Co Inc 001 in Terrebonne, LA is the deepest at 22,154 ft.

Where Amerada Hess'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, “Amerada Hess — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/amerada-hess-10 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated October 2026 . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).