Anchor Petroleum
Operator of record for 7 catalogued wells across 3 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: ANCHOR PETROLEUM CO · ANCHOR PETROLEUM CO. · Anchor Petroleum Co. · Anchor Petroleum, Inc.
At a glance
Anchor Petroleum is the operator of record for 7 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 3 states. None is listed as active, 5 (71%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 5 wells (71% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
7
Active
0
Plugged
5
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 5 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Anchor Petroleum operate?
Anchor Petroleum's catalogued wells are spread across 3 states: California (5), Kentucky (1) and Mississippi (1). Its 1 Mississippi wells are 0.0% of the 34,924 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 Anchor Petroleum’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Anchor Petroleum's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 1 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Anchor Petroleum operate?
By product class, 1 (14%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Forrest Fee Core Test#1 1 in Forrest, MS at 1,676 ft. The wells listed below sit in Forrest (MS), Los Angeles (CA), Kern (CA) and Muhlenberg (KY). State filings spell the name 4 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Anchor Petroleum
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest Fee Core Test#1 1 | 23-035-00464 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Forrest, MS | Anchor Petroleum Co. | 1,676 ft |
| Lease by Anchor Petroleum Co. 1 | 04-037-05118 | Orphaned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Anchor Petroleum Co. | — |
| Federal 1-35 | 04-029-61758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Anchor Petroleum, Inc. | — |
| Jones, Lula 1b | 16-177-00819 | Other status | Other type | Muhlenberg, KY | Anchor Petroleum Co | — |
| McCollum 1 | 04-029-63263 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Anchor Petroleum, Inc. | — |
| Teilman 1 | 04-029-62894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Anchor Petroleum, Inc. | — |
| Quinn 1 | 04-029-63186 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern, CA | Anchor Petroleum, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Anchor Petroleum operate?
Anchor Petroleum is the operator of record for 7 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (5). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Anchor Petroleum's wells are still active?
0 of Anchor Petroleum's catalogued wells are active; 5 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Anchor Petroleum operate wells?
Anchor Petroleum is the operator of record for wells in California (5), Kentucky (1) and Mississippi (1).
Does Anchor Petroleum operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Anchor Petroleum's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Anchor Petroleum's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Forrest Fee Core Test#1 1 in Forrest, MS is the deepest at 1,676 ft.
Where Anchor Petroleum'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, “Anchor Petroleum — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/anchor-petroleum-8239 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).