Anchor Wate
Operator of record for 10 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Anchor Wate Co. · Anchor Wate Co., Inc. · Anchor-Wate Co., Inc.
At a glance
Anchor Wate is the operator of record for 10 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 9 (90%) are plugged & abandoned and 1 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Illinois, with 10 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
10
Active
0
Plugged
9
Orphaned
1
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 10 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 8
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Anchor Wate operate?
Anchor Wate's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Illinois (10). Its 10 Illinois wells are 0.0% of the 174,478 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 Wate’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Anchor Wate's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 90% 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 Wate operate?
By product class, 8 (80%) 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 Leigh 1 in Christian, IL at 2,131 ft. State filings spell the name 3 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Anchor Wate
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh 1 | 12-021-00596 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Christian, IL | Anchor Wate Co. | 2,131 ft |
| Thomas, J.H. 1 | 12-021-00657 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Christian, IL | Anchor Wate Co., Inc. | 1,972 ft |
| Moore, Audra F-2 | 12-021-00654 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,919 ft |
| Moore, Audra F-1 | 12-021-00572 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,919 ft |
| Vincent, J. F-3 | 12-021-00565 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,915 ft |
| Auger, R.O. 1 | 12-021-00664 | Orphaned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,914 ft |
| Vincent, J. F-1 | 12-021-00548 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor Wate Co. | 1,912 ft |
| Vincent, J. F-2 | 12-021-00564 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,911 ft |
| Moore, Audra 3 | 12-021-00772 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,910 ft |
| Auger, R.O. 2 | 12-021-00796 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Christian, IL | Anchor-Wate Co., Inc. | 1,904 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Anchor Wate operate?
Anchor Wate is the operator of record for 10 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Illinois (10). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Anchor Wate's wells are still active?
0 of Anchor Wate's catalogued wells are active; 9 are plugged & abandoned and 1 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Anchor Wate operate wells?
Anchor Wate is the operator of record for wells in Illinois (10).
Does Anchor Wate operate mostly oil or gas wells?
8 of Anchor Wate's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Anchor Wate's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Leigh 1 in Christian, IL is the deepest at 2,131 ft.
Where Anchor Wate'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 Wate — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/anchor-wate-66058 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).