Ascent Operating
Operator of record for 15 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: ASCENT OPERATING INC · Ascent Operating, Inc.
At a glance
Ascent Operating is the operator of record for 15 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 7 (47%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Kansas, with 13 wells (87% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
15
Active
0
Plugged
7
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 13 |
| Wyoming | 2 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 9
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Ascent Operating operate?
Ascent Operating's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: Kansas (13) and Wyoming (2). Its 13 Kansas wells are 0.0% of the 473,140 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 Ascent Operating’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Ascent Operating's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Ascent Operating operate?
By product class, 9 (60%) 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 Ascent-Cougar 1 in Weston, WY at 7,600 ft. The wells listed below sit in Weston (WY), Neosho (KS) and Bourbon (KS). 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 Ascent Operating
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascent-Cougar 1 | 49-045-29282 | Other status | Oil | Weston, WY | Ascent Operating Inc | 7,600 ft |
| Ascent-Tiger 1 | 49-045-29275 | Other status | Oil | Weston, WY | Ascent Operating Inc | 6,150 ft |
| Beachner Bros., Inc.--Nuns Lease A-7 | 15-133-27587 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 874 ft |
| Beachner A-2 | 15-133-27582 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 587 ft |
| Beachner A-1 | 15-133-27581 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 505 ft |
| Beachner A-3 | 15-133-27583 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 505 ft |
| Beachner Bros., Inc.--Nuns Lease A-4 | 15-133-27584 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 501 ft |
| Beachner Bros., Inc.--Nuns Lease A-5 | 15-133-27585 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 485 ft |
| Beachner Bros., Inc.--Nuns Lease A-6 | 15-133-27586 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | 208 ft |
| Beachner Bros., Inc.--Nuns Lease A-10 | 15-133-27590 | Other status | Other type | Neosho, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | — |
| Guder A-1 | 15-011-24156 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | — |
| Guder A-2 | 15-011-24157 | Other status | Other type | Bourbon, KS | Ascent Operating, Inc. | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Ascent Operating operate?
Ascent Operating is the operator of record for 15 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Kansas (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Ascent Operating's wells are still active?
0 of Ascent Operating's catalogued wells are active; 7 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Ascent Operating operate wells?
Ascent Operating is the operator of record for wells in Kansas (13) and Wyoming (2).
Does Ascent Operating operate mostly oil or gas wells?
9 of Ascent Operating's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Ascent Operating's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Ascent-Cougar 1 in Weston, WY is the deepest at 7,600 ft.
Where Ascent Operating'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, “Ascent Operating — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/ascent-operating-20882 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).