Austral Oil & Exploration
Operator of record for 40 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Austral Oil & Exploration is the operator of record for 40 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 14 (35%) are plugged & abandoned and 26 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 40 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
40
Active
0
Plugged
14
Orphaned
26
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 40 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 22
- Gas wells
- 1
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Austral Oil & Exploration operate?
Austral Oil & Exploration's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Louisiana (40). Its 40 Louisiana wells are 0.0% of the 225,728 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 Austral Oil & Exploration’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Austral Oil & Exploration's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 35% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 26 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Austral Oil & Exploration operate?
By product class, 22 (55%) are oil wells and 1 (3%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Ns-1 Ra Sua;m R Fruge Etux 002 in Acadia, LA at 12,680 ft. The wells listed below sit in Acadia (LA), Beauregard (LA) and Vermilion (LA).
Notable wells operated by Austral Oil & Exploration
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ns-1 Ra Sua;m R Fruge Etux 002 | 17-001-21961 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 12,680 ft |
| Vua;w C English 001 | 17-011-20269 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Beauregard, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 11,600 ft |
| Sellers 001 | 17-113-22157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 11,500 ft |
| 10100 Ra Sua;n B Leblanc 1 | 17-113-00313 | Orphaned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 11,273 ft |
| J N Sellers 001d | 17-113-20072 | Orphaned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 10,970 ft |
| Sd 2 Ra Sua;brookshire Etal 003 | 17-113-22136 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 10,926 ft |
| 9800 Ra Sua;j N Sellers 002 | 17-113-21479 | Orphaned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 10,870 ft |
| Sd 2 Ra Sua;brookshire Et Al 001 | 17-113-22005 | Orphaned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 10,850 ft |
| Brookshire Etal 002 | 17-113-22133 | Orphaned | Gas | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 10,600 ft |
| 9700 Ra Sua;a B Boudoin 001 | 17-113-21173 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 9,936 ft |
| 9300 Ra Sua;e Boudoin 001 | 17-113-21550 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vermilion, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 9,850 ft |
| Stephanie Zaunbrecher 1 | 17-001-22062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Acadia, LA | Austral Oil & Exploration, Inc | 8,868 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 40 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Austral Oil & Exploration operate?
Austral Oil & Exploration is the operator of record for 40 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (40). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Austral Oil & Exploration's wells are still active?
0 of Austral Oil & Exploration's catalogued wells are active; 14 are plugged & abandoned and 26 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Austral Oil & Exploration operate wells?
Austral Oil & Exploration is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (40).
Does Austral Oil & Exploration operate mostly oil or gas wells?
22 of Austral Oil & Exploration's catalogued wells are oil wells and 1 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Austral Oil & Exploration's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Ns-1 Ra Sua;m R Fruge Etux 002 in Acadia, LA is the deepest at 12,680 ft.
Where Austral Oil & Exploration'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, “Austral Oil & Exploration — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/austral-oil-exploration-69933 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).