Bass Franks
Operator of record for 13 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Bass Franks is the operator of record for 13 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 13 (100%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Louisiana, with 13 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
13
Active
0
Plugged
13
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 13 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 1
- Gas wells
- 2
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bass Franks operate?
Bass Franks's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Louisiana (13). Its 13 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 Bass Franks’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bass Franks's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Bass Franks operate?
By product class, 1 (8%) are oil wells and 2 (15%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is F F Sutter A 001 in St Mary, LA at 16,000 ft. The wells listed below sit in St Mary (LA), Claiborne (LA), Terrebonne (LA), Jackson (LA), Caldwell (LA) and Ouachita (LA) and other counties.
Notable wells operated by Bass Franks
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F F Sutter A 001 | 17-101-21054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | St Mary, LA | Bass-Franks | 16,000 ft |
| Woodward-Walker K 001 | 17-027-20456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Claiborne, LA | Bass-Franks | 12,414 ft |
| Continental Land & Fur Co Inc 001 | 17-109-21988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terrebonne, LA | Bass-Franks | 11,500 ft |
| Olinkraft F 001 | 17-049-20102 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson, LA | Bass-Franks | 10,800 ft |
| Olinkraft E 001 | 17-021-20437 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caldwell, LA | Bass-Franks | 10,600 ft |
| Cv Ra Sua;r F Walker 001 | 17-027-20611 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Claiborne, LA | Bass-Franks | 10,215 ft |
| Vgn Ra Suk;v Holland 001 | 17-073-21150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ouachita, LA | Bass-Franks | 10,125 ft |
| Vgn Ra Sum;ted Baker Ferguson 001 | 17-073-21085 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | Bass-Franks | 10,120 ft |
| Vgn Ra Sul;emma Cade Price 001 | 17-073-21089 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ouachita, LA | Bass-Franks | 9,910 ft |
| Davis Ra Sud;h G Mcintosh 001 | 17-073-21149 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ouachita, LA | Bass-Franks | 9,750 ft |
| Bella Nickerson Chappuis Et Al 002 | 17-055-20239 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lafayette, LA | Bass-Franks | 9,535 ft |
| Southwestern Imp Co B 001 | 17-009-20212 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Avoyelles, LA | Bass-Franks | 8,210 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 13 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bass Franks operate?
Bass Franks is the operator of record for 13 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Louisiana (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bass Franks's wells are still active?
0 of Bass Franks's catalogued wells are active; 13 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Bass Franks operate wells?
Bass Franks is the operator of record for wells in Louisiana (13).
Does Bass Franks operate mostly oil or gas wells?
1 of Bass Franks's catalogued wells are oil wells and 2 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Bass Franks's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, F F Sutter A 001 in St Mary, LA is the deepest at 16,000 ft.
Where Bass Franks'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, “Bass Franks — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bass-franks-83703 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).