Bates Oil & Gas
Operator of record for 19 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
At a glance
Bates Oil & Gas is the operator of record for 19 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 17 (89%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Ohio, with 19 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
19
Active
0
Plugged
17
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 19 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 19
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Bates Oil & Gas operate?
Bates Oil & Gas's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Ohio (19). Its 19 Ohio wells are 0.0% of the 242,052 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 Bates Oil & Gas’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Bates Oil & Gas's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Bates Oil & Gas operate?
By product class, 19 (100%) 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 Bean William 2 in Morrow, OH at 3,842 ft. The wells listed below sit in Morrow (OH), Muskingum (OH), Knox (OH) and Hocking (OH).
Notable wells operated by Bates Oil & Gas
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bean William 2 | 34-117-23499 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morrow, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 3,842 ft |
| Gallogly 1-A | 34-117-23512 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morrow, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 3,716 ft |
| Thompson Fred N 1 | 34-119-24005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Muskingum, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 3,372 ft |
| Fleshmen Berman 2 | 34-083-22956 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 3,013 ft |
| Ault-Campbell Unit 1 | 34-117-23638 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Morrow, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 3,007 ft |
| Fleshman Berman 1 | 34-083-22691 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,905 ft |
| Dodrill Timothy 2 | 34-083-22575 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,834 ft |
| Striker Monroe B & Marjorie 1 | 34-083-22445 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,827 ft |
| Spencer John 1 | 34-073-22459 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hocking, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,816 ft |
| Hanners & Hostetler 1 | 34-083-22421 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,786 ft |
| Mills Leland B & Mary M 1 | 34-083-22435 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,763 ft |
| Gorsuch Dwight 1 | 34-083-22402 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Knox, OH | Bates Oil & Gas Inc | 2,762 ft |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Bates Oil & Gas operate?
Bates Oil & Gas is the operator of record for 19 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Ohio (19). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Bates Oil & Gas's wells are still active?
0 of Bates Oil & Gas's catalogued wells are active; 17 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Bates Oil & Gas operate wells?
Bates Oil & Gas is the operator of record for wells in Ohio (19).
Does Bates Oil & Gas operate mostly oil or gas wells?
19 of Bates Oil & Gas's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Bates Oil & Gas's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Bean William 2 in Morrow, OH is the deepest at 3,842 ft.
Where Bates Oil & Gas'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, “Bates Oil & Gas — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/bates-oil-gas-82030 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).