Beacon Oil
Operator of record for 16 catalogued wells across 2 states. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: BEACON OIL CO · Beacon Oil Company · Beacon Oil Corp.
At a glance
Beacon Oil is the operator of record for 16 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 2 states. None is listed as active, 13 (81%) are plugged & abandoned and 2 flagged as orphaned. Its largest concentration is in California, with 13 wells (81% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
16
Active
0
Plugged
13
Orphaned
2
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| California | 13 |
| Kentucky | 3 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 13
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Beacon Oil operate?
Beacon Oil's catalogued wells are spread across 2 states: California (13) and Kentucky (3). Its 13 California wells are 0.0% of the 242,471 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 Beacon Oil’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Beacon Oil's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. 2 wells filed under this name are flagged as orphaned — unplugged, with no operator able to plug them.
What kinds of wells does Beacon Oil operate?
By product class, 13 (81%) 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 Gross, Edward 1 in Breathitt, KY at 1,924 ft. The wells listed below sit in Breathitt (KY), Lee (KY), Kern (CA), Los Angeles (CA) and Fresno (CA). 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 Beacon Oil
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross, Edward 1 | 16-025-00191 | Orphaned | Oil | Breathitt, KY | Beacon Oil Co | 1,924 ft |
| Wheeler, Marvin 1 | 16-129-03557 | Orphaned | Oil | Lee, KY | Beacon Oil Co | 1,464 ft |
| Faure 43 | 04-029-14299 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Faure 33 | 04-029-14260 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Corey 64 | 04-029-14257 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Faure 44 | 04-029-14261 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Montebello 1 | 04-037-12270 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Los Angeles, CA | Beacon Oil Corp. | — |
| Yager B-1 | 04-019-05706 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fresno, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Yager 16X | 04-019-20832 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fresno, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Disposal 1 | 04-019-05700 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fresno, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Transamerica 75 | 04-029-50794 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
| Corey 52 | 04-029-55942 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kern, CA | Beacon Oil Company | — |
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Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Beacon Oil operate?
Beacon Oil is the operator of record for 16 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in California (13). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Beacon Oil's wells are still active?
0 of Beacon Oil's catalogued wells are active; 13 are plugged & abandoned and 2 are flagged as orphaned.
In which states does Beacon Oil operate wells?
Beacon Oil is the operator of record for wells in California (13) and Kentucky (3).
Does Beacon Oil operate mostly oil or gas wells?
13 of Beacon Oil's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Beacon Oil's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Gross, Edward 1 in Breathitt, KY is the deepest at 1,924 ft.
Where Beacon Oil'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, “Beacon Oil — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/beacon-oil-6789 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).